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baobhan sìth

A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology | 2004 | 410 words | Copyright

baobhan sìth [ScG, fairy woman]. A fearful female creature in Scottish Gaelic oral tradition. A kind of succubus, very dangerous and evil, she will suck dry of blood any man who takes her embrace. Distinguish from the death-presaging figure of Irish folklore, the banshee, who is known as the ban-sìth, bean-shìth, or bean sìth in Scottish Gaelic tradition. Folk motifs: E251.3.3; F471.2.1.

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