![]() If she touches his head he will go insane but if she touches his chest he will die instantly. Described as looking like a gaunt and pale young maiden, she darts from tree to tree and waylays any young man she happens upon. In Somerset, England there was a malignant nature spirit who lived on the moors within the birch trees by the name of the One with the White Hand. They were said to gather there and linger about until a great compulsion overtook them to walk out into the ocean and to the underwater lands of Aynia. ![]() One of her sacred places was a large stone located near Dunany called Aynia’s Chair… the stone was believed to attract rabid dogs and people with mental illness. In Irish folklore Aynia was one of the Sidhe and the Fairy Queen of Ulster and Tyrone in Northern Ireland. In German lore they were associated with elves. In British lore the white ladies were believed to be fairies and sometimes associated with fertility. Named for their appearance, dressed in long, flowing, silky gowns, they are similar to the Banshee, as they appear near the time of a family member’s death. ![]() The white ladies are both a type of ghost and a fairy being, as there is a nearly indiscernible separation between fairies and the deceased. Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology by Theresa Bane ![]()
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