The Dooinney-Oie
- Item sets
- Folklore
- Name
- The Dooinney-Oie
- Description
- The Night Man, a familiar spirit peculiar to the Isle of Man, though bearing a faint resemblance to the Irish Banshee. One of the two familiar or household spirits known on the Island alongside the Lhiannan-Shee. While the Lhiannan-Shee was a guardian, the Dooinney-Oie was a warning spirit whose appearance foretold danger or death.
- Manx Name
- Dooinney-Oie
- Place
- Isle of Man
- Period
- Celtic and Pre-Norse Period
- Type
- Spirit
- Warning
- Source
- Moore, Folk-lore (1891), Ch. III
- Book Chapter
- Chapter 03 — 1405-1651