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31 entries found.

🇬🇧 United KingdomTaghairm A Scottish Gaelic divination rite using sensory deprivation and animal skins to summon spirits.Rite · Seeing and foretelling Historical 🇬🇧 United KingdomGlaistig A Scottish shape-shifting spirit linked to cattle, deer, and haunted castles.Being · Protection · Cursing and harm Legendary

🇮🇪 IrelandTuatha Dé Danann A supernatural race in Irish mythology, later known as the fairy folk.Being · Power and authority Legendary

🇬🇧 United KingdomBeltane Fire Festival A modern Edinburgh performance celebrating the start of summer with fire and danceRite · Wonder and entertainment · Power and authority Living 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreScottish folkloreBeul-aithris na h-Alba The myths, creatures and beliefs of the Scottish people, recorded from ancient times to the present.Tradition · Seeing and foretelling · Protection Living

🇩🇪 Germany and 4 moreNeed-fireNotfeuer A ritual fire lit by friction to protect livestock and people from disease and witchcraftRite · Protection · Cleansing and purification Historical

🇮🇪 Ireland and 1 moreSamhain A Gaelic festival marking the end of harvest and the start of winter, observed on November 1st.Tradition · Protection · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living

🇮🇪 Ireland and 1 moreLughnasadhLúnasa A Gaelic harvest festival marking the beginning of the grain gathering seasonTradition · Luck and prosperity · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living

🇮🇪 Ireland and 1 moreAos Sí Supernatural beings of Irish and Scottish folklore, said to dwell in mounds and influence the human world.Being · Protection · Cursing and harm Living 🇬🇧 United KingdomGhillie DhuGille Dubh A solitary Scottish fairy known for protecting forests and guiding lost childrenBeing · Protection · Luck and prosperity Historical

🇮🇪 Ireland and 1 moreBeltaneBealtaine A Gaelic festival marking the start of summer with protective bonfires and livestock ritualsTradition · Protection · Luck and prosperity Revived 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreFuath A class of malevolent water spirits in Scottish and Irish folkloreBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreEach-uisge A fierce water spirit of the Scottish Highlands and Irish shores that takes the form of a horse.Being · Cursing and harm Legendary

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreSelkie Mythical seal-people who shed their skin to walk as humans on landBeing · Love and attraction · Cursing and harm Legendary

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreBlue men of the Minchna fir ghorma Mythical blue-skinned spirits of the Scottish strait who challenge sailors to poetry contestsBeing · Cursing and harm · Wonder and entertainment Legendary

🇬🇧 United KingdomCat-sìth A spectral feline from Celtic lore that haunts the Scottish Highlands and guards the dead.Being · Cursing and harm · Luck and prosperity Legendary 🇮🇪 IrelandBodach A Gaelic trickster figure used to frighten children and warn of deathFigure · Cursing and harm · Seeing and foretelling Historical

🇬🇧 United KingdomLoch Ness MonsterUilebheist Loch Nis A legendary lake creature from the Scottish Highlands, famous for disputed photographs and folk tales.Being · Wonder and entertainment Legendary

🇬🇧 United KingdomAm Fear Liath Mòr A mountain spirit said to haunt the misty peaks of the Scottish CairngormsBeing Legendary 🇬🇧 United KingdomMoragMòrag A Scottish lake monster said to dwell in Loch MorarBeing · Wonder and entertainment Legendary 🇬🇧 United KingdomCaoineag A Highland spirit whose night cries signal impending death for a specific family lineBeing · Seeing and foretelling Historical

🇬🇧 United KingdomFairy FlagA' Bhratach Shìth A tattered silk heirloom of Clan MacLeod, said to hold fairy magic and ancient power.Charm · Protection · Luck and prosperity Historical 🇮🇪 IrelandAibellAoibheall A Munster goddess turned fairy queen, said to foretell deathsFigure · Seeing and foretelling · Cursing and harm Legendary 🇬🇧 United KingdomCantrip A Scots word for a small spell or witch's trick, now a term in fantasy gamesRite · Wonder and entertainment Living

🇮🇪 Ireland and 1 moreManannán mac Lir A sea god and otherworld king in Gaelic mythology who guards the hidden lands of the Tuatha Dé Danann.Being · Protection · Power and authority Legendary 🇬🇧 United KingdomFairy ridingmarcachd shìth A Scottish Gaelic term for livestock paralysis, blamed on fairies riding the beastsBelief · Cursing and harm Historical 🇬🇧 United KingdomBaobh-shìth A beautiful Highland fairy woman who lures hunters, then kills themBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary

🇮🇪 IrelandBrian A Gaelic mythic brother whose killing of Cian sets a quest for magical weaponsFigure Legendary 🇬🇧 United KingdomCain bairns A Scottish folk belief that witches took children as a tax to the DevilBelief Historical

🇮🇪 Ireland and 1 moreKeeningcaoineadh A Gaelic vocal lament for the dead, performed by hired mourners in Ireland and ScotlandRite · Speaking with spirits and the dead Historical

🇮🇪 Ireland and 1 moreAos Sí Irish supernatural beings linked to ancient gods and burial moundsBeing · Protection Living

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Tuatha Dé Danann: John Duncan, Public domain, source
Am Fear Liath Mòr: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Beltane Fire Festival: Stefan Schäfer, Lich, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Banshee: W.H. Brooke, Public domain, source
Need-fire: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Samhain: Daniel Maclise, Public domain, source
Lughnasadh: Mountainash333, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Aos Sí: AE [George William Russell] (1867-1935), CC BY 4.0, source
Beltane: Stefan Schäfer, Lich, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Each-uisge: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Selkie: Carolyn Emerick, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Loch Ness Monster: StaraBlazkova at Czech Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Fairy Flag: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Blue men of the Minch: Lord P in the Commons 17:16, 17 June 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Cat-sìth: John D. Batten, Public domain, source
Manannán mac Lir: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Brian: STEPHEN REID, Public domain, source

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