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Fenodyree

Also called Fenoderee, Phynnodderee, Phenodyree.

The Fenodyree is a huge, hairy solitary brownie of Manx tradition, a fairy expelled from fairyland for loving a mortal woman, who performs prodigious farm labor overnight until offended by a gift of clothes.

At a glance

Tradition
Manx folklore
Region
Isle of Man (place of origin)
Trait family
The Track-Leavers

Near this figure

and 4 more
  • Yowie Hairy giant wildman · Superhuman strength
  • Urisk Aids household or construction tasks for the respectful
  • Uhepono Hairy giant wildman
  • Calygreyhound Superhuman speed

Traits

Read from the figure's description, which a model wrote. Open "why" for the sentence a trait came from.

Form

  • Hairy giant wildman
    why

    described as a huge man covered in shaggy black hair, with eyes that show through the fur

Behaviour

  • Aids household or construction tasks for the respectful
    why

    In that role he performs prodigious overnight work: threshing an entire barn of corn in a single night, mowing a meadow before dawn that would take a team of men days, or driving the whole flock of sheep down from the mountain in one uninterrupted sweep.

  • Reluctant servitude through magical binding
    why

    The origin story told of him is that he was once one of the fair folk, expelled from fairyland — in some tellings for loving a mortal woman, in others for missing the fairy host's obligatory gathering — and condemned to labor as a solitary farmhand as punishment.

Offensive powers

  • Superhuman strength
    why

    The Fenodyree — also spelled Fenoderee — is a solitary household or farm spirit of Manx tradition, described as a huge man covered in shaggy black hair, with eyes that show through the fur, and possessed of far more than human strength.

Utility powers

  • Superhuman speed
    why

    In that role he performs prodigious overnight work: threshing an entire barn of corn in a single night, mowing a meadow before dawn that would take a team of men days, or driving the whole flock of sheep down from the mountain in one uninterrupted sweep.

Roles

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