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This is a Greater Bull Goblin | Goblins (Family: Adentidae) | Sometimes Sprites are called Faeries, even though we all know the term "Faerie" can be used to designate creatures like Trolls, Giants and Kelpies as well.

Goblins, who are a part of the Adentlidae family, are creatures in the Spiderwick universe. Malicious and grotesque, a single goblin is a nuisance, but in large numbers they can be quite dangerous. Goblins travel in roving bands that scavenge for good and hunt smaller prey. They make their homes...

A Banshee is a ghost-like fairy species. Arthur Spiderwick often found that many reports of ghosts are merely the trick of some malevolent Faerie, but in some cases he could not identify with any specific type of Fey. He wrote that "this subject certainly warrants further exploration". Banshee (Dryas styx?) Mari Banshee (possible) One of Arthur's friends, Albert, told him under his visit to "draw the drapes and not to open the windows under any circumstances". Arthur became confused, because…

This is what's written in Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You about Pixies. Tricksy by nature, pixies particularly delight in tormenting humans. For this reason, they can be found living in suburban and rural areas, and sometimes even in the parks of cities, any greensward, basically, where people are frequent. Ranging between two feet and the height of a human child, pixies (also known as piskies) make their homes in the hollows of logs, lean-tos formed by…

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Sprites are creatures mentioned in Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You. Dazzling in colour and about the size of large insects, sprites have glistening membranous wings. In fact, they are often confused with exotic insects or flowers at first glance. Considered by many to be the most common type of faerie, sprites prefer to live in deep woods and make their homes high in the branches of trees. They particularly love to live in forests inhabited by treefolk and…

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