can anyone tell me about...........?

Question

M mum was born in ireland and mentioned the banshee can anyone tell me more about her?

My mum said she saw her at the bottom of her bed when she was a child!!!!

Answer 1

Well the question seems pretty well answered....are Banshees real? The night before my cat died, we were visited by a Cat Banshee. No kidding. The thing was making the most ungodly sounds, screaming right outside the window of the room my poor kitty was laying in, yet if I looked out the window, I could see no sign of an actual cat anywhere. A Banshee visits the household of someone who is about to die. When the person is dying, the Banshee screams. It was rather a surprise when the Cat Banshee showed up. This was a very special, and unusual cat though. She had 6 toes, and was somehow a higher order of life than your usual every day kitty. Her name was Spot, but by the end of her life she had earned the name Xiao Lin Kitty.

This is a later addition to this answer.....I did a search on the web about Banshees, and turned up a cool little animated movie about them. The wailing of the banshee at the end of the film, is *exactly* what I heard the night before my cat died. Kept up the racket for hours. Weird... you can see it at
http://www.geocities.com/trampingground/Banshee.html

Answer 2

There is the Irish Banshee......and there are others.

For the Irish Banshee find the book "The Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend, and Follore." Edited by W.B. Yeats.

On the others.

The horror of their untimely end led his ancestors to think that such women generate malevolent spirits. Throughout Malaysia terror is felt at the plaintive cry of a banshee (Pontianak), which is supposed generally to appear in the form of a bird and drive her long claws into the belly of the expectant mother, killing her and the unborn child. Another banshee (Langsuyar) flies in the shape of an owl with a face like a cat. The
knowing imitate her hoot and utter the insulting ejaculation, "Your hoot is
near, your grave is far, and you are sprung from the lid of a cooking-pot in a
deserted house," whereupon she keeps silent and cannot bring death or disaster
to any one in the village. Or she may wear the form of a beautiful woman with
flowing tresses. But in the nape of her neck is a hole, which she is terrified
may be found by the smooth-scaled climbing perch, used therefore by the cunning
to make protective amulets. She flies by night and the rustle of her tresses is
as the rustle of rain. She loves to alight on tall trees and hide in the
bird's-nest fern. When this banshee passes, the pregnant woman should be bathed
and a charm recited over betel-vine, which must be given her to chew.

Answer 3

Its a myth, like leprechauns,

the Banshee is supposed to show up when someone is about to die, and they wail and brush their long grey hair. Its not supposed to be a pretty sight
So I'm surprised your mam said she saw her the the bottom of her bed, as it should not a have been a pleasant experience

Answer 4

Think this should tell you what you need to know. Basically the Banshee at the bottom of your bed is not a good sign and could mean someone close is going to die.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banshee

Answer 5

a banshee is an irish myth that is like an old lady that cries and if you hear her cry it is said that someone in your family is about to die

Answer 6

this is an offical banshee website it will tell you all you need to know and will probably have regular updates to find out more.

http://www.geocities.com/reiketsukan_1/Banshee/main.html


there are even pictures.

Answer 7

This site is a lot of what my Grams taught me.