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Banshee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Banshee (pronounced /ˈbænʃiː/ , BAN -shee ), from the Irish bean sídhe ("woman of the síde " or "woman of the fairy mounds") is a female spirit in Irish mythology, usually see...
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"Banshee": A female spirit whose wailing foretells a death. A harbinger of someone's death. ... In Irish legend, a banshee wails around a house if someone in the house is about to die. There are particular families who are believed to have Banshees attached to them, and whose cries herald the death of a member of that family.
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Not long after her death, people who lived along the river started to report hearing this horrible, wailing, banshee-like crying from the river’s banks in the dead of night. ... There is some very fascinating info about La Llorona’s legend on the following site: www.lallorona.com, including the different versions of...
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In the legend of the boyfriend hanging above the car, which is not hitting the top of the car, ... The wailing woman of the river has scared children away from staying out after dark from the American Southwest all the way down to Central and South America. See the Santa Fe, NM version of the tale on Hometown Tales.
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The banshee , from ban (bean), a woman, and shee ( sidhe, a fairie), is an attendant fairy that follows the old families, and none but them, and wails before a death. Many have seen her as she goes wailing and clapping her hands.
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THE WAILWOMAN APPARITION ("WAILING MISTRESS", "BANSHEE");; APPEARANCE - SPECIAL ABILITIES - TERRITORY - HABITAT/BEHAVIOUR - MYTH/LORE ... The legend of the first Wailwoman is known as the myth of I’airn, a mistress of two human men who resolved their battle for her love by a battle to the death. Queprur took from her...
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The banshee is a wailing ghost of Irish legend that appears shortly before someone's death. It is not a part of traditional Oriental folklore. The four translations use three different methods of translating this word.
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