List of fictional humanoid species in literature

Main article: List of fictional humanoid species

See also: List of humanoid alien species

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This is a list of fictional humanoid species in literature, and is subsidiary to the list of fictional humanoid species. It is a collection of various notable humanoid species that are featured in text literature, including novels, short stories, and poems, but not originating in comics or other sequential art.

Literature

Species	Author	Work	Notes
Blemmyes	Pliny	Naturalis historia	A tribe which became fictionalized as a race of creatures believed to be acephalous (headless) monsters who had eyes and mouths on their chest. Pliny the Elder writes of them that Blemmyes traduntur capita abesse, ore et oculis pectore adfixis ("It is said that the Blemmyes have no heads, and that their mouth and eyes are put in their chests"). The Blemmyes were said to live in Africa, in Nubia, Kush, or Ethiopia, generally south of Egypt.
The Dark Ones	Dmitry Glukhovsky	Metro universe
The Borrowers	Mary Norton	The Borrowers series
Brobdingnagians	Jonathan Swift	Gulliver's Travels
Elves	J. R. R. Tolkien	legendarium
Dwarves	J. R. R. Tolkien	legendarium
Eloi	H. G. Wells	The Time Machine
Goblins	J.K Rowling	Harry Potter
Hobbits/Halflings	J. R. R. Tolkien	legendarium
House elves	J.K Rowling	Harry Potter
Leoniders	Strugatsky brothers	Noon Universe
Lilliputians	Jonathan Swift	Gulliver's Travels
Morlocks	H. G. Wells	The Time Machine
Newts	Karel Čapek	War with the Newts
Nomes	Terry Pratchett	The Nome Trilogy
Oompa-Loompas	Roald Dahl	Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
Orcs	J. R. R. Tolkien	legendarium
Sciapodes	Pliny	Naturalis historia
Veela	J.K Rowling	Harry Potter
Yahoos	Jonathan Swift	Gulliver's Travels
Avian Americans	James Patterson	"Maximum Ride"
Shadowhunters	Cassandra Clare	"The Mortal Instruments"