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The Fachan, Fays, Fin Folk, Fir Darrigs, Fireesin,

Flower Faeries, Folletti, Formorians, Fossegrim, Fylgiar

The Fachan

Land of Origin: Scotland.
Other Origins: None known.
Other Names: Peg Leg Jack.
Element: Air.
Appearance and Temperament:
This Highland faery might appear comical if not for his extremely nasty disposition. The Fachan (Fak-kahn) has one of everything - one head, one eye, one ear, one arm, one leg, one toe, etc. - all centered directly down the middle of his hairy and feathered body. In his one hand he carries a spiked club which he swings as he chases away visitors from his home atop the highest Highland mountains.
Time Most Active: All year.
Lore:
The Fachan is jealous of the gift of flight and spends his time brooding over this painful oversight of the deities. He hates all other living things and chases them away with his vicious-looking club. He is, of course, a very solitary faery.

Where to Find Them: On the highest Highland mountains
How to Contact: Contact not advised!
Magickal and Ritual Help: None.

Fays

Land of Origin: Albania.
Other Origins: None known.
Other Names:
The word Fay is similar to the Latin world fatum, which means "fate,: a word from which many Romantic languages take their generic names for faeries. Other such names are Fee, Fada, Fae, Fata, and Fas.
Element: Probably Air.
Appearance and Temperament:
Fays are tiny, winged seasonal faeries who are born teasers and have very capricious natures, but they are never malicious.
Time Most Active: All year.
Lore:
These faeries have four guises, one for each season of the year. They are beloved of the Triple Goddess and help her turn the Wheel of the Year, changing the seasons as they go. They are credited with aiding plants through these changes by doing little tasks like shaking trees in autumn to help work loose the dead leaves and opening blossoms on spring flowers.

Where to Find Them: In nature and all over Faeryland.
How to Contact: Make a simple invocation to them, or find them in Faeryland.
Magickal and Ritual Help:
They are so temperamental and capricious that it is hard to say if they would be of any help to humans at all. This would all depend on if they were in the mood to be bothered with you. If they are, they love to dance to raise energy which you might persuade them to direct in your favor.

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Fin Folk

Land of Origin: Scotland.
Other Origins: Cornwall and Wales.
Other Names: Sea Gardeners, the Lady's Own.
Element: Water.
Appearance and Temperament:
The Fin Folk are anthropomorphic faeries who have made it clear that they wish to avoid humans, though they seem not to wish us any harm.
Time Most Active: Unknown.
Lore:
No one has ever met the Fin Folk outside of mythology, but there are mythological and faery tale stories about a small number of chosen humans who have been taken beneath the lochs of Scotland to be shown to Fin Folk's splendid underwater world, which is said to be a utopian miniature kingdom encased in glass on loch bottoms. The Fin Folk's favorite pastime is gardening, and their underwater world is a paradise of vibrantly colored flowers and lush foliage.

Where to Find Them: Under the lochs of Scotland, an easy place to go in the astral.
How to Contact:
Approach with caution, since little is known about them. If they are willing they will show you their world, but be careful not to offend them or overstay your welcome.
Magickal and Ritual Help:
This is undetermined because they have shunned human contact, but they may be helpful in lending their energies to spells for the protection and preservation of plants and marine life.

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Fir Darrigs

Land of Origin: Ireland.
Other Origins: Possibly Scotland was their first home.
Other Names: Rat Boys.
Element: Water.
Appearance and Temperament:
Fir Darrigs (Fear Durgs) are fat, ugly faeries with dark, hairy skin and long snouts and tails which give them a rat-like appearance. They wear torn and shabby costumes which look as if they date to the Middle Ages. If you have on around it is best to appear conciliatory and friendly until you can banish him. His is a morbidly dangerous faery whose food tastes run to carrion, and his shillelagh (Irish walking stick) is topped with a skull of unknown origin.
Time Most Active: Winter.
Lore:
Fir Darrigs are thought to be a sub-race of the Formorians, ones who live near the sea rather than in it. They like to enjoy the heat near human fireplaces, but they make their homes in damp raths or marshes near the sea. Fir Darrigs are surprisingly good swimmers, yet they make no attempt to obtain fresh seafood. Rotting sea carrion is a smell they adore.

Where to Find Them: Along polluted coastlines, swamps, marshes, and in coastal ruins.
How to Contact: Contact not advised!
Magickal and Ritual Help: None.

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Fireesin

Land of Origin: The Isle of Man.
Other Origins: None known.
Other Names: Farm Faeries, The Harvesters.
Element: Earth.
Appearance and Temperament:
The Fireesin (Fear-ee-sheen) are solitary faeries who help farmers. They are nude, covered with patches of brown, coarse hair, and in general are not very physically appealing. They seem to want to be of service to humans, but they are not known for being very bright.
Time Most Active: Spring, summer, and autumn. It is believed that they hibernate through winter.
Lore:
The Fireesin's agricultural help is not always welcome because they are not known for their intelligence, but they are well-meaning.

