| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Alraune" | East | A Kobold who brings gold through the chimneys. East Friesland |
"Biersel" | German | A Kobold who lives in the cellar, drinks beer and cleans the jugs and bottles. German Torgau District |
"Carmilhan" | Baltic | The phantom ship on which the Kobold of the Baltic sits when he appears to doomed vessels. |
| Spirit name "Fada" | France | A fee or kobold of the south of France, sometimes called "Hada." These house-spirits, of which, strictly speaking, there are but three, bring good luck in their right hand and ill luck in their left. |
| Spirit name "Hinzelmann" | German | The most famous house-spirit or kobold of German legend. He lived four years in the old castle of Hudemuhlen, where he had a room set apart for him. At the end of the fourth year (1588) he went away of his own accord, and never again returned. |
"Kobold" | German | A German household goblin, also frequenting mines. |
"Nis or Nisse" | Scandinavian | A Kobold or Brownie. A Scandinavian fairy friendly to farmhouses. |
"Nix" | German | Kind busy-body. Little creatures not unlike the Scotish brownie and German kobold. They wear a red cap, and are ever ready to lend a helping hand to the industrious and thrifty. "Another tribe of water-fairies are the Nixes, who frequently åśśume the appearance of beautiful maidens."- T. F. T. Dyer: Folk-lore of plants |
| Spirit name "Phynnodderee" | German | Phynnodderee [the Hairy-one]. A Manx spirit, similar to the Scotch "brownie," and German "kobold." He is said to be an outlawed fairy, and the offence was this: He absented himself without leave from Fairy-court on the great levee-day of the Harvest-moon, being in the glen of Rushen, dancing with a pretty Manx maid whom he was courting. |
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