who was the banshee and how did she come about?

Answer 1

beats me and im irish

Answer 2

Traditionally, when a citizen of an Irish village died, a woman would sing a lament(in Irish: caoineadh) at their funeral. These women singers are sometimes referred to as "keener's". Legend has it that, for five great families: the Grady's, O'Neills, O'Briens, O'Connors,and the Kavanaghs, the lament would be sung by a fairy woman, having foresight, she would appear before the death and keen. When several banshees appeared at once, it indicated the death of someone great or holy. The tales sometimes recounted that the woman,though called a fairy, was a ghost, often a specific murdered woman, or a woman who died in childbirth.

Banshees are frequently described as dressed in white or grey, and often having long, fair hair which they brush with a silver comb. This comb detail is also related to centuries old traditional romantic Irish story that, if you ever see a comb lying in the street you should never pick it up, or the banshee having put it there to lure unsuspecting humans, will spirit such gullible humans away. Other storeys portray banshees as dressed in green, red or black with a grey cloak.
Banshees are common in Irish and Scottish folk stories. They enjoy the same status in Ireland as fairies and leprechauns.

Answer 3

The Banshee was a fairy-woman who traditionally was a portend of death for certain families of Celtic descent. She appeared as a either a small shriveled old woman or else as a beautiful maiden with long flaxen hair which she constantly combed while keening loudly in an otherworldly voice. She is always seen alone and in a melancholy mood when found near the doomed person's home. Some people believed that the banshee was a ghost of a person who had suffered violence from some member of the family. She repeats her keen from a particular place while announcing the approach of death to his descendants.
Others believe that she is a friendly spirit offering forewarning and guidance to the family. However it is not certain whether she is a friend or an enemy to the chosen family to whom her warning is conveyed. Her cry often comes from a spring, river or lake with which her name is connected.

The word Banshee comes from the Gaelic - Bean Sidhe - Fairy Woman/ Woman of the Mounds.

Answer 4

The Banshe, Irish Bean Sidhe, Scots Gaelic Ban Sith ("woman of the fairies"), supernatural being in Irish and other Celtic folklore whose mournful "keening," or wailing screaming or lamentation, at night was believed to foretell the death of a member of the family of the person who heard the spirit. In Ireland banshees were believed to warn only families of pure Irish descent. The Welsh counterpart, the gwrach y Rhibyn ("witch of Rhibyn"), visited only families of old Welsh stock.

The Scottish novelist Sir Walter Scott mentioned belief in a kind of banshee or household spirit in certain Highland families (Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, 1830).

Answer 5

I don't know if the banshee is female per se, the legend (or myth) comes from the notion that before someone is due to die in a household, they will hear the banshee wailing outside.
Scares me sh**less.

Answer 6

The Bean Sidhe is a type of sióg, or fairy, (not those tiny things like Tinkerbell) who forecasts death. She is from Ireland and her legend goes back to Celtic times; perhaps earlier. Now, when a death is about to occur, the Bean Sidhe will visit the home, wailing most horrifically. If she is caught, she must reveal who is to die. She may have red eyes and her scream is supposed to curdle milk and shatter glass. The Bean Sidhe isn't evil, nor bad. Anthropologically speaking, Bean Sidhe represents the Celtic goddess of war and death and is represented in one of three forms: a young girl, a woman and a gnarled hag. There are tons of things written about her, which you may check out if it's that important. Anyway, she's a very interesting part of the folk tales and legends of Ireland and, yes, there are some people who do believe she is real (my Irish grandparents did).

Answer 7

the banshee is an old Irish legend , she is a spectre that looks like an old woman with long grey hair she fore tells a death in families that she follows ,usually the surname starts with an o as in O'Donnell or Mac' she is heard the night before the death, howling outside the persons home . to look at her is supposed to mean you will die soon so whatever you do don't look out your window if shes around,,

Answer 8

An Irish ghost originating in the early modern fairy myths.
500 years ago fairies were not pretty girls with wings but evil spirits that caused sickness, stole children and livestock and caused death and misfortune.
The banshee is an omen of death like Black Shuck in Norfolk, if you see her or hear her cry you will soon die or have bad luck.
You can recognise her as she is a pale thin woman with one nostril and one tooth (similar to Celtic myth where supernatural beings had one eye, one leg, one arm etc)

Answer 9

the banshee is an irish myth,who,when someone was really sick,would knock 3 times on the door or window of the house which meant their time was up and she would lead them to were they are meant to be i.e heaven or hell

Answer 10

I believe that she is a spectral wraith, possibly linked to a ghoulish background.
When she screams, the voice can send you mad or even kill - hence the term "a screaming banshee".

Do not know how she came about.

Answer 11

"the banshee"? There isn't just one. That's like saying "Who was the elf?" Or "who was the princess?" or "Who was the gremlin?"