Talk:Baobhan sith

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The article does not cite its sources. The part where it mentions these creatures emerging from graves does not appear in any of the actual folklore which depicts this as a type of fairy not an undead vampire.

I think whether this creature is a vampire could be an exceedingly complex discussion - there is a source now for the statement that these entities reside in graves over day. However, this is also true for fairies of anglo-irish-scottish folklore in general. They are a hidden people, residing in "fairy mounds", which are burial hills. The reason for this is that they are races pre-dating current humans, which withdrew to the underworld. Which would make them undead, in a way. However, I'm not certain they actually ever died in those myths, or if they just "shifted dimensions" via magic. If their residence in the underworld makes them undead, then this "fairy" would at least be very close to the definition of a vampire - an undead which drinks blood. The only difference would perhaps be the way she came into existence - via the magic or nature of her race, rather than the "unfortunate circumstances" that lead to humans becoming vampires in vampire myths. Removing her from the vampire category for now. --Ciaraleone (talk) 20:05, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation guide

Where can we add a way to pronounce "Baobhan sith" properly? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.201.10.46 (talk) 14:50, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Another Baobhan sìth reference

In the fiction steampunk novel by Elizabeth May, The Falconer, there are numerous mentions of this type, as well as a fair number of other (what this author has labeled as—that also translates to Faeries in the Scots-Gaelic Language—sìthicean) types of Faeries. From what I have read so far (am about 70% through the book), and from what I know, it seems to at least fairly adhere to the general Scottish Folklore, but I am far from an expert in such folklore and historical knowledge; I just happen to be interested in fantasy fiction of this type, among many others. And I do have a voracious appetite for books. Some might call it too much. Anyway, thought it might help to add to what I saw as an already decent-sized list of fictional references. God Bless! MichaelTheGamer (talk) 00:55, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]