Biróg
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Biróg (Biroge of the Mountain, Birog), in Irish folklore is the leanan sídhe or the female familiar spirit of Cian who aids him in the folktale about his wooing of Balor's daughter Eithne.
She is reinvented as a druidess in Lady Gregory and T. W. Rolleston's retellings.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Biróg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.