Fenodyree

Fenodyree
   A name for a hairy being, or satyr, similar to the dwarfs of Nordic myth and the elves, brownies, and cluricanes of the Celts. In actual fact it appears to be a memory of the pre-Celtic and pre-Teutonic inhabitants of western Europe.

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