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Leanan Shee The Irish Fairies
Leanan Shee The Irish Fairies
Written By Mister Gu on Monday, November 7, 2011 | 1:43 PM
Stories of blood-drinking or energy-sapping fairies had existed in both Scotland and Ireland since the earliest times. According to those who speak the Gaelic tongue of Scotland and Ireland, the creature prefer to be known as “sidhe” (also spelled sidh, sith, sithche) and pronounced “shee.” In Ireland one such being was known as the Leanan Shee (the fairy mistress), a creature with a