2007-08-15 16:48:27 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Banshee a female spirit in Irish mythology--
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banshee
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2007-08-15 16:54:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Banshees (in Irish, bean-sidhe), literally "woman faeries," faeries known for KEENING or emitting wailing cries of grief at the impending death of a human being. To hear the banshee's cry often means that a death in the family could be imminent.
KEENING, said to have been created by Brigid, comes from the Gaelic word caoine. It's a form of mourning for the dead characterized by loud wailing.
2007-08-15 17:04:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Actually it was a hollow tree that was still standing when the wind blew thru it and a woman was the first to take credit for it and this all happen in a small Irish community and that woman name was passed around... And after they started listening to the wind passing thru mountain... Her name was mention....... And I will bet you a penny that you can't guess what her name was... And no other child was ever given that name in Ireland or any
place else that heard about this Myth...........................................
2007-08-15 20:13:26 · answer #3 · answered by kilroymaster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an Irish folk tale figure of a woman that comes to take the souls of people who have just died or are about to die. She screams a loud scream and most are very frightened of her.
2007-08-15 16:55:11 · answer #4 · answered by work_in_progress 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A creature of darkness that crys out over a pending death. Know for a really scary sound thus the name.
2007-08-15 21:58:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a vehicle in the Halo series of video games.
2007-08-15 16:57:48 · answer #6 · answered by Azrael Alexander 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
female spirit in Irish mythology, usually seen as an omen of death and a messenger from the Otherworld. usuallly fckn screams.....
2007-08-15 16:55:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a spirit that has a grudge or is angry and she lets out a loud scream that is ear peircing and comes to take the souls of those who can not hear her
2007-08-15 17:44:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is an Irish version of the angel of death.
2007-08-15 17:03:11 · answer #9 · answered by madamesmokesalot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An Irish ghost that screams at you.
2007-08-15 16:55:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