A supernatural being supposed to warn a family of the approaching death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice, as under the windows of the house.
that means " woman of the sidh ". She is the protector spirit of a family or a clan. She advise, by crying, when death is coming. It’s too the name they give, in some Irish counties, to witches and medicine women.
Known from Scotland and Ireland (bean sidhe) as a wailing woman whose voice at the windowsill of a house foretells of danger or death.
an Irish or Scottish omen spirit, identified by its high-pitched scream, that forewarns of an impending tragedy or death. The banshee is typically connected to one family.
This wailing spirit's legend comes from Scotland and Ireland. Supposedly, if you hear the Banshee wailing, you have only 3 days to live.
The Banshee was a spirit of the fairy folk. If a person was talented with the fairy arts which were dance, song, or art she would follow them in life. When such a person neared death the Banshee's wailing was forwarning.
A ghost that wails with sad melancholy. The Irish legend denotes a banshee's wailing is an announcement of a death.
(Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death
a fairy who forewarns of death by wailing
a female spirit Gaelic folklore believed to presage, by wailing, impending doom for all who hear its call
a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death - This handbag will only have you wailing with delight
an Irish fairy that laments and wails about death
Omen spirits of Scotland and Ireland.
from the Irish bean sí (literally 'fairy woman'), a weeping harbinger of death
A death omen, often unseen, that howls around the house of the afflicted.
A wailing spirit or “death omen” that will appear to be in two different places at the same time.
An omen spirit from Ireland and Scotland that appears to people to warn them of impending violent and untimely death.
In Gaelic belief, a female entity who heralds a death by groaning and screaming. Last updated:March 21, 2006
The Banshee , from the Irish bean sà ("woman of the sÃdhe" or "woman of the fairy mound") is a female spirit in Irish mythology, usually seen as an omen of death and a messenger from the Otherworld. Her Scottish counterpart is the Bean Nighe ("washer-woman").