History Main / HouseFey

* To a certain extent, this is the role of Owen in ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''. He is actually [[spoiler:the fairy Puck]], who has decided to serve Xanatos because he thought it would be interesting to do so. On more than one occasion, Owen has proven himself to be fiercely defensive of his employer and his employer's family.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', late in its fifth season, introduces the Pebbles, miniscule Gem-beings who live in the Diamonds' palace walls; they spend their days crafting furniture, tailoring clothes, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and harmonizing in spontaneous musical numbers.]] Blue Diamond possesses one that lives and functions as a singing hair-comb, and their voices are near-identical to those of their creator-Diamond.
* The Nisse in ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'' live in people's houses, borrowing lost items and storing them in a pocket dimension made of all the house's unused space. They don't actually look after the house, but are tolerated by humans for being largely unobtrusive. They look like small, tailed men with [[GagNose big round noses]], and all but one shown have face obscuring hair and beards.

* Hana from ''Manga/ReturnToLabyrinth'' is similar to "Literature/TheElvesAndTheCobbler", she lived in the attic of a goblin shoe shop and made shoes for them at night. When the shop started making a profit, she wanted payment for her work. Not satisfied with the tiny shoes they made her, she raided the safe and had her wings torn off as punishment. As a punishment for helping Toby she was forced to be a servant at Jareth's ball.

* A Klabautermann appears in ''Franchise/OnePiece'' when their first ship has taken too much damage to ever be adequately seaworthy again and makes some temporary repairs to the Going Merry.

* ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'': Three refugee pixies show up at King Stefan's castle offering to look after his daughter if he lets them live there. They are sent to live with Baby Aurora in a cottage after Maleficent curses her but are that useless that Maleficent herself has to save the child's life on a regular basis.

Compare GeniusLoci and ZashikiWarashi. Unrelated to [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire House]] [[Series/GameOfThrones Frey]] or [[Franchise/AceAttorney the Fey clan]].

Compare GeniusLoci and ZashikiWarashi. Unrelated to [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire House]] [[Series/GameOfThrones Frey]] or [[Franchise/AceAttorney another Fey]].

* The Nac Mac Feegle have been known to do jobs for Tiffany Aching in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels, sometimes even finding out if the jobs ''need'' doing first. Anybody else trying to get them to act as house fey would be looking at a face full o' heid. Though bribing them with something alcoholic may well do much to change this attitude. (There is some folklore suggesting this has been attempted; ''Discworld/CarpeJugulum'' says that if you leave a new sixpence and a horse needing shod near their mound in Lancre, then in the morning the sixpence will be gone, and so will the horse. ''Nanny Ogg's Cookbook'' says that if you leave them a saucer of milk, they will steal everything in the drinks cabinet.)

* From Scandinavian folklore, there was the tomte. If a farmer took care of his farm and respected the tomte, it would in turn watch over his animals at night and [[FertileFeet bless the fields with bountiful harvests.]] If the tomte was disrespected, however, he might kill the animals, tear the barn down or [[WalkingWasteland make the soil infertile.]]

* Nordic Folklore has the Nisse which lives in the house of a farmstead, and protects the family and animals. If the people were rude or his work went unappreciated, he would retaliate by breaking things, hiding people's belongings, and [[DisproportionateRetribution killing the farm animals]].

* ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'': Fairy tales such as "Literature/TheElvesAndTheCobbler" and SantaClaus are inspired by elves coming into humans' houses while [[TimeStandsStill time is stopped]] and doing jobs for them. Of course, this was centuries ago before the fairies moved underground and started enforcing a {{Masquerade}}.

** The SequelSeries ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'', Camp Neptune has Lares. Minor household Gods that are also quite common in Rome.

* The Nac Mac Feegle have been known to do jobs for Tiffany Aching in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels, sometimes even finding out if the jobs ''need'' doing first. Anybody else trying to get them to act as house fey would be looking at a face full o' heid. Though bribing them with something alcoholic may well do much to change this attitude.

