Talk:Aen Seidhe/@comment-30833192-20160701185613/@comment-24.97.239.214-20180515151949

Since the stories of the Aos or Aes Sihde date back to the mid 1400s it is a safe bet that Tolkien based his off them and they did not come first. Early carvings of Aos Si Sihde and Leannen Sihde can be found along the coast of Ireland dating to pre-Roman invasion of the British isles. Best known of these are the Tuatha De Danann which Tolkien directly credited as one of his sources for the elves of middle earth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuatha_D%C3%A9_Danann