Sluagh
Template:Short description Template:DMCA The Sluagh (Script error: No such module "IPA"., Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx; English: 'host, army, crowd'), or Sluagh na marbh ('host of the dead'), were the hosts of the unforgiven dead in Irish and Scottish folklore.[1] In the words of British folklorist Lewis Spence, "In the Western Isles of Scotland the Sluagh, or fairy host, was regarded as composed of the souls of the dead flying through the air, and the feast of the dead at Hallowe'en was likewise the festival of the fairies."[2] Usually taking a crescent form, similar to a flight of birds, they were said to be able to approach and pick up a person from any direction and then transport them far away through the air, from one island to another. Although they would sometimes rescue humans from dangerous rock clefts, they were generally portrayed as dangerous to mortals.[1]
Etymology
The Scottish Gaelic name Script error: No such module "Lang". stems from the Old Irish Script error: No such module "Lang". (≈ Script error: No such module "Lang".), meaning 'host, army; crowd, assembly'. Variant forms include Script error: No such module "Lang". and Script error: No such module "Lang"..[3] It derives from the Proto-Celtic root *Script error: No such module "Lang". (cf. Gaul. Script error: No such module "Lang". 'troops of combat', Middle Welsh Script error: No such module "Lang". 'troop', Old Bret. -Script error: No such module "Lang". 'army'), whose original meaning may have been 'those serving the chief', by comparing with Balto-Slavic words that probably emerged from early linguistic contacts with Celtic speakers in Central-Eastern Europe: e.g. Lithuanian Script error: No such module "Lang". ('service, servitude'), or Old Church Slavonic Script error: No such module "Lang". ('servant').Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
In popular culture
In the Legacy of Kain video game series, Sluagh are among the enemies that Raziel encounters in the Spectral Realm. They are scavenging, animalistic creatures that prey on souls and usually prefer to flee from Raziel unless cornered or in a group.[4]
Within the VR motion ride Battle for Eire at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, the Sluagh are the minions of the evil villain Balor in the ride's story.[5]
In the roleplay game Household by Two Little Mice, the Slaughs are little peoples that lives in the Basement.[6]
See also
References
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- ^ a b Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found., s.v. Sluagh.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Spence, Lewis (1999) [1949]. The Magic Arts in Celtic Britain. Courier Corporation. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-486-40447-9.
- ^ eDIL (2019), s.v. slóg, slúag. dil.ie/37981.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The PlayStation Classics: Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver PSOne Classic". PlayStation LifeStyle. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Concept Art and Development: The Characters of Battle for Eire". Busch Gardens Williamsburg. 27 October 2017. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Household". Two Little Mice (in Italian). 11 April 2019. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental. Errance. ISBN 978-2877723695.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Matasović, Ranko (2009). Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic. Brill. ISBN 978-9004173361.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.MacKillop, James (2004). A dictionary of Celtic mythology. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198609671.
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