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  House Shadow Drake - Aes Dana
The term Aes Sidhe refers to the "people" or "folk," and literally translates as the "people of the hills." It was a name that was given to the ancient Irish Gods who dwelled within the hollow hills.
Another name by which they were referred were the Aes Dana - but this was used ore specifically to refer to a learned class within the Aes Sidhe who excelled within their art or craft.
The Aes Sidhe was also a term which was used to refer to the Wild Hunt in Ireland.
www.shadowdrake.com /aesdana.html   (177 words)

  
 1000_muses: TLS 19: Spirit (SECOND PART)
How she corrupted the first Aes Sidhe, we still do not know…a lot of things that went wrong at that time are still a mystery to us, and for good reason, as you will learn.
The Aes Sidhe were never a populous race, so, using Moriganne’s powers melded with their own, they turned the hearts of fully half of the Aes Sidhe to their way of thinking, using primarily their voices, but backed with some evil of Moriganne’s…probably poison mixed with magical brainwave modification.
The traitors returned before the other Aes Sidhe had a chance to form any kind of plan…all they had was their determination to put an end to that unnatural state of affairs and right the wrong their people had done.
community.livejournal.com /1000_muses/7602.html   (4797 words)

  
 Sluagh Sidhe
The term Sluagh Sidhe translates roughly as "Fairy Host." This website will offer informative articles and discussion forums for those who are interested in Irish and Scottish traditions surrounding the Sluagh.
In Irish and Scottish folklore, the Sluagh Sidhe, known also as the Fairy Host, are considered to be a manifestation of the Wild Hunt.
In the testimonies of many rural folk a distinction is often made between the sidhe who are seen walking on the ground after sunset, and the Sluagh Sidhe, or Fairy Host, who travel or fly through the air at night and are known to kidnap mortals with them on their journeys.
www.sluaghsidhe.org   (771 words)

  
 Irish Ghosts V
There were many tribes of the Sidhe among the Celts, and among them is the Daoine Sidhe of Ireland, several different kinds of fairies and goblin-kin, the Plant Annwn, and the Tylwyth Teg of Wales.
As for the weaknesses of the Sidhe, all are afflicted by the symbols of the Christian religion.
Unwilling captives of the Sidhe should not eat their food, for then they have taken the fairy nature and are no longer human.
www.nzghosts.co.nz /irish_ghostsV.htm   (1908 words)

  
 Star Fleet Engineering - United Federation of Planets Starship Database
The Aes Sidhe are rumored to be the oldest of the races in the Imperium.
According to many other space faring races in the region, it is the Aes Sidhe, a species spoken of with nearly god-like reverence and fear, that defend the borders of the Imperium.
The species/subspecies of the Cu Sidhe are are Gadhar (Mastiff), Cwn (Hound), and Madadh (Wolf).
mywebpages.comcast.net /sfe/sfe/ships/sidhe/index.html   (1275 words)

  
 Allison Littlehales
A race divided by war, a Sidhe torn between two worlds and the woman who must unite them, and face a heart rending choice- save the world, or save her soul mate.
When Rhiannon Dafydd opens a doorway into a parallel world created by the Celtic Gods of legend, she thinks life is a bad fairytale, but as she confronts bloodthirsty demons and begins to summon savage winds at a mere thought, it quickly descends into a nightmare.
Cathair Mac Dagda is her half human ‘watcher,’ determined to prove his loyalty to the Aes Sidhe.
www.allisonlittlehales.com /16253.html?*session*id*key*=*session*id*val*   (455 words)

  
 3.04 Celtic References
Aes Sedai: In Celtic myth, there are beings known as the Sidhe (pronounced 'shee'), which literally means "people of the (fairy) hills".
Specifically, the Aes Sidhe were 'the people of the hills', collective name for the old Irish gods who dwell in hills.
The Sidhe were vulnerable to iron ("iron to bind"), and liked music ("music to daze").
www.steelypips.org /wotfaq/3_sources/3.04_celtic.html   (695 words)

  
 An Sithean - An Otherkin Resource for the Sidhe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
They are the Aes Sidhe, and dwell in hills and trees.
Among Changelings, Water Sidhe tend to be psyvampires too.
The Gentry (or, the Sidhe) are the largest and most diverse group, and are the true fairies compared to the other assorted supernaturals who also live in the Otherworld.
www.freewebs.com /ansithean/sidhetribes.htm   (617 words)

  
 The Charter and the Book
Aes sidhe - 'The People of the Hills' - later known as the Fae.
Ban sidhe - 'woman of the hills' - Later corruption of the term to 'banshee' meant a female spirit / ghost.
Si/dhe - the Realm of the Dead, or the Faerie Realm, or the Under World in Faerie Lore.
draeconin.com /database/terminology.htm   (978 words)

  
 Sidhe na Daire: Glossary
Appearing as a woman in a green dress and grey cloak, with eyes fiery red from weeping, she is seen scrubbing bloody garments in a stream, or heard wailing outside a household where a family member is doomed to die.
If the bean sidhe is caught, she must relinquish the name of the doomed.
Sidhe na Daire is a trademark of Danielle McPhail.
www.sidhenadaire.com /books/glossary.htm   (2832 words)

