In Welsh folklore, certain mines are haunted by coblynau. If treated with respect, these goblins will lead miners to precious ore and warn them of danger, but if treated with disrespect, coblynau will throw rocks at the miners or even collapse their shaft.
🎨 Alan Lee
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Though dividing fairies into a more benign Seelie Court and a more sinister Unseelie Court is prominent in modern fantasy, the only folklore it appears in is Scottish, and even then it's a later addition. Other legends don't divide fairies into such easy categories.
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"Tentazione" by Gerda Wegener
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"When the full light of the morning came, no signs of the wolves were to be found, and they looked in vain for the bodies of the dead.... 'It is as I feared,' said Gandalf. 'These were no ordinary wolves.'"
- J. R. R. Tolkien, "The Fellowship of the Ring"
🎨 Patrick McEvoy
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In Welsh folklore, King Arthur battles an army of "dog-heads" near Edinburgh. His champion Bedwyr lost a hand killing their leader Gwrgi Garwlwyd ("Man-Dog Rough-Grey"). It's debated whether these beings are meant to be werewolves or a species of dog-headed men.
🎨​ Hartmann Schedel
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