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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.

The Ceridwen cauldron story: the brew of Awen, Gwion Bach, the shapeshifting chase, and the rebirth of Taliesin, honestly dated.

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The abhartach is an undead tyrant of Co. Derry lore, recorded in 1875 - and the claim he inspired Dracula is a…

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The bean nighe is the Washer at the Ford, seen laundering the grave-clothes of the doomed - a death omen, honestly sourced.

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The Triple Goddess as Maiden, Mother and Crone is a 20th-century idea, not an ancient Celtic religion.

Sidhe Wolf Editorial · 8 min read

Aengus Og honestly sourced: the Irish god of love and youth, son of the Dagda, his home at Bru na Boinne, and…

Sidhe Wolf Editorial · 8 min read

Sidhe vs fairies is a translation problem: sidhe names the Irish mounds and their people, while fairy is an English umbrella.

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Blodeuwedd, conjured from oak, broom and meadowsweet in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi, betrays Lleu and is turned into an owl.

Sidhe Wolf Editorial · 9 min read

The merrow is the Irish mermaid and merman of folklore - defined by the red cochaillin druith, and distinct from the selkie.

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The cu sith is the huge dark-green fairy hound of the Highlands, whose three bays were heard as a death omen -…

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The Danu goddess is famous as Ireland's mother deity, yet the name itself is almost entirely reconstructed.

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