What fairy am I?

lhernandez

How do I know what fairy I am?

AwesomeLulu

You can be any fairy you want but here are some example of fairy types:

Courts & Temperaments

• Aos Sí / Daoine Sidhe (Irish/Scottish): the “people of the mounds,” high fae; rulers, oath-bound.
• Seelie / Unseelie (Scot.): bright court (favors & games) vs. dark court (hunts & tests).
• Tylwyth Teg (Wales): “fair folk” with strict etiquette and borrowed time.

Elementals & Land Spirits

• Sylphs (Air), Undines (Water), Gnomes (Earth), Salamanders (Fire) (Paracelsus): classic elemental custodians.
• Dryads / Hamadryads (Greek): tree spirits bound to specific trees.
• Land-wights / Vættir (Norse): place-guardians; honor local boundaries.
• Huldra (Scand.): forest folk with a hollow back; fiercely territorial.

Household Helpers & Hobfolk

• Brownies / Hobs / Bwbachod (Briton): nighttime helpers; leave cream or bread, don’t “thank” them.
• Domovoi (Slavic): hearth guardians; like tidy homes, hate quarrels.
• Tomte / Nisse (Scand.): barn spirits; gift porridge, earn protection.
• Kobolds (Germanic): from house-helpers to mine spirits; prickly about respect.

Water Fae

• Selkies (Scot./Nordic): seal-folk; stolen skins = stolen freedom.
• Kelpies (Scot.): shape-shifting river horses; drown the unwary.
• Nixies / Necks (Germanic): alluring river beings; music as lure.
• Merrows (Irish) & Rusalka (Slavic): sea vs. drowned-maiden currents; very different moods.

Tricksters & Shapeshifters

• Púca / Pooka (Irish): luck-twisters; can bless or ruin harvests.
• Boggarts (Eng.): when a house-helper turns feral.
• Redcaps (Borders): violent ruin-spirits in old towers.

Fatal Muses & Heralds

• Leanan-Sídhe: inspirer of artists at a cost.
• Bean Sí (Banshee): keener for noble lineages; omen, not attacker.
• Glaistig (Scot.): green-clad guardian—or vampire—depends on pact.

Mountain & Mine Spirits

• Knockers / Tommyknockers (Cornwall): warn of cave-ins—or mislead thieves.
• Dvergar / Svartálfar (Norse): master smiths; oath-sharp.

Iberian & Basque Currents

• Lamia / Laminak (Basque): river-bridge builders, beauty-tests.
• Xanas (Asturias): spring maidens guarding treasure.
• Moura Encantada (Portugal/Galicia): enchantment-bound women tied to stones/forts.

Mesoamerican & Global Analogues (fae-adjacent)

• Aluxo’ob (Maya): field & shrine guardians; you “house” them to befriend.
• Chaneque (Nahua): small earth spirits who “borrow” your tonalli (vital energy) if you trespass.
• Duendes (Iberian→Latin Am.): mischievous house/forest folk.
• Aziza (West Africa): tiny forest guides gifting practical magic.
• Kodama (Japan): tree-spirits—cut one, curse follows.

Working-With Etiquette (quick codes)

• Names, iron, salt, and bread matter.
• Don’t boast, bargain carelessly, or give your true name.
• Offerings: cream, honey, fresh bread, bells, biodegradable ribbons on fallen branches (never living trees).
• Close every working: return what you borrowed, speak gratitude without binding (“I honor the help given”).