Fae N - Y

Nymphs

Alternative Name: Unknown
Element: Earth and Water.
Favorite Food: Fruit, Honey, Milk, Olive Oil, and Water.
Friendly: Yes but shy. Likes Men more then Women.
Gender: Female
Magic: Beauty, Love, Nature, Sexuality, and Water.
Origins: Mediterranean
Sabbat: Beltane
Season: Unknown

Nymphs are Mediterranean faeries that're always female, and thus represent feminine beauty and sexuality. Legends say that the nature lovers of Nymphs are Fauns or Satyrs. Of course, in myths and legends, human men were often seduced as well. Nymphs are usually depicted naked or wearing only floating, sheer veils over their bodies. They look mostly like extremely beautiful humans, although some, called Nereids, take the form of Mermaids. Live Devas, Nymphs have special purposes and domains. Dryads may be classified as a type of Nymph that only looks after trees and forests. Naiads are freshwater Nymphs, Oceanids and Nereids are sea Nymphs, while Oreads are Nymphs of the mountains. Even Dryads are often found near a water source. All Nymphs are naturally shy and don't usually allow themselves to be seen. However, they are more likely to respond to a human male than a female.

The Oak King

Alternate Name: King of the Waxing Year and Robin Redman.
Element: Earth
Favorite Food: Unknown
Friendly: Yes
Gender: Male
Magic: Unknown
Origins: Europe
Sabbat: Lammas to Yule
Season: Midsummer to Winter.

The Oak King is usually depicted as wearing a small breech cloth and crown of oak leaves and acorns. In his right hand he carries a staff of oak wood. He exists in the pagan lore of Europe as something more than a faery, but less than a god. He is the king of the waxing year. From Midsummer to Yule the Holly King rules, the king of the waning year. From Yule to Midsummer the Oak King reigns, taking over the mantle of rulership from the Holly King. The Oak King shares many similarities with the pagan Horned God of Europe. Look for him in Faerieland and sense his presence at the Yule and Midsummer Sabbats. His spirit can be called to your circle at those times. This is one faerie you should not fear inviting into you circle space. To contact try making an invocation to him at Yule and Midsummer Sabbats. Magical and Ritual help he can lend is undetermined, but if he is a god-form, then he may aid you in your spiritual quests. Seek an audience with him in Faerieland.

Ogers

Alternative Name: Unknown
Element: Air
Favorite Food: Humans
Friendly: No
Gender: Both
Magic: Turns people into stone.
Origins: Global
Sabbat: Unknown
Season: Unknown

There are Ogres in mythology all over the world. Ogres are usually about the same size as a human, but covered with hair and various deformities of the face and limbs. Ogres are rarely friendly, and often will try to eat humans. Some may possess magical powers that are harmful, such as the ability to turn people into stone. Ogres are usually solitary and keep the themselves in the wilderness or in caves, so if you should see one, your best move would be to run away.

Ottermaaner

Alternative Name: Unknown
Element: Water
Favorite Food: Unknown
Friendly: Benevolent
Gender: Unknown
Magic: Unknown
Origins: Netherlands
Sabbat: Unknown
Season: Unknown

Ottermanner are night creatures that dance under the full moon while wearing otter skins. They travel by generating a bubble of water that floats through the air. They always live near the water and avoid showing themselves to humans. They're benevolent creatures as long as you leave their wetlands in peace and don't destroy their environment. To work with Ottermanner, try planting a night-blooming garden near a body of water that has no fish. Fish eat Ottermanner, and they will avoid them fearfully. They love flowers very much. Don't pick the flowers yourself, as they become angry at those who show any destructing toward their homes. Contact them at night during a full moon.

Phookas (Pook-ahs)

Alternate Name: Bookhas, Bwcas, and Kornbockes.
Element: Air
Favorite Food: Unknown
Friendly: No
Gender: Male
Magic: Unknown
Origins: Ireland, Scandinavia, and Wales.
Sabbat: Samhain to Beltane.
Season: Autumn to Spring.

