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In the Irish language, aos sí, earlier aes sídhe, means "folk of the fairy mounds".In Old Irish, it was áes síde. [5] The word sí or sídh in Irish means a fairy mound or ancient burial mound, which were seen as portals to an Otherworld.
Fairies, particularly those of Irish, English, Scottish and Welsh folklore, have been classified in a variety of ways. Classifications – which most often come from scholarly analysis, and may not always accurately reflect local traditions – typically focus on behavior or physical characteristics.
The notion that Irish fairies live in fairy mounds (fairy forts, fairy hills) give rise to the names aos sí or daoine sídhe ('people of the sidhe [fairy mound]'). [38] In the instance of "The Legend of Knockgrafton" (name of a hill), the protagonist named Lusmore is carried inside the fairy "moat" or rath by the fairy wind (Irish: sidhe gaoithe).
A banshee (/ ˈ b æ n ʃ iː / BAN-shee; Modern Irish bean sí, from Old Irish: ben síde [bʲen ˈʃiːðʲe], "woman of the fairy mound" or "fairy woman") is a female spirit in Irish folklore who heralds the death of a family member, [1] usually by screaming, wailing, shrieking, or keening.
The leannán sídhe (lit. ' fairy lover '; [1] Scottish Gaelic: leannan sìth, Manx: lhiannan shee; [lʲan̴̪-an ˈʃiː]) is a figure from Irish folklore. [2] She is depicted as a beautiful woman of the Aos Sí ("people of the fairy mounds") who takes a human lover.
A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, generally described as anthropomorphic, found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and French folklore), a form of spirit, often with metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural qualities.
The Irish Catholics took great care to avoid angering the fairy folk. Believing in fairies must not have been too far-fetched for St. Patrick. After all, Christian beliefs also include fairylike ...
John O'Donovan's supplement to O'Reilly's Irish-English Dictionary defines lugharcán, lugracán, lupracán as "a sprite, a pigmy; a fairy of a diminutive size, who always carries a purse containing a shilling". [7] [8] [b] The Irish term leithbrágan in O'Reilly's Dictionary [10] has also been recognized as an alternative spelling. [8]