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title: Lennan-sidhe
description: Malevolent fairies of Irish tradition.
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Lennan-sidhe literally means "beautiful fairy", and in Celtic-Irish traditions this fantastical being has certain points in common with the myth of the **vampire**.

The Lennan-sidhe is a beautiful **fairy** who takes a lover from among the living, marries him, and carries him off to the world of the dead to live with her.

This being can sometimes change its form and appear as a white doe.