Sidhe vs Fairy - What's the difference?
sidhe | fairy |
Mythical hills of Irish and Scottish folklore, home of the sidhe race; fairyland, faerie.
* 1906 , , Columcille: The Friend of the Angels of God,
Alternative capitalization of sidhe.
* 1914 , ,
* 2001 , , Spirits White as Lightning ,
(uncountable, obsolete) the realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion.
A mythical being who had magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as small and spritely with gauze-like wings; A sprite.
(Northern England, US, derogatory, colloquial) a male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
(paganism) A nature spirit revered in modern paganism.
Two species of hummingbird in the genus Heliothryx.
As nouns the difference between sidhe and fairy
is that sidhe is supernatural creatures of Irish and Scottish folklore, who live in Sidhe; fairies while fairy is the realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion.As a proper noun Sidhe
is mythical hills of Irish and Scottish folklore, home of the sidhe race; fairyland, faerie.sidhe
English
(wikipedia Sidhe)Proper noun
(head)- 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.
- Their reign has never ceased, but only waned in power a little, for the Sidhe still pass in every wind, and dance and play at hurley, and fight their sudden battles in every hollow and on every hill; but they cannot build their temples again till there have been martyrdoms and victories, and perhaps even that long-foretold battle in the Valley of the Black Pig.
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- “‘Fun,’” Ria echoed. “You want to invite me to one of the Sidhe ’s High Holy Days—me —and you think it'll be 'fun'?”
