Ghillie Dhu Scottish Folklore

Dark haired and clothed in leaves and moss he lived in a birch wood within the gairloch and loch a druing area of the north west highlands of scotland.

Ghillie dhu scottish folklore. However he can be aggressive to anyone who enters its territory. In scottish folklore the ghillie dhu or gille dubh the dark haired lad is a guardian spirit of trees. It wore clothes of moss and lichen and had. Dark haired and clothed in leaves and moss he lived in a birch wood within the gairloch and loch a druing area of the north west highlands of scotland.

Said to be dark haired he is described as cloaked in leaves and moss similar to a green man in england and wales. Ghillie dhu is also concerned with the health of teeth of scottish children and so is believed to be. In scottish folklore the ghillie dhu or gille dubh scottish gaelic pronunciation. Solitary faeries with black hair who live in trees and wear clothing made of leaves and moss.

He prefers the. Such is the lore about ghillie dhu. Ghillie dhu gille dubh. He was kindly and reticent yet sometimes wild in character but had a gentle devotion to children.

In scottish folklore the ghillie dhu or gille dubh was a solitary male faerie he was kindly and reticent yet sometimes wild in character but had a gentle devotion to children dark haired and. In scottish folklore the ghillie dhu or gille dubh is a nymph a protector or guardian of the forests. In the book wonder tales from scottish myth and legend the author donald alexander mackenzie tells the tale of young jessie macrae who upon being lost in the forest is kindly directed home by ghillie dhu. Ghillie dhu are about 7 tall have light green skin and wild black hair and are thin beings with long arms and fingers.

He especially likes birch trees and is most active at night. He is kind to children but generally wild and shy he is described as clothed in leaves and moss similar to a green man in england and wales. Ghillie dhu gille dubh a benevolent fairy who was said to haunt a birch grove at the end of loch druing near gairloch. Gentle annis a spirit said to cause the gales in the firth of cromarty.

Ghillie is an english equivalent of the scottish gaelic word gille. Ghillie dhu gill e dew elf of the forest from scottish folklore by joseph benjamin earp premiered by the 12th annual limestone college high school honor band gaffney south carolina friday. A generic term for scottish water spirits who dwell in the sea in rivers and in fresh water and sea lochs. Ghillie dhu or gille dubh was a solitary male fairy in scottish folklore.