Spirit Beings
Cu Sith: The Fairy Dog of Scottish Folklore
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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Category: <span>Myth & Folklore</span>
Celtic legend, gods, heroes and spirit beings — each story traced to the tradition it belongs to, the text it was first written down in, and its date.
Celtic Legends
Danu, the Mother Goddess: What We Actually Know
The Danu goddess is famous as Ireland's mother deity, yet the name itself is almost entirely reconstructed.
Celtic Legends
Nuada of the Silver Arm: The Blemished King of the Tuatha De Danann
Nuada of the silver arm, honestly sourced: the first king of the Tuatha De Danann, the blemished-king rule, and the two Battles…
Myth & Folklore
Seelie and Unseelie Court: The Two Fairy Courts, Honestly Examined
The seelie and unseelie court split is genuine Lowland Scots folklore, but the tidy two-kingdoms picture is largely modern.
Celtic Legends
Rhiannon in Welsh Mythology: the Lady on the White Horse
Rhiannon in Welsh mythology: her role in the First and Third Branches of the Mabinogi, the uncatchable horse, and the false murder…
Spirit Beings
The Wulver: Shetland’s Gentle Wolf-Man, Honestly Dated
The wulver is a benign wolf-headed man of Shetland lore - but the earliest record dates only to 1932, and its history…
Spirit Beings
Cat Sith: The Fairy Cat of the Highlands
The cat sith is a Highland fairy cat said to steal the soul of the unburied dead - the honest folklore, dated…
Celtic Legends
Cernunnos, the Horned God, Honestly Dated
The Cernunnos horned god is named just once in antiquity; the familiar "Horned God" is largely a modern build.
Spirit Beings
Leprechaun Folklore, Honestly Dated: From Luchorpan to the Pot of Gold
Leprechaun folklore honestly traced: from the 8th-century luchorpan to the American pot-of-gold mascot, with each layer dated.
Celtic Legends
Medb: Queen Medb of Connacht
Queen of Connacht and driver of the Táin Bó Cúailnge — read by scholars as a sovereignty goddess, and the distant, contested…