Humanoids

thumb|alt=Photograph of a classic-style snowman in scarf and hat with pipe and carrot nose, in Winona Lake, Indiana, USA|A classic three-ball snowman in Winona Lake, Indiana|Winona Lake, [[Indiana]] thumb|Making snowman in Kõrvemaa, Estonia (January 2021)

thumb|The Dwarf (folklore)|dwarves of [[Germanic mythology are an example of humanoid beings.]] A humanoid (; from English human and -oid "resembling") is a non-human entity with human form or characteristics. By the 20th century, the term came to describe fossils which were morphologically similar, but not identical, to those of the human skeleton.

cookie made from gingerbread in the shape of a human

thumb|upright|A World War II gremlin-themed industrial safety poster A gremlin is a mischievous fictional creature invented at the beginning of the 20th century originally to explain malfunctions in aircraft, and later in other machinery, processes and their operators. Depictions of these creatures vary widely. Stories about them and references to them as the causes of especially inexplicable technical and mental problems of pilots were especially popular during and after World War II.