Seelie

Seelie is a term for fairies in Scottish folklore, appearing in the form of seely wights or The Seelie Court. The Northern and Middle English word seely (also seily, seelie, sealy), and the Scots form seilie, mean "happy", "lucky" or "blessed."^[1] Despite their name, the seelie folk of legend could be morally ambivalent and dangerous. Calling them "seelie," similar to names such as "good neighbors," may have been a euphemism to ward off their anger.^[2]^[3]

^ "SND: Seil". Dsl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
^ Briggs, Katharine Mary (1976). An Encyclopedia of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Brownies, Boogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures. Pantheon Books. pp. xi.
^ Goodare, Julian (2012). "The Cult of the Seely Wights in Scotland". Folklore. 123 (2): 198–219. doi:10.1080/0015587X.2012.682483. ISSN 0015-587X. JSTOR 41721541. S2CID 161104856.

[:0-1] "SND: Seil". Dsl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2014-05-11.

[2] Briggs, Katharine Mary (1976). An Encyclopedia of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Brownies, Boogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures. Pantheon Books. pp. xi.

[JG2-3] Goodare, Julian (2012). "The Cult of the Seely Wights in Scotland". Folklore. 123 (2): 198–219. doi:10.1080/0015587X.2012.682483. ISSN 0015-587X. JSTOR 41721541. S2CID 161104856.

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