Can you think of any mythical creatures similar to trolls, elves, etc?

Dwarf, hobbit.

Fairies.

I guess halflings, better known as hobbits.

I’m often confused about the word ’‘troll’’...in Dungeons&Dragons, a troll is usually some eleven foot tall monstrosity that uses tree trunks as weapons. :/ But it’s also used for something small in other mediums. Hm.

We also got beings like nymphs, which if I’m not mistaken, are kinda like fairies, but much bigger, yet a little smaller than a human. Those are similar to elves in that they’re all one with nature and shit, in fact, even more so than elves themselves. Usually they’re depicted as a physical manifestation of nature itself, beyond trees and rivers and stuff.

Irish mythology also has brownies, which are nasty little brown skinned imps that smell like spoiled milk and like to play tricks and cause misfortune on humans. But if you play by their rules, they can be very kindly. I don’t think those are said to be much taller than half a mug of beer though lol.

The Russian domovoye and Japanese “kappa” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa_(folklore) might fit what you’re looking for.

Orcs

Borrowers

pixies, lepricauns,

Geico lizards? Aflac ducks? : )

Gnomes
Lilliputians
Munchkins
Oompa Loompas

Has anyone heard of the “ceiling cat”?

@woodcutter No. But I’m curious. Do tell?

Gremlins =)

@Afos22 Darn it! You beat me to it!

Ok, what were those water creatures in Harry Potter? Dibs!

Mermaids? lmao

House elves
Whatever the name of the original tooth fairies were… The scary ass f***s they were.

@Symbeline http://www.ceilingcat.com/

Sock puppets

Apparently concluding that there wasn’t enough strangeness in the world, art teacher Ms. Florence Pretz of St. Louis, Missouri gave to the world the Billiken. It was subsequently adopted as the official mascot of the prestigious St. Louis University.

Goblins or Hobgoblins.
Sprites.
Vampires
Zombies (sorry @Symbeline I think they might actually by mythical).
Trolls
Mermaids
Brownies
Imps

Tooth fairy

Do druids count?

Oompa loompas?

@Adirondackwannabe There really were Druids, though not in the D&D sense.

@Nullo Yeah, I know. I thought they were cool.

Erdmännlein

Boggarts. They feature in the folklore of the north-west of England, they’re malevolent household faeries that cause mischief such as curdling milk, misplacing objects and making livestock go lame.

@downtide And they always make sure that if you drop your toast, it lands on the buttered side. XD

That’s the ones @Symbeline . They’ve embraced modern technology too; they keep hiding my cellphone.

In Africa, the natives have a mythical little scary guy called the “tokoloshe.” The myth is so ingrained that they won’t sleep on the floor. They always put blocks under their beds so the tokolosh can’t get them. For more information, google “africa tokoloshe.”

There is the native american wendigo.

@WestRiverrat Oh yeah, that’s what it’s called. I read about those in a ghost stories book. (apparently real ghost stories) I couldn’t remember the name for the longest time, and I always popped up with winnebago.

Winnebago is a motor home. On of those monster sized campers. lol

O_O Man was I off the track…

Winnebago sounds Indian so I searched and it is. There was a tribe in the midwest.