Cornwall and Devon share a fairy, but not a temperament: ragged moor-haunting piskies on one side of the Tamar, house-proud pixies on the other.

Brownies and boggarts share a hearth, a history and a temper — but one tidies your kitchen while the other wrecks it. Here is how to tell them apart in British tales.

A beginner's guide to British folklore: the creatures worth knowing, fairy rules, three key tales, living calendar customs, and how to find stories near you.