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Tylwyth Teg

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Tylwyth Teg (Middle Welsh for "Fair Family") is the most usual term in Wales for the mythological creatures corresponding to the fairy folk of English and Continental folklore and the Irish Aos Sí. [1]

40 relations: Alchemy, Aos Sí, Brownie (folklore), C. Robert Cargill, Changeling, Chicago Cubs, Coblynau, Crossroads (mythology), Cunning folk in Britain, Curse of the Billy Goat, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Digitalis, Elf, Fairy, Fairy ring, Frances Jenkins Olcott, Gwragedd Annwn, Gwyllion, Hag, Harry Dresden, Iron in folklore, Jim Butcher, Joan Aiken, Kelley Armstrong, Lloyd Alexander, Matres and Matronae, Mediterranean Basin, Mercedes Lackey, Michael Swanwick, Middle Welsh, Mushroom, Otherworld, Oxford University Press, Queen Mab, Rule of three (writing), Seanan McGuire, Sprite (folklore), The Chronicles of Prydain, Wales, Wirt Sikes.

Alchemy

Alchemy is a philosophical and protoscientific tradition practiced throughout Europe, Africa, Brazil and Asia.

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Aos Sí

The aos sí (older form aes sídhe) is the Irish term for a supernatural race in Irish mythology and Scottish mythology (where it is usually spelled Sìth, but pronounced the same), comparable to the fairies or elves.

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Brownie (folklore)

A brownie (Lowland Scots), also known as a brùnaidh, ùruisg, or gruagach (Scottish Gaelic), is a mythical household spirit from English and Scottish folklore.

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C. Robert Cargill

Christopher Robert Cargill (born September 8, 1975) is an American screenwriter, novelist, and former internet film critic known under the pseudonyms Massawyrm (on Ain't It Cool News) and Carlyle (on Spill.com).

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Changeling

A changeling is a creature found in folklore and folk religion.

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Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Coblynau

Coblynau are mythical gnome-like creatures that are said to haunt the mines and quarries of Wales.

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Crossroads (mythology)

In folk magic and mythology, crossroads may represent a location "between the worlds" and, as such, a site where supernatural spirits can be contacted and paranormal events can take place.

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Cunning folk in Britain

The cunning folk in Britain were professional or semi-professional practitioners of magic in Britain, active from the Medieval period through the early twentieth century.

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Curse of the Billy Goat

The Curse of the Billy Goat was the name of a sports-related curse that was supposedly placed on Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs in 1945, by Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis.

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Dafydd ap Gwilym

Dafydd ap Gwilym (c. 1315/1320 – c. 1350/1370) is regarded as one of the leading Welsh poets and amongst the great poets of Europe in the Middle Ages.

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Digitalis

Digitalis is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous perennials, shrubs, and biennials commonly called foxgloves.

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Elf

An elf (plural: elves) is a type of human-shaped supernatural being in Germanic mythology and folklore.

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Fairy

A fairy (also fata, fay, fey, fae, fair folk; from faery, faerie, "realm of the fays") is a type of mythical being or legendary creature in European folklore, a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural.

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Fairy ring

A fairy ring, also known as fairy circle, elf circle, elf ring or pixie ring, is a naturally occurring ring or arc of mushrooms.

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Frances Jenkins Olcott

Frances Jenkins Olcott (1872–1963) was the first head librarian of the children's department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in 1898.

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Gwragedd Annwn

In Welsh folklore the Gwragedd Annwn (singular gwraig annwn) are beautiful female fairies who live beneath lakes and riversDavies 1911, p. 89.

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Gwyllion

Gwyllion or gwyllon (plural noun from the singular Gwyll or (Yr) Wyll "twilight, gloaming") is a Welsh word with a wide range of possible meanings including "ghosts, spirits" and "night-wanderers (human or supernatural) up to no good, outlaws of the wild." Gwyllion is only one of a number of words with these or similar meanings in Welsh.

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Hag

A hag is a wizened old woman, or a kind of fairy or goddess having the appearance of such a woman, often found in folklore and children's tales such as Hansel and Gretel.

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Harry Dresden

Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is a fictional detective and wizard.

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Iron in folklore

Iron has a long and varied tradition in the mythology and folklore of the world.

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Jim Butcher

Jim Butcher (born October 26, 1971) is an American author,iago is the online pseudonym of Fred Hicks, webmaster for and co-author of the Dresden Files RPG.

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Joan Aiken

Joan Delano Aiken MBE (4 September 1924 – 4 January 2004) was an English writer specialising in supernatural fiction and children's alternative history novels.

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Kelley Armstrong

Kelley Armstrong (born 14 December 1968) is a Canadian writer, primarily of fantasy novels since 2001.

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Lloyd Alexander

Lloyd Chudley Alexander (January 30, 1924 – May 17, 2007) was an American author of more than forty books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adults.

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Matres and Matronae

The Matres (Latin "mothers"Lindow (2001:224).) and Matronae (Latin "matrons") were female deities venerated in Northwestern Europe, of whom relics are found dating from the first to the fifth century.

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Mediterranean Basin

In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin (also known as the Mediterranean region or sometimes Mediterranea) is the region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have a Mediterranean climate, with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers, which supports characteristic Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub vegetation.

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Mercedes Lackey

Mercedes Ritchie Lackey (born June 24, 1950) is an American writer of fantasy novels.

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Michael Swanwick

Michael Swanwick (born November 18, 1950) is an American science fiction author.

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Middle Welsh

Middle Welsh (Cymraeg Canol) is the label attached to the Welsh language of the 12th to 15th centuries, of which much more remains than for any earlier period.

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Mushroom

A mushroom, or toadstool, is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source.

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Otherworld

The concept of an otherworld in historical Indo-European religion is reconstructed in comparative mythology.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Queen Mab

Queen Mab is a fairy referred to in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, where "she is the fairies' midwife." In the play, she is a symbol for freedom and also becomes Romeo's psyche after he realizes that he is also a floating spirit.

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Rule of three (writing)

The rule of three is a writing principle that suggests that a trio of events or characters is more humorous, satisfying, or effective than other numbers in execution of the story and engaging the reader.

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Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire (pronounced SHAWN-in) (born January 5, 1978, in Martinez, California) is an American author and filker.

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Sprite (folklore)

A sprite is a supernatural entity.

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The Chronicles of Prydain

The Chronicles of Prydain is a pentalogy of children's high fantasy Bildungsroman novels written by American author Lloyd Alexander.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Wirt Sikes

William Wirt Sikes (November 23, 1836 – August 18, 1883) was an American journalist and writer, perhaps best known today for his writings on Welsh folklore and customs.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylwyth_Teg

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