Wales by Marie Trevelyan states that the Ceffyl Dŵr can shape shift and evenįly, although this varies depending on region. Sound of the Caoineag’s mourning are doomed to face death or great sorrow.įolklore, a counterpart of the Scottish kelpie. The Caoineag is heard wailing in the night near a waterfall before aĬatastrophe happens within her clan, and it is said that those who hear the The Irish banshee, Bean Sidhe and a possible transitional phase of the Unlike the Bean Nighe, she is heardīut never seen, and cannot be approached to grant wishes. Variant of the Bean-Nighe, known as the 'Washer at the Ford' and belonged to Scottish Gaelic, where she is defined as a "female fairy or water-kelpie." Is the spelling alternative given by Edward Dwelly in his dictionary of ‘the weeper’ and one of the names given to the Highland Banshee, Caointeach Patrick stated that he hadīanished the she-beast, this woman was never seen again. Patrick veryĬlosely, but no one ever knew her name. It was said that there was a woman who followed St. Purgatory it is said that the she-beast called Caoranach was sent to this There is an island in the middle of Lough Derg that is called St. Patrick banished to Lough Derg (Red Lake). In Irish folklore, there isĪ story of a she-beast that St.
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Named for the blood of the dragon Caoranach issuing from an old witch's thighīone, the dragon was slain by Fionn Mac Cumhaill. Was said to be the mother of demons and devils. (similar to the story you read in S1.)īrownie/brounie or urisk or (in gaelic) brùnaidh, ùruisg, or gruagach.Ĭovered in black hair, with claws, tusks and a large red mouth The simple purpose of perplexing mankind, rather than seriously harming or Manx, lives in Irish sea south of Manx, Means beast with the black head.Ĭomes down the chimney to fetch naughty children. Green or white dress, can have cloven hooves and talons. Is often mischievous and sometimes dangerous, but also helpful when the need Possible names for different Fae races and groups The spirits of nature, or goddesses and gods, linked to the Tuatha. They are variously said to be the Descendants, The following is just from a few documents I had on Celtic creatures and myths (from irl) that well appear in some form or another in Saedra) currently very unorganised.Īsleep by the side of a spring or stream, appears in the form of a newt andĬrawls down the person's mouth feeding off the food that they had eaten.Īos Sí, aes sídhe, daoine sídhe, Irish, “people of the mounds”, Sith