keiju — meaning in English
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English meaning
- elf noun A small, magical humanlike creature from folklore, often mischievous; in modern fantasy, a tall, graceful, immortal being.
- fairy noun A small, magical being of human shape, often shown with wings in folklore and fiction.
- Pixie noun A small, mischievous fairy-like creature in folklore.
- sprite noun A small supernatural being, such as an elf or fairy, in folklore.
- vila noun A female nature spirit in Slavic folklore, often associated with forests or water and compared to a fairy or nymph.
Senses
keiju is used for these senses in English:
- elf (Germanic mythology) A supernatural being or spirit associated with illness, mischief, and harmful or dangerous magical influence; in later Norse sources, sometimes divided into benevolent light elves (inhabiting Álfheimr) and malevolent dark elves.
- fairy (mythological creature) A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, especially one that is female. Fairies are revered in some modern forms of paganism.
- pixie (mythology, fantasy literature, fairy tales) A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature.
- sprite A spirit; a soul; a shade.
- storm petrel Any of several small seabirds, of the families Hydrobatidae (northern storm petrels) or Oceanitidae (southern storm petrels), having dark plumage and a white rump.
- vila (Slavic mythology) A type of female nature spirit in Slavic mythology, similar in some ways to a fairy or nymph.