Silkies

Silkies are female spirits purported to live on the English-Scottish border.

Not to be confused with Selkies.

Description

In folklore, silkies are female spirits clothed in silk. Although usually helpful and valued, performing chores and guarding houses against harmful intruders, they can also be mischievous, leaving houses they inhabit in disarray.[1]

gollark: Maybe you should check the abstract concept of bees.
gollark: Their IQ test was clearly broken that day.
gollark: My IQ is literally 1 quintillion.
gollark: Cooperation and people not starving predates formal legal systems.
gollark: This isn't historically accurate.

References
  1. Guiley, Rosemary. The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print.

See also
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