Meet Leanan,
She is a dangerous but mystical faerie. She is on the Isle of Man. She is known as the muse of poets. She takes the souls of the men she enchants in order to stay young. The men she inspires live short lives, although they become so inspired by her that they write creative masterpieces. She is one of the dark muses.
The Lhiannan - Shee (lannan - shee), or Leanan Sidhe (lan - awn shee), "The Faerie Lover", has recieved a great amount of attention by the poet W. B Yeats. Perhaps this is becuase of her main function as a Dark Muse.
While she is radiantly beautiful to the man she enchants, she is invisible to all other mortals. As with all things Faerie, once the poet has known the Leanan Sidhe's carress, all mortal women, however comely seem lifeless and dull to him.
So the poet, living in an all encompassing yearning for his immortal lover, is inspired to great writings. This happens because Leanan Sidhe has the power to make the creativity of an entire lifetime burn through the poet in a short time. Having taken her fill of his quickened lifeforce, he then must go to an early death.
As a vampire, she uses this lifeforce to keep herself beautiful and to weave her spells upon yet another mortal. Though seduction is death, it is nothing but otherworld ecstacy for the human soul she feeds on.
The Leanan Sidhe is said to reside under the Irish sea off the eastern coast of Ireland, and roams the Isle of Man at night, seeking a lonely young man to bring her Dark Inpiration.
'Leanan Sidhe is often quoted as meaning "The Fairy Mistress" or the "Fairy Sweetheart". She is a famous Celtic muse with a dark, unearthly beauty.'