It is possible the Phooka was a Nordic faerie brought to Ireland, where it retains its strongest identification. They are known as Kornbockes in Scandinavia, where they have bodies of goats, Bookhas or Bwcas in Wales where they have bodies of horses o and a more pranksterish nature. Phookas are the Hobgoblins of Ireland. They have heads resembling human males, but the bodies of horses. They can fly for limited distances, but they have no wings. Phookas are trouping faeries who run in destructive paths. They are most active from Samhain to Beltane, especially at night. Their favorite pastime is wreaking havoc and they will go out of there was to harm children and crops. Contact is not advised.

Pixies

Alternative Name: Piskies and Pisgies.
Element: Air and Earth.
Favorite Food: Ale, Bread, Cornish Pasties, Cream, and Hard Cider.
Friendly: No
Gender: Both
Magic: Protection
Origins: Southeast England
Sabbat: Unknown
Season: Unknown

Pixies love to frolic about in nature with short hair, pointy ears, cute little upturned noses, and raggedy green clothes with pointed hats. They may, however, also be hairy all over their body. Pixies are usually troublesome creatures, and not to be counted upon for hard work that needs to be done. They would rather steal food or crops, souring milk, or simply pinching people and causing general trouble. A metallic substance called "Pixie Dust" is used by Pixies for wither good magic or trouble-making. They're notorious for leading people astray, or causing them to become lost or turned around in the forest. If they so help people, it's of their own choosing, rarely if asked. When a Pixie is given an article of clothing or thanked for help, they disappear. What you can do to attract Pixies is to make sure that your home is swept to welcome them. In lieu of thanks or clothing gifts, an offering of water can be given. It should be placed near a candle or the hearth fire of a home.

Polterspirits

Alternative Name: Cobalds, Heinzelmannchens, Hutchens, Kobaulds, Koboldes, and Kolbalds.
Element: Earth
Favorite Food: Milk
Friendly: Conditional
Gender: Unknown
Magic: Unknown
Origins: Germany and Scandinavia.
Sabbat: Unknown
Season: Unknown

Polterspirits are short faerie people that wear brown shorts and brown or red felt hats. They carry pipes but don't smoke them. They can be either friends or enemies depending upon whether they feel they're getting enough attention and respect. In nature, they live in hollow trees, and if seen you should leave an offering of food and milk and take care not to let one follow you home. If a home becomes infested with a Polterspirit or a group of them, they will demand your constant attention. If you ignore them or are rude to them, they may angrily throw objects and make a terrible racket. The best way to move them is by filling the rooms with smoky incense so that they become irritated and leave of their own accord.

Sirens

Alternative Name: Havfrues, Loreleis, Mary Players, Meerweibers, and Merewipers.
Element: Water
Favorite Food: Unknown
Friendly: No
Gender: Female
Magic: Singing
Origins: Europe and Mediterranean.
Sabbat: Litha
Season: Year Round

Sirens are always female, and appear as the most beautiful women when they emerge from the water. But they may take on more of a Mermaid form in the water. Sirens are known for climbing to the top of rocky islands in the middle of the sea and singing beautiful and haunting songs. Sailors, driven mad by the sight and sound of them, will steer their ships straight into the rocks and wreck. The only way to avoid a Siren's cruel trap is to restrain oneself from hearing or looking upon her.

Water Mannikins

Alternative Name: Klaboutermannikins
Element: Water
Favorite Food: Unknown
Friendly: Yes
Gender: Unknown
Magic: Protection from Rampant Disease, Rocks, Storms, and Winds.
Origins: Germany
Sabbat: Unknown
Season: Unknown

Old ships used to have figureheads on the front that was cared to be as lifelike as possible. Water Mannikins are German faeries that have no corporeal bodies, so they find a ship's figurehead in which to dwell. A ship that has a Water Mannikin residing within it will avoid rocks, winds, and rampant disease. If a ship should sink with one on board, the faerie will leave the figurehead to help guide the sailor's souls to the afterlife, so that they won't have to haunt the wreck. Since few modern ships have figureheads, Water Mannikins are rarely spoken of these days.

