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Daoine Sidhe ~ The People of the Hollow Hills
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Update - I have made a stand alone image of the left hand figure [link] If people are interested I may made similar stand alone images of the other two Sidhe.

This image is totally lost unless you’ve seen a full view. To really see it, press download for a 4.5 M 3000 x 2384 version.

This is my interpretation of the daoine sídhe, pronounced deena shee. The daoine sídhe are fairy races under the hollow hills, the people of the mounds. Originally they were the inhabitants of Ireland before the sons of Adam, but they were driven underground and became the fairy-folk or the sídhe of Irish Mythology and Folk Lore”. In the older tales they do not have wings, and are often humanoid in size and shape, and are said to love the dawn and the dusk.

To my mind the fair folk are not evil; they are simply other – living by different rules to we humans, and with a totally different view of the universe and how it works. They are wild, untamed, free. The gentry can be enchanting, mesmerizing, and stunningly beautiful, but they can also be ugly in body or in soul. They are wonderful, glorious, seductive, highly sexual and very, very dangerous.

The idea of a sídhe in rags wielding bone weapons is all my own imagination but to me it fits the primitive and wild nature of some of the stories. The elven style ears, the scaled green skin and the horns are also from my own ideas rather than recorded tales. My sídhe have also been partly inspired by the wonderful book “Faerie Tale” by Raymond E. Fiest.

Here are some links to more information about the sídhe
[link] [link]

My apologies for the incorrect spelling in the name - DA will not accept the correct spelling as a file title.
Watch this space for a link to some details

CREDITS
Figures (lt to rt) A [link] ; B [link] ; C [link]

Forest [link]

Stone Burial Chamber [link]

Foreground [link]

Horn [link]

Flame image [link]

Light Beams & Rays Brushes [link]

Stars from a light effects brush pack exclusive to

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The following clubs have permission to show my art in their galleries.
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Description
Daoine Sidhe ~ The People of the Hollow Hills
*********************************
Update - I have made a stand alone image of the left hand figure [link] If people are interested I may made similar stand alone images of the other two Sidhe.

This image is totally lost unless you’ve seen a full view. To really see it, press download for a 4.5 M 3000 x 2384 version.

This is my interpretation of the daoine sídhe, pronounced deena shee. The daoine sídhe are fairy races under the hollow hills, the people of the mounds. Originally they were the inhabitants of Ireland before the sons of Adam, but they were driven underground and became the fairy-folk or the sídhe of Irish Mythology and Folk Lore”. In the older tales they do not have wings, and are often humanoid in size and shape, and are said to love the dawn and the dusk.

To my mind the fair folk are not evil; they are simply other – living by different rules to we humans, and with a totally different view of the universe and how it works. They are wild, untamed, free. The gentry can be enchanting, mesmerizing, and stunningly beautiful, but they can also be ugly in body or in soul. They are wonderful, glorious, seductive, highly sexual and very, very dangerous.

The idea of a sídhe in rags wielding bone weapons is all my own imagination but to me it fits the primitive and wild nature of some of the stories. The elven style ears, the scaled green skin and the horns are also from my own ideas rather than recorded tales. My sídhe have also been partly inspired by the wonderful book “Faerie Tale” by Raymond E. Fiest.

Here are some links to more information about the sídhe
[link] [link]

My apologies for the incorrect spelling in the name - DA will not accept the correct spelling as a file title.
Watch this space for a link to some details

CREDITS
Figures (lt to rt) A [link] ; B [link] ; C [link]

Forest [link]

Stone Burial Chamber [link]

Foreground [link]

Horn [link]

Flame image [link]

Light Beams & Rays Brushes [link]

Stars from a light effects brush pack exclusive to

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The following clubs have permission to show my art in their galleries.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .