Leprechauns
The Leprechaun is a diminutive male solitary Irish faery who loves to play pranks on humans. Variants include lurachmain, lurican, lurgadhan Appearance Leprechauns are described as merry folk, dressed in
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Types of fairies
There are many different types of fairies which seem to differ based on their origin and location. Some of these include the trolls of Scandinavia, the leprechauns of Ireland, as well as goblins, elves and gnomes from the continent.
Changelings
In European folklore, a changeling is an imbecilic or deformed offspring of dwarves, elves, or faeries surreptitiously substituted by them for a human child. The belief in changelings seems to
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Fairy animals
The very numerous fairy animals, of which there are many traditions in the British Isles, may be divided into two main classes. There are wild ones, that exist for their
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