Baobhan Sith

The baobhan sith ('fairy woman') appears in Scottish Highland tradition as a malevolent fairy woman who preys on men who are alone in the hills. The classic tale tells of four hunters who shelter in an empty bothy and wish for female company; four women appear and begin to dance with them. One hunter notices blood on the floor and flees into the night, taking shelter among his horses (whose iron shoes repel the fairy). He is the only one who survives.

A beautiful woman in a long green dress that conceals her deer hooves. She is unusually pale with cold hands. Her eyes may betray something inhuman in firelight. She appears specifically where men are alone and in good spirits.

Could drain a man of all blood through wounds opened by her touch. Appeared in response to unguarded wishes for female company. The deer hooves beneath her dress indicated her fairy nature. Iron repelled her.