sidhe

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Then I discovered that Alina and I descend, not from good wholesome southern stock, but from an ancient Celtic bloodline of powerful sidhe-seers, people who can see the Fae.

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  • They wondered at the appearance of the clerics, and imagined they were fir-sidhe , or phantoms. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick, by Various
  • We usually call ourselves sidhe, or mara, or succubi, or even lamia. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 02 - August 1996
  • My voice ripped out of my chest like a baen-sidhe, and I dropped to my knees. —  Yasmine Galenorn - [Sisters of the Moon 03] - Darkling
  • Then I discovered that Alina and I descend, not from good wholesome southern stock, but from an ancient Celtic bloodline of powerful sidhe-seers, people who can see the Fae. —  Midnight Moon Cafe
  • After a few battles, the Dé Danaan -- not big on warfare -- escaped underground to hide in the hollow hills or sidhe mounds. —  News for Richmond Times-Dispatch
 

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