Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The aos sí (Irish pronunciation: [iːs ˈʃiː], \"ees shee\", older form aes sídhe [eːs ˈʃiːðʲə]), \"ays sheeth-uh\") is the Irish term for a supernatural race in Irish mythology and Scottish mythology (usually spelled Sìth, however pronounced the same), comparable to the fairies or elves. They are said to live underground in fairy mounds, across the western sea, or in an invisible world that coexists with the world of humans. This world is described in the Book of Invasions (recorded in the Book of Leinster) as a parallel universe in which the aos sí walk amongst the living. In the Irish language, aos sí means \"people of the mounds\" (the mounds are known in Irish as \"the sídheTemplate:-\"). In Irish literature the people of the mounds are also called daoine sídhe [ˈdiːnʲə ˈʃiːə]; in Scottish mythology they are daoine sìth. They are variously said to be the ancestors, the spirits of nature, or goddesses and gods.Some secondary and tertiary sources, including well-known and influential authors such as W.B. Yeats, refer to aos sí simply as \"the sídheTemplate:-\" (lit. \"mounds\")."@en }
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- Aos_Sí abstract "The aos sí (Irish pronunciation: [iːs ˈʃiː], \"ees shee\", older form aes sídhe [eːs ˈʃiːðʲə]), \"ays sheeth-uh\") is the Irish term for a supernatural race in Irish mythology and Scottish mythology (usually spelled Sìth, however pronounced the same), comparable to the fairies or elves. They are said to live underground in fairy mounds, across the western sea, or in an invisible world that coexists with the world of humans. This world is described in the Book of Invasions (recorded in the Book of Leinster) as a parallel universe in which the aos sí walk amongst the living. In the Irish language, aos sí means \"people of the mounds\" (the mounds are known in Irish as \"the sídheTemplate:-\"). In Irish literature the people of the mounds are also called daoine sídhe [ˈdiːnʲə ˈʃiːə]; in Scottish mythology they are daoine sìth. They are variously said to be the ancestors, the spirits of nature, or goddesses and gods.Some secondary and tertiary sources, including well-known and influential authors such as W.B. Yeats, refer to aos sí simply as \"the sídheTemplate:-\" (lit. \"mounds\").".