Water Birds

Alternative Name: Boobries and Waterhorses.
Element: Water
Favorite Food: Fish
Friendly: No
Gender: Unknown
Magic: Transfiguration
Origins: Scotland
Sabbat: Unknown
Season: Unknown

Waterbirds stand about a foot tall and have black feathers. They can swim as well as fly and are active at night. You can tell mythological Waterbirds from some other water fowl by the unnaturally long beak that extends away from its body, 3 times its height. If you were to look closely at its feet, instead of webbed water fowl feet you'd see terrifying human hands that are deformed with long claws. It makes a sound like a bull with startled or destressed. They can shapeshift into a horse that runs atop the water. Waterbirds eat fish in the wild, but can be harmful to passing boats that carry livestock. Sneaking aboard, they'll make a call sound exactly like its prey to sneak close enough to seize it and take it underwater to drown. To prevent being raided by Waterbirds, you can either offer beef or mutton, or simply stay on land where they can't fly or tread.

Will-o-the-Wisp

Alternative Name: Boh-a-Longs, Candelas, Eclaireux, Faery Lights, Fire Faeries, Hobbedy's, Lanterns, Huckpoten, Hunky Punky Irrbloss, Jenny Burnt-Tail, Llmniads, Night Whisperers, Ruskaly, St. Elmo's Fire, and Teine Sith.
Element: Fire
Favorite Food: Unknown
Friendly: Conditional
Gender: Unknown
Magic: Guiding the souls of the dead to the other side.
Origins: Global
Sabbat: Unknown
Season: Unknown

Formless, flickering, glowing lights moving low to the ground. Will-o-the-Wisps are always seen in groups. If you were to approach them, they might flicker in and out of existence, leading you on a wild goose chase. They have been seen all over the world, and have never been examined closely enough to know if they're faeries in their own right or evidence of another sort of faerie already known. There are those who think that they are the wandering souls of dead humans who are being punished by not going entirely into the afterlife. Will-o-the-Wisps are seen only at dusk, night, and dawn. Other than legends of unbaptized children being stolen away, they're harmless to adults and Christian children. Sighting their glowing lights may even be a sight of protection, though there's no way to get close enough to them to gain more specific help.

Wind Knots

Alternative Name: Folletti, Grandinilli, and Sumascazzi.
Element: Air
Favorite Food: Unknown
Friendly: Generally Harmless
Gender: Both
Magic: Earthquakes, Volcanic Eruptions, and Weather.
Origins: Italy
Sabbat: Unknown
Season: Unknown

These Italian Faeries are difficult to see with the naked eye because they're small, translucent, and move quickly. However, it one pauses enough to get a good look, you'd be able to see that his/her feet are turned backwards. Wind Knots can be seen riding atop grasshoppers while playing faerie games. They are generally harmless because they don't particularly dislike humans. However, they do control the weather for their own amusement, and their power is so great that it's rumored their storms have even triggered earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Making friends with a Wind Knot is a good idea so that they don't forget about you next time a storm blowing a house down sounds like fun to them.

Yakshinis and Yaksha

Alternative Name: Unknown
Element: Earth
Favorite Food: Unknown
Friendly: Yes
Gender: Both
Magic: Fertility
Origins: Asia
Sabbat: Unknown
Season: Unknown

Female Yakshinis and Male Yaksha exist in Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism. They tend to have exaggerated sax appeal, with the females carrying fantastically large breasts and having curvaceous hips. Males have exceedingly broad shoulders that taper to relatively narrow waists. In mythology, they're mostly benevolent and giving creatures, but in some lore, Yakshinis may tempt men away to kill them. As a result, caution should be used with Yakshinis, although they can help women who are having fertility issues or who are having difficulty raising surviving children. Yakshinis can be given trees to make them happy. In fact, they have a special affinity for Ashoka Trees.