Gremlins
Sprites
Sprites noun - Atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves).
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They live largely by scavenging the by-products of human society.Small Folk society is divided into seven "cliques" — boggarts, brownies, goblins, gremlins, knockers, pixies, and sprites — who like to think of themselves as distinct species, but who are really just socio-cultural groups.
Source: Tabletop Game / The Small Folk -
Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are: Mei and Satsuki do this when trying to make the soot sprites (or "soot gremlins" or even "dust bunnies," depending on which version one watches) in the attic appear.
Source: Anime / My Neighbor Totoro
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