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Sidhe, n. pl. Ir. Mythol.|ʃiː|
Also sidhe and (sing.) Sidh.
[Ellipsis (not found in Irish) of Ir. (aos) sídhe people of the fairy mound: cf. folk of peace s.v. folk 3 c and banshee.]
The hills of the fairies; fairyland, faerie. Hence (esp. in the writings of W. B. Yeats), the fairy folk, fairies, freq. regarded as the mythical gods of ancient Ireland. Cf. sheogue.
1793J. Hely tr. O'Flaherty's Ogygia II. iii. xxii. 55 When the princesses saw these venerable gentlemen..they looked upon them to be the people of the Sidhe. The Irish call these Sidhe, aërial spirits or phantoms; because they are seen to come out of pleasant hills, where the common people imagine they reside: which fictitious habitations are called by us Sidhe or Siodha. 1880S. Ferguson Conary in Poems 95 These wicked sprites,..men of the Sidhs..Who played their pipes before us, led us on Into..the night. 1899W. B. Yeats Wind among Reeds 1 (title) The hosting of the Sidhe. 1899― Let. 21 June (1954) 321, I myself try to avoid the word ‘fairy’... Sidhe or ‘gentry’ or ‘the others’ is better. 1906S. Gwynn Fair Hills Irel. ii. 34 The heroes of the mysterious Tuatha de Danann who after their defeat by the Milesians withdrew from daylight into the recesses of the earth—and who are still there, fairy folk, the people of the Sídhe. 1919W. B. Yeats Only Jealousy of Emer in Two Plays for Dancers 25 What one among the Sidhe has dared to lie Upon Cuchulain's bed and take his image? 1941L. MacNeice Poetry of W. B. Yeats iv. 79 Yeats's world of the Sidhe and curlews. 1977N. Arrowsmith Field Guide to Little People 20 The Sidhe live a very domestic life if undisturbed, caring for their animals, drinking whisky, borrowing milk and meal. Ibid. 21 The Sidhe are thin, up to six feet in height, handsome and young-looking despite their great age. |