A Scottish version of a female vampire or a succubus. Baobhan Sith are found in Scottish Gaelic oral tradition.
Those who would take her in his embrace would have the blood sucked from their body. Baobhan Sith should not be confused with the bean sith or the Irish banshee.
baobhan sith – "fairy woman" (Scottish Gaelic).
Scottish Gaelic.
solitary.
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