[ Banshee ]

Banshee was a name for a fairy, possibly the variation of the Tuatha De Dannan. It is said that the wailing of the banshee foretold an approaching human death. Her name is a variation of "washing woman" and it is said that you may see her more often near a river or a lake. She is posed washing the bloody clothes of the person whose death she is foretelling. Another myth has then as the withered old women who died during child-birth.

Depicted: She is usually depicted as an older woman with long red hair, a pale complexion, and a long grey cloak draping over her body. Some say that she has no real substance and appears more as a mist-like cloud, or is seen with one nostril, breast, and tooth.

Other Name: Bean Sidhe

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