sidhe means mythical hills of Irish and Scottish folklore, home of the sidhe race; fairyland, faerie. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Why this word is great
SIDHE — [Name] The mythical hills of Irish and Scottish folklore, home to the sidhe race; fairyland, faerie. From an ellipsis of Irish *aos sídhe* ("people of the fairy mound"), from *sídhe* ("mound, hill"). Unlike "elf" (a general term for supernatural beings in Germanic folklore) or "banshee" (a specific death-heralding fairy), *sidhe* evokes the full breadth of Gaelic fairy folk, bound to ancient barrows and hollow hills. It is the green knoll that hums faintly at dusk, the sudden chill in the air when crossing a forgotten ring of stones, the flicker of movement just beyond the corner of the eye—not mere superstition, but the lingering presence of a world that was once, and perhaps still is, woven tightly with our own.
name
- Mythical hills of Irish and Scottish folklore, home of the sidhe race; fairyland, faerie.“1906, Augusta, Lady Gregory, A Book of Saints and Wonders, Columcille: The Friend of the Angels of God,
Even Nera from the Sidhe could not do it; he is not made much of now; our learned one is not the light of our life now he is hidden away from us.”
noun
- A supernatural creature of Irish and Scottish folklore, living in Sidhe; a fairy.