  
 Aestheteka - Dark Art & The Dark Arts - The Hellfire Club of the Forum World, Home of The Beast :: View topic - The ...
Elf(ves): Another term for faerie from the word alfar (associated with water and earth) in the Nordic and Teutonic languages; used to emphasize the connection between the fae and the earth.
Old People, The: Cornish nickname based on the idea that faeries were considered to be on earth long before humanity.
Sidhe itself is understood to mean “People of the Fairy Hills.”
aestheteka.forumwise.com /aestheteka-post-7317.html   (694 words)

  
 Later Poems of Yeats: Notes
3).--The gods of ancient Ireland, the Tuatha De Danaan, or the Tribes of the goddess Danu, or the Sidhe, from Aes Sidhe, or Sluagh Sidhe, the people of the Faery Hills, as these words are usually explained, still ride the country as of old.
Sidhe is also Gaelic for wind, and certainly the Sidhe have much to do with the wind.
Knocknarea is in Sligo, and the country people say that Maeve, still a great queen of the western Sidhe, is buried in the cairn of stones upon it.
www.sacred-texts.com /neu/yeats/lpy/lpy167.htm   (2063 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Sidh: is the Irish word for a 'fairy mound', a dwelling-place for spirits.
aes sidhe: The ancient gods, driven underground below the hills, were relegated in folk memories to fairies, aes sidhe, the people of the hills.
Sidhe: A mound or hill, the dwelling place of the De Danann after their defeat by the Milesians.
technovate.org /web/articles/celtterms2.txt   (10683 words)

  
 The Faery Tradition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
A sidhe is a mound beneath the hills, and the De Danaan became known as aes sidhe, the people of the hills, and instead of gods, they were relegated to being faery folk.
Each sidhe had a bean sidhe, a woman of the faeries.
They say if you see her by a river ford, washing the bloody grave clothes of the soon to be dead, it bodes ill for you.
www.stormloader.com /moonfire/index7.html   (570 words)

  
 Sídhe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Banshee or bean sídhe, simply means "woman of the Sídhe", however the term has come to specifically indicate the supernatural women of Ireland who announce an oncoming death by their wailing and keening.
Her counterpart in Scottish mythology is the Bean Nighe - the washerwoman who is seen washing the bloody clothing or armour of the person who is doomed to die.
The "sluagh sídhe - "the fairy host" are sometimes depicted in Irish and Scottish lore as airborne spirits of an unpleasant nature, and perhaps the cursed, evil or restless dead.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/S%C3%ADdhe   (552 words)

  
 DeDanaan » Aes Sidhe, Aes Dana
Aes Sidhe : The Hosts of the Sidhe or Hollow Hills.
They were thought to ride out on the eves of the four great fire festivals: Samhain (31 October), Oimelc (31 January), Beltaine (30 April), and Lughnasadh (31 July), when they had communion with earthly folk.
Another name by which they were referred were the ‘Aes Dana’ - but this was used more specifically to refer to a learnéd class within the Aes Sidhe who excelled within their art or craft.
dedanaan.com /2005/05/09/aes-sidhe-aes-dana   (142 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Tuath society is divided into five castes: the nobles (Flaith); the professionals (Aes Dana) comprising the priesthood (Druids), the bards (Filidh), the lawkeepers (Brehons) and the smiths; the gentry (Bo-Aire); the commoners (Betagh); and lastly the slaves.
These are the lords of faerie, the Daoine Sidhe, and commonly referred to as the Shining Ones or the Fair Folk, euphemisms meant to show respect and avoid attracting their attention.
The powers of the Aes Sidhe are dreaded and respected, and they are accorded courtesy as if honored guests or owners of the land even when they cannot be seen.
members.fortunecity.com /atreion/worlds/eire/redbranch02world.htm   (2334 words)

  
 [No title]
In Ireland they are the 'sidhe' (pronounced shee), a name retained from the ancient days.
In a group they are the 'daione sidhe' or fairy people.
Some say that they get their name 'Aes Sidhe' (folk of the 'sidhe' meaning hillock or mound) from the large sidh/mound they inhabit; but others claim that the mounds got their name from the fairies' habitation of them.
sio.midco.net /nkd99/irish_folklore.html   (827 words)

  
 Aes Sidhe
Aes Sidhe, the world of the fairies that borders our own mortal realm.
Sidhe?” Apparently, there is much controversy over whether a particular kind of mound is named for the fairies that live there or if the fairies that live there are credit to the name of the mound.
Jeff’s expectations for the trip were somewhat higher than my own – he had hoped to cross the threshold and be invited to a feast at a fairy palace or at the very least to see one of the Faye.
www.angelfire.com /folk/gene_gryniewicz/hm3.htm   (1033 words)

