Am becoming more and more intrigued by the Leanan Sidhe.

I am interested if anyone has any information or experiences on/with them. I k.ow they have been mentioned a couple times here, but nothing meaty. Wanted to provide a thread for further discussion. Discussing mythology is fine...but i want to steer clear of pure speculation as it pertains to the entertainment industry, etc, if that is okay.

Main purpose here: I have a feeling, and have for quite some time actually (though it was recently stoked) that there is much more behind this tale than what is currently written. I am hoping some of the more experienced members of our board have some additional info and will shed some light for us.

Several hours of investigation later, both in the cyber realm and through meditation and work with the pendulum...

I am not at all surprised at the apparent connection between The Morrigan and The Leanan Sidhe.
These two entities have held a crazy appeal to me for years, long before spirit-keeping or being aware of spirit-keeping.
That said, I knew next to nothing about The Morrigan and absolutely nothing about the Leanan Sidhe.

After studying all this morning, and periodically over the past several weeks, I am all the more drawn...and largely because I do not ascribe to much of the mythology as it is represented in popular or slightly-less-than popular fiction. I could, of course, be absolutely incorrect in assuming this but, I'm following my intuition here.

I have written a short story about The Morrigan, in which, I believe, she has revealed herself to me in some ways, most of which (with the exception to her connection with war) is vastly outside what the mythologies state. I am beginning to wonder just how strong the connection between her and the Leanan Sidhe is...and in what way.

Could they be varying aspects of the same deity?
Are the Leanan Sidhe, in fact, a race (as has been alluded to by a couple of my friends here at CH) rather than a single entity?
And if so, what exactly is their connection to the Morrigan, if any?

Tangentially connected to this topic is the fact that I have a binding to John Keats on the way with my Remus Reading. I am interested to ask him if there is any TRUE connection between him and The Leanan Sidhe, as is voiced in popular myth and hinted at my W.B. Yeats.

Anyways...anyone with any insights please feel free to jump into the discussion. ESPECIALLY Miss Magnolia and Mr. Ash, but beyond them, I know there are a couple people with interests herein, or with bindings to Percy Byshe Shelley (another supposed tie). And then, of course, Sir Caiyros I always look for his enlightening posts!

And please...feel free to contradict me. I am a newbie, still, and will be for a long time forward, especially given my less-than-strong or at the very least extremely sporadic communicative abilities with my spirits.

P.s. To any concerned, I have no plans to sign my life away to anyone, spirit, entity, or otherwise. Just to put that out there. I am just not buying all that part of the story. At least not as it is presently told. And want to clear a bit of the murkiness of the tale.

*Teh Bumpage*

If you don't get any responses, establish a precedent by getting one bound and then report back to us how it goes

I think she popped up in Star Trek. There's an alien that looks like she's based off of the mythology.
Deep Space Nine, season 4, episode 21 "The Muse". (On Netflix it's listed as episode 20.)

..... It's best if you don't ask how I found it :facepalm::

Terror: You are evil....lol. "Yea, bind a spirit that possibly will make a husk outta ya in a couple years, you know, so you can tell us how it feels" Ya tart. hehehe

Fox: Star Trek! hehehe I will say nothing, but will check it out.

Since this will bump the topic one more time, I am hoping somebody new will see it. But...if not, hopefully Mags and Ash will respond to my email one day when they are not insanely busy with all the Remus readings and free stuff they've given us I'm not in any hurry...just curious as heck. Still, the Remus order and it's free ten bindings will keep me busy bonding for quite a while.

Leanan Sidhe: We'll get this figured out...but feel free to interact with me and illuminate the mystery further in the mean time!! I would love to share the Truth of your story, if you would have it told.

From what i understand the Leanan sidhe is a type of Fae that used to fall in love with poets and inspire them like a muse. They would give them excellent poetry skills but the poet would have a shorter life due to the Leanan sidhe draining them.

Expect them to be DA. I think a Leanan Sidhe would be excellent for you and i can see why you'ld be drawn to one. You already have an outstanding way with words in my opinion, and a type of muse like the Leanan sidhe would be probably excellent for you. :thumbup:

I've also seen them compared to the Gancanagh, and i think that's a reasonable comparison. If you're really unsure about getting a spirit that no one else seems to have my suggestion is work with a practitioner that you trust and you can be assured that you wont get anything dangerous.

As for Morrigon, i know less about her, but there are a few people on here that have had bindings of her.

Thank you guys. And for strokin' the ego :p

Yes, good point shadowsage. As soon as money is not so scarce, i will speak with Magnolia and Ash about it. I trust them completely and know they would not bind something inherently "deadly".

I have begun working with this spirit a bit and am attempting to get to know her. Yhank you guys for your input (and yes, i guess i'll have to watch that Fox ;p)