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: Oh wow, rustc is beeing beeoidally.
gollark: The implications are obvious.
gollark: Yet```rustfn simplify(v: &mut Value, rules: &Rules) { loop { match v { Value::Call(head, args) => { let mut was_change = false; for mut arg in args.iter_mut() { simplify(&mut arg, rules); } args.sort(); if let Some(rules) = rules.get(head) { for rule in rules.iter() { if let Some(bindings) = matches(v, &rule.condition) { *v = subst(&rule.result, &bindings); was_change = true; println!("{} -> {} on {}", rule.condition, rule.result, v); } } } if !was_change { break } }, _ => break } }}```
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References
  1. Guiley, Rosemary. The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print.

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