2. Aos Sí
Aos Sí, formely written aes sidhe , also written Daoine sídhe in Irish / Daoine
síth in Scottish
The term Aos Sí is an irish expression that designates a type of supernatural
creature, similar to a fairy.
Daoine = people / sídhe = mouds
The Aos Sí means the people of the mouds.
In many texts of Gaelic literature, they represent the Tuatha Dé Danann (a
supernatural race whom represent the main deities of Gaelic Ireland before
the 17th Century).
This is a mound!
3. The Unseelie Court
Unseelie means “Unholy”
These are the fairies who
screamed through the Earth.
Some fairies from this court help
human beings, while other are
dangerous.
4. The Seelie Court
These type of fairies usually brings blessings to those they passed as they
travel through the Earth.
They are not always benevolent.
6. This creature is a type of fairy of the Aos Sí race.
The word leprechaun comes from the Gaelic
expression leith brogan, which means shoe maker.
7. The leprechaun is the son of an evil spirit and a
degenerete fairy, not wholly good, not entirely evil.
Is depicted as a dwarfish man with a distinguishable
Green clothing, but leprechauns usually wear different
clothes depending on the place where they live.
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9. The most known legend about the leprechauns tells
that if you catch one, he will grant you 3 wishes, or
he must lead you to his crock of gold.
10. Warning!
The Leprechauns could become down right malicious when crossed, so
better be polite if you deal with one.
12. Banshee
Bean sí, bantsi, ben síde, bainsíde.
bean sídhe = woman of the mouds
Is female spirit in Irish mythology that announces the death of a relative.
She usually does it by
13. The banshee usually appears as and olg hag or as a lovely woman
In irish folklore, she often has
red hair, wears White or Green
clothing and combs her hair
with a Golden brush.
14. If you ever come across a Banshee, don’t be scared, possibly she just want
some company…
16. The Dullahan
Also known as the Gann Cean, in Irish, means,without a head.
This is an Irish folklore figure, he is a headless horseman.
He is a type of Unseelie fairy that predicts the death, he carries news of
impending death to anyone who saw him riding.
17. He is commonly portrayed as either riding on the
back of a black horse, also headless, or riding a
black carriage that is pulled by 6 black horses.
Around midnight, the Dullahan can be seen riding
his horse in the forest, holding his head between his
right arm and his chest.
He wears a long, black cloak that flows behind him
as he rides through the lands.
His severed head is covered in rotting flesh that
gives off the strong odour of rotting cheese.
18. Stay out of his path!
Do not look at him, you would be immediately blinded.
Once the Dullahan states the name of the person whose soul he will take,
there’s no way to avoid the death.
20. The Changeling
As the fairy babies are not as
pretty and adorable as human
babies, the fairy parents steal
human babies from their cribs,
and place a fairy baby instead.
This baby fairy replacing
human baby, is called the
changeling.
21. A Speedy baptism was recommended, because Christian rituaks made
childs unattractive to fairies.
Once the human child is stolen, there’s Little to do if the parents want to
recover them, maybe a trip to the Fairyland.
22. Some parents who allegedly had a changeling child would starve and
drown the babies, thinking that real fairy parents would come to save their
children.
There’s tragic evidence that such beliefs of changeling children, were
occasionally used to excuse the abuse, torture and even the murder of
unwanted or handicapped children.
23. Be careful of how much time you
leave alone your baby…
25. The Merrows
Múruch in irish
These creatures from the Irish Folklore are mermaids or mermans.
Continental an insular figures, half-human and half-fish, they usually live
from the west of Ireland across Scotland and England.
26. Physically horrendous to some people, they usually have Green teeth, red
noses and pig eyes. Their hair is Green and scraggly, made by seaweed.
Despite of their appearance, they seem to attract a lot of men and sailors.
They are not always lovely, but their personality is commonly described as
fond and brandy.
27. Every merrow wears a Little called cohuleen druith, which permits them to
swim safely below the waves.
If a human man wants to marry a merrow, he must steal this cap and hide
it very well.
28. If you are sailing by Irish waters and
you hear a sweet singing, beware!
If they spotted you before you could watch them, you were invariably
captured.
30. Creatures half-human, half-fairy.
He is a very small elderly man who wears no clothes but a variety of twigs
and dirt from his travels.
Their homes could be a cave, hollow or cleft in the landscape.
31. Grogoch are very sociable beings, they have the power of invisibility and
would only appear to good people, and would help farmers planting and
harvesting or in domestic chores.
As many fairies, the Grogoch has a fear for clergy, so, he is not going to
approach if there’s a priest or a minister around.
