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PARTIAL LIST OF FAIRIES, GOOD AND BAD, OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES:
Northern Fairies
Duergar, or Dwerger—Gotho-German dwarfs, dwelling in rocks and hills; noted for their strength, subtlety, magical powers, and skill in metallurgy. They are personifications of the subterranean powers of nature.
Kobold—a house-spirit in German superstition; same as English Robin Goodfellow, or Puck.
Nick—a water-wraith or Kelpie. There are nicks in sea, lake, river, or waterfall. Sometimes represented as half-child, half-horse, the hoofs being reversed.
Nis, or Nisse—a Scandinavian fairy friendly to farm-houses.
Trolls—similar to Duergar; dwarfs of Northern mythology living in hills and mounds. They are represented as stumpy, misshapen, humpbacked, inclined to thieving and fond of carrying off children or substituting one of their own offspring for that of a human mother. They are said to dislike noise very much.
Stromkarl—a Norwegian musical spirit, like Neck.
Irish and Scotch Fairies
Banshee—domestic Spirit of certain Irish or Highland Scotch families; supposed to take an interest in their welfare.