Abatwa: African. Tiny, shy people who live with ants. Seen only by children, pregnant women, magicians
Abbey Lubber: minor devils that lived in abbeys and tempted the monks to drunkenness, gluttony, and lasciviousness. AKA Buttery Spirits
Aeval: Fairy Queen of the Midnight Court
Afanc: inhabited a pool called Llyn yr Afanc on the river Conwy in North Wales. Thought to be a beaver or crocodile. Llyn yr Afanc is a giant whirlpool and the Afanc is thought to be the one that pulls people and animals in
Afreet: Wingless, nocturnal fairies from the Netherlands. They travel through the air by encasing themselves in a air bubble.They are basically shy but will expose themselves to humans while wearing otter pelts. They are water faeries of the river Elbe.
Aillen MacModha: sets Tara ablaze every year
Ankou: The Grim Reaper of Brittany. He is a dark male dressed in black robes whose sole function is to collect the souls of those who have passed in order to deliver them to the summerlands.
Anthropohagi: A cannibal from England with no head. Thier eyes are on thier shoulders and thier mouth is on their chest.
Asparas: female skydancers who bring blessings to humans & prevent them from entering certain spiritual realms
Asrai: water-fairies. Can melt away from the sun’s heat. Are beautiful, slender, and naked, being covered up by their long, flowing hair
Athach: “monster” or “giant”. An unpleasant creature which haunts lonely lochans or gorges in the Highlands.
Attorcroppe: These have the body of a snake with arms and legs and are best avoided
Aughisky: the water horse. Same as Highland Each Uisage. Comes out of the ocean and gallops on the sand or fields. If one is captured, it must not see the ocean or it will take you to the water and devour you
Awd Goggie: demon from East Riding of Yorkshire
Baba Yaga: A once good fairy now turned into a cannabalistic crone
Bachna Rachna: African. AKA Yumboes. Small silver-haired people of Senegal
Ballybogs: : AKA Bog-a-Boos, Boggles, Boggans, Boggies, Mudbogs, Peat Fairies. Lives in peat bogs, mudholes. Mud-covered round bodies w/out necks, arms & legs spindly and long. No language, communicate with grunts. Ballybog unpleasant, Bogle has nasty temper, goes after people who are lazy or guilty of crimes
Banshee: Irish Death Spirit, correctly written Bean Si. Wails for members of the old families, foretells the death of someone great or holy. Have long streaming hair and a grey cloak over a green dress. Eyes are fiery red from weeping. If you go up to the Highland Banshee and claim to be her foster child you get a wish. AKA Gwrach Y Rhibyn
Baobhan Sith: a kind of dangerous, evil fairy woman
Barguest: kind of bogy. Have horns, teeth, claws, and fiery eyes. Can take different forms, but mainly a black dog. Haunts a piece of wasteland between Wreghorn and Headingley Hill near Leeds
Basilisk: a large, gold-colored snake with 2 arms on the top of its head from Greece
Bauchan/Bogan: a hobgoblin spirit, often tricksy, sometimes dangerous, and sometimes helpful
Bean-nighe: a variant of the Banshee. Washes the blood-stained clothes of those about to die. Small and generally dresses in green, had red webbed feet. If anyone sees her before she sees him and gets between her and the water can have 3 wishes. She will also answer 3 questions, but asks 3 in return. They are the ghosts of women who have died in childbirth and will wash until their natural time of death comes. Haunts the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
Bean-Tighe: Kind old women who watch over children & help out with chores
Bendith Y Mamau: Glamorganshire name for Fairies. Steal children; visit houses, bowls of milk were put out for them. Stunted and ugly
Ben-Varrey: Manx name for mermaid. Enchants and allures men to their death. Sometimes helpful
Biasd Bheulach: monster of Odail Pass on the Isle of Skye, one of the Highland demon spirits.
Big Ears: a demon cat of the Highlands
Billy Bind: a household spirit of the Hobgoblin kind, gives good advice, appears only in ballads
Black Annis: a cannibal hag with a blue face and iron claws that lives in a cave in the Dane Hills in Leicestershire, associated with a big cat
Black Dogs: generally dangerous, sometimes helpful. Large and shaggy, calf-sized with fiery eyes. If anyone strikes or speaks to them, they have the power to blast.
Blue Burches: a harmless hobgoblin
Blue-Cap: an industrious mine spirit
Blue Men of the Minch: haunt the strait between Long Island and the Shiant Islands. Swam out to wreck ships. Fallen angels, live in under-water caves, ruled by a chieftain.
Bodach: Celtic form of bugbear or bug-a-boo. Comes down chimney to fetch naughty children
Boggart: AKA Blobs, Boggans, Boogies, Boogey Man, Gobs, Hobbers, Hobgoblin, Padfoot. a mischievous brownie, almost exactly like a poltergeist. Eats wood, smothers children. To get rid of a Boggart, tell him to leave the house and stay as long as the hollies are green.
