Sidhe (disambiguation)
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Sidhe are Irish earthen mounds, which in Irish folklore and mythology are believed to be the home of the Aos Sí (the people of the mounds).
Sidhe may also refer to:
Irish mythology
- P.W. Joyce, the foremost scholar in Irish placenames has this to say on page 184, vol. 1, Irish Names of Places, 1901:
"Sidh [pronounced Shee] as we have seen, was originally applied to a fairy palace and it was afterwards transferred to the hill, and ultimately to the fairies themselves; but this last transition must have begun at a very early period, for we find it expressly stated in the Leabhar na hUidhre [early 12th century] , that the ignorant call the fairies Side [plural]. At the present day, the word generally signifies a fairy..."
- Bean sídhe or banshee, a female spirit in Irish mythology
- Leanan sídhe, a beautiful fairy woman in Irish mythology who takes a human lover
- Cat Sidhe or Cat sìth, a fairy creature from Scottish and Irish mythology
Other uses
- Sidhe (game developer), a New Zealand software developer
- a fictional race in the Heretic series of games
- Doc Sidhe and Sidhe-Devil, a pair of urban fantasy novels by Aaron Allston
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