Sluagh

The Sluagh

Funny name, not so funny race, the Sluagh are a part of the Celtic mythology that date back to the medieval era, and are a type of evil spirit. They are referred to in the plural, because that is how they appeared; as a massive flock of angry black birds, or dark shapes, flying in ...
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Other Irish Demons

The Irish mythological demons were not exactly demons, so much as they were the opposite of civilized society. While the fairies, and those figures of the Tuatha de Danann represented the gods and deities of human civility, the Fomorians, –Irish demons, or Fomori, were symbols of wild nature. Neither good nor evil, but destructive, and ...
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Otherworld

The Otherworld in Irish and Scottish mythology, is the realm in which the Sluagh are not tolerated, or allowed. In some tales, the Otherworld is located underground, inside the Sidhe mounds, over and beyond the western seas, or it exists parallel to the human world. The Otherworld was the realm of the dead; when men ...
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Wild Hunt

The Wild Hunt was a long standing folklore legend that cultures all across Europe embraced, as well as on other continents. It was called several names; Wild Hunt, or Woden’s Hunt, the Wilde Jagd or Wilde Heer in Germany, Herlathing in England, Mesnee d’Hellequin in France, Cain’s Hunt, Ghost Riders in North America, Herod’s Hunt, ...
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The Sluagh In Popular Culture

The Sluagh appear in various outlets of modern pop culture, and literature. Two of the most popular mention of the class of wicked undead are in the Merry Gentry book series, and in the popular role playing game, The Changeling. Though the Sluagh also appear in other literary works, as well as video games, these ...
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