Aos Sí
Supernatural race in Irish and Scottish mythology / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aos sí (pronounced [iːsˠ ˈʃiː]; English approximation: /iːs ˈʃiː/ eess SHEE; older form: aes sídhe [eːsˠ ˈʃiːə]) is the Irish name for a supernatural race in Celtic mythology – daoine sìth in Scottish Gaelic – comparable to fairies or elves. They are said to descend from the Tuatha Dé Danann, meaning the 'People of Danu', according to pagan tradition.[1]
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The aos sí are said to live underground in fairy forts, across the Western sea, or in an invisible world that co-exists with the world of humans. This world is described in the Lebor Gabála Érenn as a parallel universe in which the aos sí walk among the living.
In modern Irish the people of the mounds are also called daoine sí; in Scottish Gaelic they are called daoine sìth[2] (in both cases, it means 'people of the fairy mound').[3] They are variously said to be the ancestors, the spirits of nature, or goddesses and gods.[4]