Dwarves (folklore)

supernatural being in Germanic folklore

A leprechaun () is a diminutive supernatural being in Irish folklore, classed by some as a type of solitary fairy. They are usually depicted as little bearded men, wearing a coat and hat, who partake in mischief. In later times, they have been depicted as shoe-makers who have a hidden pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Vamana (, ), also known as Trivikrama (), Urukrama (), Upendra (), Dadhivamana (, ), Ulagalanthan (lit. 'the one who measured the world) and Balibandhana (), is an avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu. He is the fifth avatar of Vishnu and the first Dashavatara in the Treta Yuga, after Narasimha.

thumb|upright=1.2|Der Wechselbalg by Henry Fuseli, 1781

thumb|The dwarf Alberich (with whip) drives on the Nibelung dwarfs, who collect gold and other treasures. ([[Arthur Rackham, 1910)]]

thumb|Wooden Koro-pok-guru dolls The Korpokkur (; ), also written Koro-pok-kuru, korobokkuru, korbokkur, or koropokkur, koro-pok-guru, are a race of little people in folklore of the Ainu people of the northern Japanese islands.

thumb|Alekoko "Menehune" fishpond. thumb|Menehune bank from 1946. Made for Bank of Hawaii as a promotional giveaway to encourage island children to save their pennies.

thumb|upright=1.2|A representation of a Clurichaun in Thomas Crofton Croker|T. C. Croker's Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland

thumb|Newspaper headline, 7 December 1955

South Tyrolean saga

thumb|250px|The monument to the Orange Alternative in Wrocław featuring its mascot, a krasnoludek dwarf, now one of many across the city.

thumb|Pas-ta'ai ceremonies at Nanzhuang, Miaoli, Taiwan thumb|Pas-ta'ai ceremonies at Wufeng, Hsinchu, Taiwan