Gallery: Gallery: Be Afraid of Guillermo Del Toro's Dangerous Fairies
01book-cover
*Keith Thompson's creepy mural serves as cover art for* Blackwood's Guide to Dangerous Fairies*, the printed prequel to horror film* Don't Be Afraid of the Dark.
02pooka
*The shape-shifting Irish [pooka](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%BAca) frightens farmers and sometimes takes the form of a goblin.*
03oak-men
*In Britain, [oak men](http://www.batcow.co.uk/strangelands/nature.htm) protect nature by attacking interlopers with poisonous mushrooms, herbs and thorns.*
04toothbreakers
*A darker version of the tooth fairy, the toothbreaker haunts U.K. kids, who also fear Scotland's Bloodygums and Wales' Jilly Rot Tooth.*
05croque-mitaine
*French boogeyman the [croque-mitaine](http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croque-mitaine) gnaws off children's fingers and lures them at night into dark corners.*
06kuei
*The Chinese kuei, aka [hungry ghosts](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_ghosts_in_Chinese_religion), torment the living for not paying respect at the time of their deaths.*
07xiang-yao
*The swamp-dwelling [xiang yao](http://www.mythbeasts.com/creature.php?beast=Xiang+Yao) has nine pustule-like heads whose unspoken secrets taunt strangers.*
08morozko
*In Russia, the ice monster [Morozko](http://russian-crafts.com/tales/morozko.html) lures young girls into his icy grasp and freezes them.*
09lurlei
*Like Greek mythology's sirens, the [lurlei](http://www.memidex.com/lurlei) of Germany's Rhine River use their voices to lure people into death by drowning.*
10coyote
*The North American trickster known as the [coyote](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote_(mythology)) causes trouble as a charming but untrustworthy wanderer.*
