History Main / PeeveGoblins

* Imps are often described as small, mischievous, trouble making demons who usually prefer to torment you with small things rather than harm you in a major way. Usually.

* Various folklores have stories of HouseFey which are usually helpful to whoever they share a home with. However, if the fey gets angered for some reason, they can cause trouble, either small (such as hiding household objects or breaking them) or large (killing livestock and making farmland infertile). In German folklore, kobolds were often believed to be the cause of accidents in the areas where they lived, which they caused if angered or not properly paid for their services. Household kobolds would cause accidents around the house, or spread bad luck or disease. Mine kobolds were blamed for cave-ins, rock slides and the discovery of a worthless, poisonous metal that we now know as the element "cobalt". Ship kobolds would tangle rigging and plague a vessel with bad luck.

* ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus'' has an intangible creature called "Not Me" who lives to sabotage the grownups' day to make the kids look bad. [[ItAmusedMe It thinks this is hilarious]].

* ''Manga/OnePiece:'' In the Dressrosa arc, there exist a local legend where "fairies" will steal some minor item from people's belongings without them noticing it until later. They're actually lilliputian dwarves who live in a nearby small island; they are allowed to do this by the king, Riku Dold III, as an apology for his ancestors oppressing the dwarves.

* Myth/BrazilianFolklore: The Saci-Pererê is a mischievous fae-like being with the appearance of a single-legged black child wearing a red cap who loves to make pranks, such as souring the soup, entangling horses' manes, scaring travellers at night, making objects get lost etc.. The Caipora is a protector of the woods that also frequently makes pranks and assumes the role of TheTrickster, so do Comadre Fulozinha, Romãozinho and others.

* Icelandic Christmas folklore gives us the 13 Yule lads, a group of mischieveous spirits that are the sons of the man-eating giants Grýla and Leppalúði. While their parents (and their giant man-eating cat) are much more dangerous, [[HarmlessVillain these 13 pranksters are much less so]], arriving one by one over the final 13 nights leading up to Christmas/Yule to [[PokeThePoodle cause minor inconveniences]]. [[MeaningfulName Their English-translated names]] are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin very apt on describing each of their gimmicks]].

** Sniffer: Has an abnormally large nose and an acute sense of smell which he uses to locate leaf bread.

* In European folklore, {{Nocturnal Emission}}s were blamed on [[SuccubiAndIncubi Succubi]] having their way with men while they were asleep, [[SleepParalysisCreature among other ills such as night terrors and sleep paralysis.]]

* [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_(treasure_hunt) The Secret: A Treasure Hunt]] is half [[FictionalMysteryRealPrize treasure-hunt puzzle book]], and half field guide to various faerie creatures of this sort that satirize common American problems and fads of The80s. The Energenii waste energy and run up electric bills, the Sophomore Jinx causes college students to perform WackyFratboyHijinx, the Tupperwerewolves are why you can never match a container with its lid, and so on. You can see all of the profiles [[https://12treasures.com/field-guide/ here]].

* ''Webcomic/SomethingHappens'' introduces various "minor bogeymen" in [[http://somethinghappens.keenspot.com/d/20080220.html a guest strip]].