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Post by Mairi on Aug 2, 2006 20:28:04 GMT -5
The Lhiannan-Shee of Man(scottish) is generally treated as a vampirish spirit who attaches herself to one man to who she appears irresistibly beautiful, but is invisible to everyone else. If he yields to her seduction, he is ruined body and soul.
The Irish Leanan-Sidhe is more favourably regarded as a life-giving spirit, the inspiration of poets and minstrels. Both names mean 'the fairy sweetheart'. pge 266 "An Encyclopedia of Fairies by Katharine Briggs".
And from "A Witch's Guide to Faery Folk by Elaine McCoy" it states that the Leanan-sidhe is a beautiful female vampire faery. Lore has it that like all vampires, she is a blood-sucker. But rather than drinking the blood of her victims she collects it in a huge red cauldron which is said to be the source of her beauty and powers of poetic inspiration. pge 259/260
In your opinion is she faery or is she Vampire? If in your opinion she is both, a vampiric faery, then are there other faeries who are also vampiric?
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Post by Elix on Aug 4, 2006 16:53:00 GMT -5
Could be a version of a vampire only because of the use of life essence, a soul drinker, but succubi do the same. Are they demons or vampires?
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Post by Amenthyst on Aug 21, 2006 15:45:05 GMT -5
sounds a little like a female shadow fae...but......
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Post by cathrea on Feb 5, 2007 23:33:00 GMT -5
Leanan Sidhe are female Sidhe. Like all Sidhe they can and do pick up any stray energies being broadcast by living beings. Leanan Sidhe tend to be poetic and sometimes act as Muses. The demonization of the Leanan Sidhe into Man consuming Monsters is pure fantasy as any Sidhe can give or receive pure energy at will. To get a Leanan Sidhe who is a Vampire it takes one parent of the Sidhe and one of the Vampires. All the children of that union will have the capabilities of both parents but with about half the strength of each parent's natural gifts.
Sigh, I'm coming off sounding arrogant again...
Namarie, Cathrea
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Post by Shadowdancer on Jan 27, 2008 20:53:14 GMT -5
a few of us who have been with shadowlore since the beginning have always called the leanan shadowfae or dark fae cause they have succubi charateristics.. succubi sometimes are classified as demons or vampires..personally think the leannan are the scotttish name for the succubi.. and i think the succubi are sexual energy vamps rather than demons.. I have several articles dealing with leannan and succubi I can post if anyone is interested??
~Shadowdancer~
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