Mythic creatures

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This article concerns mythic creatures that have been referenced in Warcraft sources but which have no lore describing their existence as actual races.

Contents 1 Fairy 2 Gremlin 3 Faun 3.1 Notes 4 Ouroboros 5 References 6 See also

Fairy

Fairies (a.k.a. faeries) are mentioned on several items and spells including Fairy's Embrace, Faerie-Kind Staff, and Faerie Fire.

Gremlin

Gremlins are mentioned in Night of the Dragon, "Foul little gremlins!"^{NotD #?}

Faun

Fauns are mentioned in material concerning dryads. Most likely a typo of fawn. Dryads are said to have the lower bodies of woodland^[1][2][3] gray fauns and the upper bodies (head, arms, and torso) of night elf women.^[4][5][6] In mytholog fauns are closer to satyr. They are bipeds with goat-like legs and goat horns on their heads.

Notes

Based on the context of the dryad descriptions, "faun" was most likely a misspelling of "fawn" a juvenile deer. In other sources dryads lower halves are described as being deer-like. There are probably no "fauns" in Warcraft lore. The term "faun" does not appear outside of the reference to dryads. The references to dryads and references to being deer-like are made within the dryad's Warcraft III gag quotes:

• "I'm game." (A pun, referring to the fact that the dryad is half-deer, a game animal)
• "Fear the fearsome fury of the forest fawn!"
• "D'oh!" (Doe, a female deer)

Ouroboros

Ouroboros is a mythological serpent swallowing its own tail.[1]

See Ouroboros Belt.

References

See also

• Wikipedia