Sheevra

Sheevra (also siabra) were powerful, demoniac, and dangerous elves in Irish Mythology.

The sheevras were sometimes said to have been incited by druids and others to do mischief, for example, in revenge for King Cormac mac Airt's leaning towards Christianity, it is said the druids let loose sheevras against him, who choked him with the bone of a salmon, while he was eating his dinner.

Still today in Ireland, a diminutive and mischiefious boy, small for his age, may be called a "little sheevra".

References

* [http://www.alia.ie/tirnanog/sochis/vb.html Tirnanog The Virtuality of Ancient Ireland] Siabra sheevra. accessed December 2007