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Fachen In Scottish folklore the fachan (or fachin, fachen, Direach Ghlinn Eitidh or Dithreach (dwarf of Glen Etive)) is a monster or giant described by John Francis Campbell in ''Popular Tales of the West Highlands'' as having a single eye in the middle ...

( Irish and

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

) – Monster with half a body * Fafnir (

Germanic mythology Germanic mythology consists of the body of myths native to the Germanic peoples, including Norse mythology, Anglo-Saxon mythology, and Continental Germanic mythology. It was a key element of Germanic paganism. Origins As the Germanic language ...

) – Dwarf who was cursed and turned into a dragon. He was later slain by

Sigurd Sigurd ( non, Sigurðr ) or Siegfried (Middle High German: ''Sîvrit'') is a legendary hero of Germanic heroic legend, who killed a dragon and was later murdered. It is possible he was inspired by one or more figures from the Frankish Meroving ...

in the Saga of

Nibelung The term Nibelung (German) or Niflungr (Old Norse) is a personal or clan name with several competing and contradictory uses in Germanic heroic legend. It has an unclear etymology, but is often connected to the root ''nebel'', meaning mist. The te ...

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Fairy A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, English, and French folklore), a form of spirit, ...

(many cultures worldwide, esp. Germanic mythology/folklore) – Nature spirits *

Familiar In European folklore of the medieval and early modern periods, familiars (sometimes referred to as familiar spirits) were believed to be supernatural entities that would assist witches and cunning folk in their practice of magic. According to re ...

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English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

) – Animal servant * Far darrig ( Irish) – Little people that constantly play pranks * Farfadet (

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

) – Small (some half-meter tall), wrinkled, and brown-skinned helpful sprites. *

The Fates The Fates are a common motif in European polytheism, most frequently represented as a trio of goddesses. The Fates shape the destiny of each human, often expressed in textile metaphors such as spinning fibers into yarn, or weaving threads on ...

( Greek) – Three time-controlling sisters *

Faun The faun (, grc, φαῦνος, ''phaunos'', ) is a half-human and half-goat mythological creature appearing in Greek and Roman mythology. Originally fauns of Roman mythology were spirits (genii) of rustic places, lesser versions of their c ...

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Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...

) – Human-goat hybrid nature spirit *

Fear gorta In Irish mythology, the fear gorta (Irish: ''Man of hunger'' / ''Man of famine''; also known as the fear gortach) is a phantom of hunger resembling an emaciated human. According to Yeats' ''Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry'' the fear ...

( Irish) – Hunger ghost * Feathered Serpent –

Mesoamerica Mesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area in southern North America and most of Central America. It extends from approximately central Mexico through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica. W ...

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Fei Lian Feilian (), also known as Xie Feng is the Chinese god of the wind, or Feng Bo. He is a winged dragon with the head of a deer and the tail of a snake. He carries wind with him in a bag and stirs up trouble. Feilian is kept in check by Houyi, the h ...

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Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...

) – Chinese wind god * Fenghuang (

) – Chinese Phoenix, female in marriage symbol *

Fenodyree Fenodyree (also phynodderee, phynnodderee, fynnoderee or fenoderee; or ) in the folklore of the Isle of Man, is a hairy supernatural creature, a sort of sprite or fairy ( gv, ferrishyn), often carrying out chores to help humans, like the brown ...

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Manx Manx (; formerly sometimes spelled Manks) is an adjective (and derived noun) describing things or people related to the Isle of Man: * Manx people **Manx surnames * Isle of Man It may also refer to: Languages * Manx language, also known as Manx ...

) – House spirit * Fenrir ( Norse) – Gigantic, ravenous wolf * Fetch ( Irish) – Double or doppelgänger *

Fext A Fext is a mythical undead creature in Slavic mythology. Its origins are found in the terrors of the Thirty Years' War (17th century) in central Europe. It is said that the Fext is invincible to bullets, except bullets made of glass. Some of the gr ...

( Slavic) – Undead *

Finfolk In Orkney folklore, Finfolk (sometimes Finnfolk) are Magick shapeshifters of the sea, the dark mysterious race from Finfolkaheem who regularly make an amphibious journey from the depths of the Finfolk ocean home to the Orkney Islands. They wade, s ...

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Orkney Orkney (; sco, Orkney; on, Orkneyjar; nrn, Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of the island of Great Britain. Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north ...

) – Fish-human hybrid that kidnaps humans for servants *

Fir Bolg In medieval Irish myth, the Fir Bolg (also spelt Firbolg and Fir Bholg) are the fourth group of people to settle in Ireland. They are descended from the Muintir Nemid, an earlier group who abandoned Ireland and went to different parts of Europe. ...

( Irish) – Ancestral race * Fire Bird (Many cultures worldwide) – Regenerative solar bird * Firedrake ( Germanic) – Dragon *

Fish-man The fish-man of Liérganes ( Cantabrian: ''L'hombri pez'' or es, El hombre pez) is an entity of the mythology of Cantabria, located in the north of Spain. The fish-man would be an amphibian human-looking being, who looked a lot like a metamor ...

( Cantabrian) – Amphibious, scaled humanoid * Flatwoods Monster ( American Folklore) (

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...

) – Alien,

humanoid A humanoid (; from English ''human'' and ''-oid'' "resembling") is a non-human entity with human form or characteristics. The earliest recorded use of the term, in 1870, referred to indigenous peoples in areas colonized by Europeans. By the 20t ...

* Fomorian ( Irish) – Goat-headed giant *

Forest Bull The Forest Bull, also known Ethiopian Bull ( grc-gre, Ταῦρος Αἰθιοπικός) and Ethiopian Forest Bull ( la, Taurus Aethiopicus Sylvestris), is an animal from ancient and medieval bestiaries. According to Pliny the Elder, they were ...

( Medieval Bestiaries) – Giant horned red cattle * Freybug – Norfolk black dog * Fuath (

Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language * Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Fo ...

) – Malevolent water spirit *

Fucanglong In Chinese mythology, the Fuzanglong () is the Chinese dragon of hidden treasures and an underworld dragon which guards buried treasure, both natural and man-made. Volcanoes are said to form when these dragons burst out of the ground to report to ...

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) – Underworld dragon *

Funayūrei are spirits (yūrei) that have become vengeful ghosts (onryō) at sea. They have been passed down in the folklore of various areas of Japan. They frequently appear in ghost stories and miscellaneous writings from the Edo Period as well as in ...

( Japanese) – Ghosts of people who drowned at sea * Furu-utsubo ( Japanese) – Animated jar *

Futakuchi-onna A is a type of yōkai or Japanese monster. They are characterized by their two mouths – a normal one located on her face and a second one on the back of the head beneath the hair. There, the woman's skull splits apart, forming lips, teeth ...

( Japanese) – Woman with a second mouth on the back of her head * Fylgja ( Scandinavian) – Animal familiar {{legendary creatures F