Do not express offense at their nudity unless you wish them to be hurt and offended and leave your service. Of course they will not leave in peace, and your crops (which in this case may be a metaphor for spiritual harvesting) could be devastated in their angry wake.

Where to Find Them: In fields that are either about to be cultivated or harvested.
How to Contact: Watch for them to appear, and then ask them if you may approach as a friend.
Magickal and Ritual Help: Undetermined.

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Flower Faeries

See Pillywiggins.

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Folletti

Land of Origin: Italy.
Other Origins: None known, although weather faeries are known worldwide.
Other Names:
Wind Knots. The singular form is Folletto. They are also called Sumascazzo and Grandinilli, depending on which region of Italy you are in. Most knowledge about them comes to us from Sicily, an island off Italy's southern coast. In southern Italy they are called the Salvanelli and don red clothes and live in hollow oak trees.
Element: Air.
Appearance and Temperament:
Folletti (Foe-let-ee) are so small and light that they are practically invisible, but their distinguishing characteristic is known to us-their toes point backward. They seem to pay no attention to humans and changed the weather merely for their own sport rather than for any baneful purpose.
Time Most Active: All year.
Lore:
Their favorite element is air, and they like to whip up wind storms which they can ride on, or hail storms during which they can be heard laughing gleefully. They have even been credited with starting earthquakes and volcanos, but generally this is not their domain. When not engaged in destructive behavior, Folletti love to ride grasshoppers in a game which looks something like a polo match.

Except for reports of hearing their laughter, Folletti may be a fear-form which grew out of unpredictable weather.
Where to Find Them: Unknown.
How to Contact: Unknown.
Magickal and Ritual Help: Unknown.

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Formorians

Land of Origin: Ireland.
Other Origins: None.
Other Names: The Formors.
Element: Water.
Appearance and Temperament:
The Formorians are sea monsters, the survivors of a banished faery race driven out of Ireland by the Tuatha De Danann. They have grotesquely misshapen bodies which look as if they have been haphazardly thrown together with the leftover parts of assorted animals. They do have arms and legs and have been seen occasionally on land. They are ill-tempered and very stupid.
Time Most Active: All year, and especially at night.
Lore:
Like the Tuatha De Danann, the Formorians were an early faery race which conquered Ireland and was later banished. They were driven into the sea by the Tuatha De Dannan, and condemned to live forever as sea monsters. West-coast Irish people have seen grizzley creatures coming up onto the rocky seashore at night, which seems to be the only time the formorians can leave the sea.

Where to Find Them: At seashores.
How to Contact: Contact not advised!
Magickal and Ritual Help : None.

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Fossegrim

Land of Origin: Norway.
Other Origins: None known.
Other Names: None known.
Element: Water.
Appearance and Temperament:
Fossegrim are smaller than humans, perfectly formed except for their feet, which tend to taper off into a misty nothingness. they can be either baneful or playful depending upon their mood of the moment.
Time Most Active: All year.
Lore:
Fossegrim (Foe-say-grim) are guardian spirits of waterfalls. They are expert harpers and have beautiful singing voices. They appear as attractive, virile men and women, which makes them very alluring to young humans. This shell is merely an illusion, and in truth they appear to have no gender differentiation at all, and can change in a heartbeat from one sex to the other. While these faeries do not deliberately set out to hurt people, their playfulness can get out of hand. They do not seek human mates.
Where to Find Them: In and near Norway's waterfalls and fjords.
How to Contact: Unknown. If you run into one, approach with caution, because their mood and intent is often unpredictable.
Magickal and Ritual Help: Unknown.

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Fylgiar

Land of Origin: Iceland.
Other Origins: None known.
Other Names: None known.
Element: Air.
Appearance and Temperament:
A Fylgiar can only be seen by its human familiar just before the person dies. Their only human aid and concern goes to this one person and they ignore all others.
Time Most Active: All year.
Lore:
An Icelandic child born with a caul over its head was thought to be special, a sentiment not unknown around the world. But in iceland this means the child will go through life with a faery companion, a shadow familiar known as the Fylgiar.

The Fylgiar serves this person, and it is believed that the person also serves the Fylgiar while asleep or when making deliberate astral projections. This faery can be heard in the home of such a person banging and knocking around.

Their most disturbing quality is that they warn their human companions of their own deaths, at which time they can be seen. The condition of the Fylgiar at the time of the sighting indicates what sort of death it will be. A mauled faery means a nasty, painful death, while a peaceful one means a calm, painless death.

The Fylgiar continues to live on after the human familiar dies, but it is believed that it accompanies its person to Valhallah, the Nordic Land of the Dead, where it remains until the human soul is comfortable and accepting of his or her demise.

Where to Find Them: Shadowing a person born with a caul.
How to Contact:
Unknown,but you might look for one in Faeryland if you wish to see what they look like. You will be most successful in this attempt if you either were born with a caul yourself or are of Icelandic descent.
Magickal and Ritual Help: None known.

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