#mythbeasts Irish Beasties

Originally published on 03/13/2011 at mariminiatt.com

This Tuesday, 03/15/2011 at 6:30 pm Eastern Standard Time, on twitter, we will be discussing Irish folklore monsters.

Some of the ones we may discuss:

Banshee:

The female spirt that foretells death with her mournful screaming or singing.

Leprechaun:

from clipartheaven.com

This jolly shoemaker didn't always wear green or sell breakfast cereals.

Puca:
A shapeshifter that started horrible, but later became an imaginary friend to Jimmy Stewart in Harvey.

Kelpie:

The horse in the water.

Selkies:
Seals that can transform into humans for love, mainly.

The Cat Sìth:

My cat impersonating a Cat Sith

The large black cat that haunts the countryside.

Merrow:
Irish mermaids.

Sluagh:

From Legacy of Kain. The original ones from myths looked like crows.

Sprits of the restless dead.


To follow on Twitter; search for #mythbeasts. It is better to use another site like Tweetchat.