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BANSHEE (Irish bean sidhe; Gaelic ban sith, " woman of the fairies ")

BANSHEE (Irish See also:
BEAN (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Bohne)
bean sidhe; Gaelic See also:
BAN
ban sith, " woman of the fairies ") , a supernatural being in Irish and See also:

general See also:

CELTIC

Celtic See also:

FOLKLORE

folklore, whose mournful screaming, or " keening," at See also:

NIGHT

night is held to foretell the See also:

DEATH

death of some member of the See also:

HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household visited. In See also:

Ireland legends of the banshee belong more particularly to certain families in whose records periodic visits from the spirit are chronicled. A like ghostly informer figures in See also:

BRITTANY

Brittany folklore. The Irish banshee is held to be the distinction only of families of pure Milesian descent. The Welsh have the banshee under the name gwrach y Rhibyn (See also:

WITCH

witch of Rhibyn). See also:

Sir See also:

Walter See also:

Scott mentions a belief in the banshee as existing in the See also:

HIGHLANDS, THE

highlands of See also:

Scotland (See also:

DEMONOLOGY (L1alµwv, demon, genius, spirit)

Demonology and See also:

WITCHCRAFT

Witchcraft, p. 351). A Welsh death-portent often confused with the gwrach y Rhibyn and banshee is the cyhyraeth, the groaning spirit. See W. Wirt Sikes, See also:

BRITISH

British Goblins (188o).

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