“The Cu Sìth or Cusìth of Scottish mythology (pronounced 'coo shee') is an enormous, otherworldly hound, said to haunt the Scottish Highlands. Roughly the size of a cow or large calf, the Cu Sìth was said to be dark green in color with shaggy fur and a long braided or curled tail. In Irish mythology the Cu Sith was said to be an immense, coal black hound with glowing or flaming eyes. The Cu Sith was feared as a harbinger of death and would appear to bear away the soul of a person to the afterlife (similar to the manner of the Grim Reaper).”