Legendary Creatures
- Antigonus - a giant from Brabo and the Giant
- Elegast (Dutch for "King of the Elves.") - See poem Karel ende Elegast. Elegast can put people to sleep magically, opens locks without keys, and has a magic herb that when he puts in his mouth allows him to talk to animals.
- Boeman - the bogeyman of the Netherlands
- Dwarfs - a short, stocky humanoid creature
- Gnomes - dwarf-like beings who instruct the kabouters in smithing and construction. They design the first carillons (groups of bells) of the Netherlands - from The Kabouters and the Bells
- Goblins - or sooty elves, have both dwarf and goblin traits, from The Goblins Turned to Stone,
- Kabouter - (Dutch for gnome) short, strong workers. They build the first carillons (groups of bells) of the Netherlands - from The Kabouters and the Bells
- Klaas Vaak (Dutch version of the "Sandman")
- The Mark - a night demon of Walloon areas of Belgium and Flander's borders.
- Mara - from Scandinavian countries, a malignant female wraith who causes nightmares.
- Moss Maidens - who can make leaves look like anything, from The Elves and Their Antics
- Nightmares - female horses who sit on people's bellies at night after they've eaten toasted cheese. They are female goblins in their true form. - from The Goblins Turned to Stone
- Puk (Dutch for puck)
- Staalkaar, or Stall Elves who live in animal stalls
- Styf - an elf who invents starch, from The Elves and Their Antics
- White elves - from The Elves and Their Antics
- Witte Wieven (In a Dutch dialect it means "white women") - similar to völva, herbalists and wise women.
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