sidhe
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- noun
- /ʃiː/
- Literature
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sídhe
- Many stories describe how the sidhe could interact with humans, sometimes helping them and other times playing tricks.
Examples
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Samhain was celebrated around 31 October, and it was believed that the veil between this world and the land of the departed was so thin that the dead could return to warm themselves at the fires of the living. Some of the living would be able to enter the otherworld through the doorways of the sidhe, especially at the Hill of Tara in Ireland.
Blog text (13) -
Not all the stories of the Sidhe were good ones.
Fiction book (2002) -
"The Hosting of the Sidhe," W. B.
Fiction book (2001) -
I dropped the book, which fell open to the sketch of Leanan-Sidhe.
Fiction book (1996) -
The Sidhe were known as the people of the mounds, as they were believed to inhabit them and also the land of Tir Na n'Og.
Blog text (13) -
I love reading how old myths, lore, Sidhe tales, and the like reflect reality or explain it to people who didn't always have the dubious benefit of scientific terminology.
Blog text (4) -
In Irish folklore, the sidhe are believed to be supernatural beings that reside in ancient mounds.
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The locals spoke of the sidhe living in the hills, enchanting any who wandered near their homes.
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Etymology
Sidhe comes from the Irish word síd, which means 'fairy mound' or 'hill'. That's why a sidhe is a mound people once thought could be an entrance to the fairy world.