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Author: <span>Sidhe Wolf Editorial</span>

The Sidhe Wolf editorial desk. Folklore is sourced and attributed; named contributors are credited on their own pieces.

In brownie folklore a household spirit does the chores by night - until it is offered clothes or payment, and vanishes.

Sidhe Wolf Editorial · 9 min read

The sovereignty goddess of Ireland is embodied by Ériu, Banba and Fódla, who name the land itself.

Sidhe Wolf Editorial · 8 min read

The Fomorians honestly sourced: who they were in Irish myth, what the texts actually say, and how much of the "sea demons"…

Sidhe Wolf Editorial · 8 min read

The Green Man carvings are genuinely medieval, but the name and the ancient pagan god reading date only to 1939.

Sidhe Wolf Editorial · 8 min read

Gwyn ap Nudd, lord of Annwn and king of the Tylwyth Teg, leads the Cŵn Annwn in the Welsh Wild Hunt, from…

Sidhe Wolf Editorial · 8 min read

Redcap folklore describes a murderous goblin of ruined Border towers who dyes his cap in the blood of victims - recorded by…

Sidhe Wolf Editorial · 8 min read

The nuckelavee is Orkney's skinless horse-and-rider sea demon, held off only by fresh water - the honest, sourced account.

Sidhe Wolf Editorial · 9 min read

What is a geis? A binding taboo in Irish myth whose breaking, as with Cú Chulainn, spells doom.

Sidhe Wolf Editorial · 9 min read

The Salmon of Knowledge honestly sourced: the hazels of wisdom, Finnegas, and how young Fionn burned his thumb, from the medieval text…

Sidhe Wolf Editorial · 8 min read

Celtic vs Norse mythology differs above all in sources: scattered Celtic manuscripts against a comparatively unified Norse corpus.

Sidhe Wolf Editorial · 8 min read