  
 Elthos RPG: On Shamanism: Taken by the Fairies
A common Celtic view of the initiatory journey into the spirit world is an abduction by faeries, who may also be called the “gentry”, “the good people”, or the “the people of the sidhe” (the older gods and goddesses who dwell in the hollow hills).
To be “taken” into Faeryland, or into the sidhe, can occur in several ways.
Faeries may have been towards the end softer in some ways than Tolkien's elves, but the Tuatha De Danna who "became" the Aes Sidhe (People of the Hills) and later just sidhe (hill) were far more godlike, and powerful.
elthosrpg.blogspot.com /2006/09/on-shamanism-taken-by-fairies.html   (752 words)

  
 Wielder of Destiny   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Aes Sidhe-Basically the Elvin host that rode out four nights a year to hunt down wicked mortals.
He should have known better than to be out on Samhain night, he knew perfectly well that the Aes Sidhe would be coursing for those who had betrayed their oaths.
He let the last syllables roll off his tongue with a little flourish, then smiled coldly as the Aes Sidhe were drawn back to the realms of Arawn.
www.mythtime.com /fanfic/wielderofdestiny.html   (3085 words)

  
 An Sithean - An Otherkin Resource for the Sidhe
I choose to use "sidhe" because it is the name of my experience, and because it does not bring up images to the uninformed of little girls in flowers with their dresses on.
Aes Sidhe - "people of the hills", Irish Gaelic.
For myself, I still stick to "sidhe" or "the fair folk".
www.freewebs.com /ansithean/wordsforsidhe.htm   (143 words)

  
 The Arcane Archive - Sidhe?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The word "sidhe" originally meant the megalithic burial mounds that dot Ireland, like Newgrange, which predates the arrival of the Celts by several thousand years.
The term used was "aes sidhe", the people of the mounds, or "sidhe" could be used on its own.
The sidhe live on both sides of the Irish Sea and probably elsewhere as well.
www.arcane-archive.org /religion/sidhe-1.php   (803 words)

  
 Manifest13
Around him thirteen of the Áes Sidhe were gathered, crouching low on their shaggy haunches.
But the Áes Sidhe saw you, and they knew you were connected to me. And Gabriel.
On the cliff overlooking the beach, a line of Áes Sidhe had gathered, their russet coats standing in contrast to the mossy green- gray of the vegetation.
www.behindthemasks.com /greenwillow/manifest13.htm   (3986 words)

  
 Tuatha Dé Danann
After the Milesians defeated the Dananns, the Dananns either retreated to Tir na n-Og ("Land of Youth") or they continued to lived on the land with the Milesians, but their homes (subterranean palaces) were hidden by magic from the eyes of mortals.
Their homes were commonly called Sidhe (síd or sídh) or the Otherworld.
Bodb Derg seemed to have ruled several different sidhes, depending on which tales you are reading.
www.timelessmyths.com /celtic/danann.html   (7434 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "aes dana": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Tuatha De Danann were called the Aes Dana, the Skilled or Gifted People, and later this name was given to the Druids and poets.
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www.amazon.com /phrase/aes-dana   (451 words)

  
 Criminality - One Shot: Kleptomaniac, by Jude
The offspring—the fairy folk—would pluck a seed from the earth, a gift from the Aes Sidhe, and bury it in a patch of fresh earth, and from there they would have their power refreshed.
The power the Aes Sidhe gave could never conquer the power that the Aes Sidhe had in their blood—in the blood of their offspring—so all attempts failed.
It was late autumn when the council fell, and Julius Root put his badge back into the small safe in the back of his apartment in one of the shadier sections of Haven, and sighed: the riots were coming closer, and he could either join them or suffer the force that was an uncontrolled crowd.
criminality.popullus.net /archive/jude/kleptomaniac.htm   (2677 words)

  
 Aes Sidhe - WiccanWeb.ca   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Aes Sidhe (IPA, shee) is an Irish word referring first to earthen mounds that were thought to be home to a supernatural race related to the fay and elves of other traditions, and later to these inhabitants themselves.
They are the remnants of the underground kingdom given to the Tuatha Dé Danann after they were defeated by the Milesians.
This page was last modified 02:22, 20 May 2006.
www.wiccanweb.ca /wiki/index.php/Aes_Sidhe   (163 words)

  
 Dabbles and Drafts -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Tuatha de Danaan: the Gaelic gentry of the sidhe, close to Gods that were slowly ceased to be worshipped.
Sluagh sidhe: spirits of dead sinners, sometimes pagen ancestors, who might flock into a home to steal the soul of ones dying.
The Daoine Sidhe are fond of battles, hurling (a kind of field hockey) and are skilled chess players.
www.greatestjournal.com /users/feyhowl/1462.html   (779 words)

  
 Celtic dictionary
On-lay = a spell placed on a home, or other area.
Si/dhe = the Realm of the Dead, or the "Faerie Realm," or the Under World in Faerie Lore.
Slat an draoichta "rod of druidism," or a magick wand.
hometown.aol.com /jlynnb31/page29.html   (496 words)

  
 Manifest12
Leo turned and swept the closest of the creatures off her feet with a spinning kick.
No!” cried Lia from where she knelt next to the fallen Áes Sidhe.
He managed to pull it to him, dragging the creature on the other end into the ground.
www.behindthemasks.com /greenwillow/manifest12.htm   (2244 words)

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