Theynormally inhabits the sea, but may also be found in lakes, rivers, wellsand other watery places. They have been known to warn of storms orother future events, and if one is seized, she can be forced to doso, or to perform other tasks. Mermaids may sometimes adopt land-dwellingchildren, making them their protectora. Mermaids may also marry a land-dweller,or draw men to under the sea with them, either allowing them to livein bliss or to be drowned, depending on her whim. Nixes are simularto mermaids,but are able to assume totally human form, but they alwaysretain some mark of beeing non-human.
Goblins are pranksters, and are known to rearrangitems in the house or tangle horses manes.
Theyaern't evil, but perform quite unkind tricks, like leading travellers astrayor to steal naughty children. They like to pinch maids who don tkeep the house clean. They were often thought to be the souls of babieswho had died before baptism. Shoemakers for the noble faeriesof Ireland. They were cranky, solitary, and strangely enough, often seenby humans.