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Sleih beggey

{{Short description|Umbrella term for Manx fairies}}

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{{lang|gv|Sleih beggey}} {{IPAc-en|s|l|eɪ| ˈ|b|ɛ|ɡ|ɑː|}} (Manx for Little people, also {{lang|gv|Beggys}}, {{lang|gv|Sleigh veggy}}, {{lang|gv|Sleigh beggey}}, and {{lang|gv|Ferrishyn}} from the {{langx|en|faeries}}){{cite book |last=Bane |first=Theresa |date=30 September 2013 |title=Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rUqpAAAAQBAJ&q=sleih+beggey&pg=PA414 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-0786471119}}{{cite web |url=http://asmanxasthehills.com/names-for-manx-fairies-isle-of-man-folklore/ |title=Names for the Fairies |last=Weyde |first=Bernadette |date=14 August 2014|website=As Manx as the Hills |access-date=23 December 2018}}{{cite book |last=Rhys |first=John |date=1901 |title=Celtic Folklore Volume 1; Welsh and Manx |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qYGcCwAAQBAJ&q=sleih+beggey&pg=PA289 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9781108079082}} is the umbrella term for Manx fairies.

Descriptions

{{see also|Mooinjer veggey}}

A wide variety of individual mythical creatures come under the umbrella of sleih beggey, with both benevolent and malevolent fairies.{{cite book |last=Moore |first=Arthur |author-link=Arthur William Moore |date=1891 |title=Folk-Lore of the Isle of Man |url=http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/folklore/ch03.htm}}{{cite book |last=Koch |first=John |author-link=John T. Koch |date=15 March 2006 |title=Celtic Culture - A historical Encyclopedia |volume=4 |isbn=1851094407 |publisher=ABC-CLIO}}

Generally, the Sleih Beggey are seen as stocky in stature, and as domestic fairies, who lived in burghs. They are fond of hunting, music, and abducting humans. They dislike ashes, artificial light, salt, and baptisms. They commonly wore green clothes. Many were also known to steal babies, and in doing so getting into fights with humans.

John Rhys noted that Manx and Welsh fairies were similar in most aspects, but that Manx fairies had no issue using weapons to attack humans, unlike the Welsh fairies.

The Ferrish have been described as a particular tribe of fairies, standing between one and three foot tall, who rode horses and kept dogs for hunting, having no named king or queen. They were known to replace human babies with changelings, as with many other fairies in the British Isles and Ireland.{{cite book |last=Briggs |first=Katharine |author-link=Katharine Mary Briggs |date=1 March 1997 |title=Encyclopedia of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies and Other Supernatural Creatures |publisher=Random House Inc |isbn=9780394734675}}

In media

In the manga and anime The Ancient Magus' Bride, the Sleigh Beggy are a special type of mage.{{cite web |url=http://www.gomanga.com/books/ancient-magus-bride-the/593 |title=Ancient Magus' Bride, The |website=Seven Seas Entertainment |access-date=23 December 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021053526/http://www.gomanga.com/books/ancient-magus-bride-the/593 |archive-date=21 October 2015}}

See also

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References

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