* The plot of [[ComicBook/{{Seconds}} Seconds]] kicks off when the restaurant's house spirit gives the main character a MagicMushroom that can alter the past as a thank you for giving her old clothes.

* In ''HouseOfManyWays'' by Creator/DianaWynneJones, Charmain has to deal with the kobolds going on strike from their house and garden chores.
* In the ''{{Chrestomanci}}'' short story ''The Sage of Theare'', among the various OddJobGods that inhabit Theare are household gods and kitchen gods.

** The Lubberkin, a [[DarkerAndEdgier particularly gruesome take on the trope]]. [[spoiler:If a stillborn baby is hastily discarded by the grieving parents without proper funeral rights, it might [[FetusTerrible return as a predatory undead creature called a Botchling]]. An obscure ritual exists to appease the Botchling's tormented spirit and turn it into a Lubberkin, but it is a physically dangerous and emotionaly devastating ordeal for the parent the ritual requires.]]

* The Brownie is one specific type that lives in houses and aids in household tasks.

* Lena Burgess from "{{Fablehaven}}" is a Naiad who works as a maid for the Sorensons.

* In ''Literature/TheMagisterium'' series by Creator/HollyBlack and Creator/CassandraClare, the [[WizardingSchool magisterium]] uses [[SummonMagic summoned elementals]] to tidy the dorms when the kids aren't there.

Compare GeniusLoci and ZashikiWarashi. Unrelated to [[Franchise/AceAttorney another Fey]].

* The Nac Mac Feegle have been known to do jobs for Tiffany Aching in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels, sometimes even finding out if the jobs ''need'' doing first. Anybody else trying to get them to act as house fey would be looking at a face full o' heid.

** The SequelSeries ''TheHeroesOfOlympus'', Camp Neptune has Lares. Minor household Gods that are also quite common in Rome.
** The next series ''TheTrialsOfApollo'' mentions that the harpies cook breakfast and has dryads serving drinks at dinner.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 1st Edition Advanced D&D supplement ''Fiend Folio''. Killmoulis live in areas where grains and other types of food are prepared (like a kitchen or gristmill). They secretly help out with the work and eat large amounts of food (such as grain and flour).

* In ''HouseOfManyWays'' by DianaWynneJones, Charmain has to deal with the kobolds going on strike from their house and garden chores.

** NorseMythology themed spin off, ''Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard'' has the elves from Alfheim using trolls called ''huldra'' as servants.

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* In ''[[ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} Hellboy: Darkness Calls]]'', Hellboy is cast into the land of [[Myth/SlavicMythology Russian myth]]. He takes refuge in an abandoned cottage and is attacked by the house's domovoi. Eventually, Hellboy calms the spirit down, and the two get along amicably. The domovoi even briefly assists him in fighting Koschei the Immortal.

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* The Brownie is one specific type that lives in houses and aids in household tasks.
* The Scottish urisk was involved in farm life around harvest time.
* The Killmoulis was an ugly brownie that hung around mills. It helped the miller work but was known to eat food and pull tricks and pranks.

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* A Domovoi features in ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV''.
* Tear from ''VideoGame/RecettearAnItemShopsTale'' counts as this for a business instead of a home. She was sent to Recette's home to at least try to help Recette earn back the debts her DisappearedDad wracked up so she at least has a chance to avoid having her house seized. While she mainly makes sure that Recette doesn't slack off, she also helps do the chores around the house. This also works on a double level, as Tear, herself [[spoiler:is already pretty much an indentured servant who]] was sent to help out Recette by the debt collector company in the first place.

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* * The silky of ''Manga/TheAncientMagusBride'' runs Elias' house. Eventually, it's revealed [[spoiler:she was a former banshee who was given a new lease on life as a silky.]]

* The domovoi from Myth/SlavicMythology would protect the house and occasionally assist in chores and fieldwork. Mistreatment, or poor upkeep of the house, could make them malicious. Russian and other East Slavic folklores have a specific fey for each type of building (well, except the outhouse): a domovoi for the house, a bannik for the bathhouse, an ovinnik for the barn, etc.