Bogies: also called bogles, bugs, or bug-a-boos. Mischievous, frightening, and dangerous spirits who torment mankind. Some are simple and gullible, some are harmless
Bogles: evil goblins though some say they only harm the evil. You must have the last word when dealing with them
Bogy/bogy-beast: a malicious goblin who frightens children
Booman: a brownie-like hobgoblin
Brag: a mischievous shape-shifting goblin often takes the form of a horse
Brown Man of the Muirs: a guardian spirit of wild beasts that inhabits the Border Country. A square, stout dwarf with red hair that wears clothes made of bracken
Brownie: AKA Bwbachad, Bwca, Choa Phum Phi, Domonvoi, Nis, or Yumboes. a fairy type. Brownie “territory extends over the Lowlands of Scotland and up into the Highlands and Islands all over the north and east of England and into the Midlands.” Border brownies are 3 feet tall, dress in raggedy brown clothes, and have shaggy heads and brown faces. They have a thumb with the rest of their fingers joined together. They are responsible for the houses they live in and help with the chores. They give good advice. They will often become attached to one member of the family and had the right to small treats like milk, cream, or cakes which are left out for the brownie to find. Hates misers, cheats and cats. When offended, turns into a boggart. Often is attached to a pool or stream. Some only have holes for nostrils or no mouth. Mostly nocturnal, but will appear in daylight if wishes to. Most are intelligent, except for Dobie, who means well, but lacks intelligence.
Brugh/Bru: where a bunch of fairies live together. AKA sithein
Buachailleen: Small young men who wear pointed red hats who are shapeshifters & enjoy playing pranks on sheep
Buggare: a dangerous, vicious goblin
Bunyip: An Australian fairy about 4 ft tall with backward facing feet who are usually covered in mud and are known to be helpful.
Cabyll-Ushtey: the Manx water-horse. Is pale-grey, dangerous, and greedy
Caer: a beautiful fairy that lived as a swan
Caillagh ny Groamagh: Manx version of Cailleach Bheur
Cailleach Bera: Irish version of Cailleach Bheur. She isn’t closely connected with winter or wild animals
Cailleach Bheur: the blue-faced hag who personifies winter. Part of a cult. Is guardian spirit to many animals, especially deer. AKA Muilearteach
Cait Sith: Highland fairy cat, dog-sized, black with a white spot on its breast. Thought to be transformed witches
Caoineag: Highland Banshee who is invisible and doesn’t grant wishes
Caointeach: Banshee. A child/little woman in green gown and petticoat with a high crowned cap.
Capelthwaite: a Westmorland Bogie of Black Dog type
Cauld Lad of Hilton: a domestic spirit, ˝ brownie, and ˝ ghost. A stable boy killed by a lord of Hilton
Ceasg: A Highland mermaid with a salmon tail. If caught, gives 3 wishes. Sometimes marry men.
Changeling: a creature used as a replacement for a human child taken by a fairy. Can be a stock of wood if the fairy has something against the mother. Can be a young, sickly fairy or and old, withered one.
Ciuthach: a Highland cave-haunting monster
Clap-Cans: A Lancaster bogie. One of the least offensives frightening spirits. Invisible and makes a scary noise
Clethrad: an alder fairy
Cluricaune/Cluracan: solitary fairies with a red cap, leather apron, long blue stockings, and silver-buckled shoes.
Coblynau: the welsh mine goblins. 18 in. high, ugly, good-humored. Appear to be busy but do nothing
Colt-Pixy: A Hampshire name for something like the Brag. Misleads horses into bogs. In Somerset, a colt that guards the orchards and chases apple thieves
Coluinn gun Chean: a spirit hostile to any solitary males walking through its territory
Corrigan: French. Malevolent Breton nature spirit
Crodh Mara: the Highland fairy cattle or sea cattle. Hornless, dangerous to farmers. sometimes mate with cattle
Cu Sith: a dark-green fairy dog of the Highlands, long and shaggy, with a long tail coiled up on its back, big feet
Cuachag: a dangerous river sprite
Cwn Annwn: Welsh hell hounds
Cyhyraeth: Welsh form of the Caoineag. Heard groaning before a death
Daoine Sidhe: fairy people of Ireland, can be human-sized, live underground or underwater. Wear green coats and red caps
Derricks: evil dwarfish fairies can be good-humored
Devas: shy Persian nature fairies who are seen as balls of light
Dinnshenchas: Dwarf followers of Aine who protect women & cattle
Dinny-Mara/Dooinney Marrey: friendly mermen, can be affectionate fathers
Direach/Dithreach: an ugly fachan with a hand coming out of his chest and one leg. Cyclops. A giant.
Dobbs/Master Dobbs: the friendly Sussex brownie
Dobby: a friendly hobgoblin in Yorkshire and Lancashire
Dobie: a type of gullible, ghost-like brownie that lacks intelligence
Dooinney-Oie: a kind of spirit that warns people of incoming storms by howling
Doonie: Scottish variant of the Dunnie appears as a pony, old man, or old woman. Meaner than Dunnie
Dragons: most British dragons are wingless with a poisonous breath. Haunts wells or pools. Eats young maidens. AKA worms
Drakes: Invisible fairies with a rotten smell
Dryads: Wood nymphs
Duendes: A hispanic, middleaged woman in green robes who hates humans.
Duergar: very malicious fairies that wear lambskin coats
Dunnie: has shape-shifting powers, likes practical jokes
Dunters: AKA powries, Makes a constant noise. If noise gets louder, it’s an omen of misfortune or death
Dwarfs: Lives in Germany and the Swiss mountains. Small and ugly, usually lady’s attendants and metal workers, miners. If gold is stolen from them, it usually turns into cow dung or leaves. Often appear at twilight hours. Those seen at night belong to the Unseelie Court.
Some of this info was taken from Whispering Wood