AOS SI

Leanan Sidhe/Sith - “Fairy lover”, muse with inspiration with vampiric tendancy - death to the artist inspired

Aos Si - “people of the mounds” - Many Types

● Abarta - “Doer of deeds”

● Abhartach - “Dwarf”, may drink blood

● Alp-luachra - “Joint Eater”, evil, greedy - old name for tapeworm

● Bean nighe - “Banshee” “Washerwoman”, omen of death

● Caoineag - Highland Banshee, Weeper

● Cat sìth - Spectral Cat, Soul stealing?, origin of nine life cat

● Cù Sìth - ‘Grim’ - harbinger of death, 3 bays leading to death

● Dobhar-chú - water-hound, protective properties

● Ellén Trechend - three-headed monster, bird-like dragon - breathed fire

● Fachen - giant cyclops with 1 hand from chest & 1 leg & single tuff of hair

● Fear gorta - phantom of hunger, walks in times of famine

● Am Fear Liath Mòr - Big Grey Man of Ben Macdhui

● Fetch - supernatural double/apparition of living man, omens 4 impending death

● Fuath - “Hate”, malevolent water spirits - kelpie

● Gancanagh - Male fairy known for seducing women “love talker”

● Ghillie Dhu / Gille Dubh - Solitary male faerie, kindly and reticent yet wild in character, but

gentle devotion to children.

Dark haired and clothed in leaves and moss - lived in a birch wood within Gairloch and Loch a

Druing area of NW Scotland

“Rather unusual nature fairy”

Generally a dishevelled appearance

Fondness of children similar to that of Hyter sprite

Was hunted and while unsuccessful hunt, never seen again

● Glaistig - type of Fuath, known as maighdean uaine ‘green maiden’ and may appear as faun

“The Green Lady”

● Glashtyn - Manx folklore, Goblin of aquatic habitat?

Shapeshifter theory - ears like a horse > Modern portrayal “a handsome, dark man with curly hair

and flashing eyes” > Curiosity of women

Version of brownie?

● Oilliphéist - Dragon like monster

● Selkie - live as seals in sea but shed skin to become human on land

○ Often coerced into relationships with humans because someone stole

sealskin, often not regaining skin til years later and returning to the sea,

forsaking human family. - Rarely differentiated from mermaids and often

called “maighdean-mhara” in Scottish Gaelic and “Maighdean Mhara” in

Irish but having seal like qualities.

● Sluagh - spirits of the restless dead. ~Sinners ~Evil people neither welcomed in heaven nor

hell nor otherworld. Rejected by Deities and Earth itself - A Classification of fairies
 Daoine Maithe - “the good people”, supernatural abilities and temperament, (2 origin, fallen angel vs

Tuatha de danann) Few Types

● Changeling - Fairy child left in place of human child

● Clurichaun - love of drinking, haunt cellars, similar to leprechaun

● Dullahan - Without a head, Unseelie, usually a rider

● Leprechauns - little bearded man who partakes in mischief, offers 3 wishes if captured

● Far darrig - “Red man”, fat, dark & hairy skin, long snout, tail, connection to nightmare?

● Merrow - Mermaid/Sea-wanderer - w/ human descendants have ‘scaly skin’ & membrane

between toes/fingers > return to sea no matter connections to terrestrial

● Púca - good & bad, human and animal form, “nature spirit”, c​ommonly appear as a horse, cat,

rabbit, raven, fox, wolf, goat, goblin or dog - benevolent

Tuatha De Danann - “People of the Goddess Danu”, people inhabiting Ireland before modern day ppls
 MEDIEVAL LEGENDARY CREATURES

Aspidochelone > sea creature - larger than a whale - mistaken for an island - devours men - dark entity

Avalerion > Eagle with unbreakable claws and beak - 2 in existence at any single time - eggs laid every 60

years, when hatching the parents drown themselves

Bicorn > part panther, cow, human - devours kind-hearted and devoted husbands - large and well fed

Bonnacon > a bull with an inward-curving horn and horse mane - caustic feces against pursuers, burning them

