Ghillie Dhu the Ghillie Dhu was a gentle and kind-hearted mountain spirit, or a "rather unusual nature fairy." The Ghillie Dhu was an individual male modern day fairy described by Osgood Mackenzie, a Scottish landowner and horticulturist, in his memoirs that were published in 1921. The fairy was generally timid, yet he could also be "wild". Residing in the birch woods near Loch a Druing, in the north-west Highland area of Gairloch, he was mainly seen in the latter part of the 18th century. The woods are in a dip alongside a hilly area around from where Rua Reidh Lighthouse was later
Gillie and Marc Gillie and Marc Gillie and Marc Schattner are a collaborative artist couple known for public sculptures. Their sculptures feature animals, and human-animal hybrids. In 2018 they gained attention and controversy for two public sculptures in New York City. The Chinatown community prevented their Chinese ‘Year of the Dog’ themed sculpture "He knew this was going to be a year of good fortune" from being installed near a memorial to Chinese-American World War II veterans, as the community felt it was demeaning. They installed "The Last Three," a large sculpture of the last three Northern White Rhinos, in Astor Place. Jerry