Two Views of the Leannán Sí

  Of all the beings in Irish - and more generally Celtic - folklore one of the most interesting may be the Leannán Sí. The name literally means 'fairy lover'* and we see two distinct pictures emerge in mythology and folklore of this type of being, very different in nature although both perhaps equally hazardous in various ways. 




'La Belle Dame sans Merci' by John Waterhouse



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