Calingae > race of short-lived people - lifespan 8 years

Calygreyhound > head of wildcat, torso of deer, claws of eagle, ox hooves, antlers, hind legs of lion, tail of

poodle, sometimes has wings - swift

Chichevache > part panther, cow, human - devours obedient wives - thin and starving

Chromandi > race of hairy savages with dog teeth

Crocotta > dog-wolf linked with hyna - deadly to men and dogs - unnerving humalike vocalization

Cynophaly > head of dog - human intelligence - like anubis, Wepwawet, Duamutef

Dipsa > tiny, mucus like, extemely venomous snake - die immediately before being aware youve been bitten

Draconcopedes > vast serpentine creature w/ head of woman - lamia?

Echeneis > small fish that latches onto ships and holds them back - suckerfish?

Ethiopian pegasus > 2 horned, winged horses from ethiopia

Forest bull > breed of ferocious red cattle, hides withstand weapons - horns could swivel in any direction

Gold-digging ant > insect size of dog that dug up gold

Gorgades > race of hairy humanoids

Headless men > headless men with faces on their stomachs - akephaloi ‘without a head’

Hercinia > bird w/ glowing feathers - not evil or good, just existing - hunted for their ability to light the way
 Hircocervus > billy goat stag - a really tall goat

Hydrus > gets eaten by a crocodile then eats the stomach lining and bursts free

Hypnalis > asp that kills victim in sleep - “cleopatra placed it on herself and thus was freed by death as if by

sleep”

Ichneumon > enemy of dragon - mongoose - like a cockatrice in its ability to track its prey

Indus worm > giant, white, carnivorous worm w/ large teeth in river - produced volatile inflammable oil used

in warfare

Leontophone > deadly to lions - also considered pests by humans - small bear but also serpentine/

Macrocephali > large headed - tribe - artificially shaping skulls of children

Mandi > like Calingae, short-lived people - children at 7, old at 40 - only bear children once in live

Monoceros > related to unicorn - head of stag, feet of elephant, tail of boar - 1 black horn - impossible to

capture

Muscaliet > similar to hares, squirrles, weasles, and pigs - internal temperature enough to warp wood

Myrmecoleon > ant lion - face of a lion, body of ant

Nuli > race of people with backwards-facing, eight-toed feet

Orphan Bird > peacock neck, eagle beak, swan feet, crane body -l ay eggs in sea, good float bad sink

Pandi > race of giant-eared peple w/ 8 finfers and toes + whitehair that turned black with age - warlike race

born with all teeth

Panotti > race of people w/ ears covering body - ears in lieu of clothing - southern asia

Panther > big cat w/ multicoloured hide - after feasting would sleep for 3 days - then roar emitting sweet odor

attracting more prey then eat again

Parandrus > ox-size, long hair, antlers, hooves - change fur colour for camouflage
 Pard > felines w/ spotted coats + fast - cheetah like - mate w/ lions to produce leopards - have spots that

symbolize sins

Petermannchen > small good-natured household spirit - unlocks doors - keeper of keys - flowing beard to

waist

Salamanders > usually living in fire, poisonous properties - like newts?

Satyrus > ape give birth to twins - has pleasant face, hairy bearded, manlike body, gesticulating much, very

fallacious

Scitalis > marvelous markins on back to stun viewer - body heat so great it shed skin even in winter (also

growing)

Seps > legendary snake w/ corrossive venom that liquified prey

Struthopodes > race of humanoids who’s males have large feet but females had tiny feet

Succubus > demon female in form that seduce men ‘to lie under’ - will eat you

Syrobotae > giant, 12ft tall

Syrictae > indian tribe w/ snake-like nostrils in place of nose and bandy serpentine legs

Unicorn > large, pointed, spiriling horn from forhead - in all myth and culture

Vegetable Lamb of Tartary > sheep connected to plant by umbilical cord and grazed ground around plant -

when sheep died plant died

Yale > Centicorn - goat creature w/ tusks of boar and large horns - size of hippopotamus, elephant tail, black

in colour - proud in defence

Ypotryll > tusked head of boar, camel body, ox legs, serpent tail - known for ugliness