Banshee

spirit · Ireland · Celtic

Irish bean sí ('woman of the fairy mound') - death herald of the Aos Sí, descended from the Tuatha Dé Danann. Attaches TO Specific OLD Gaelic Families Only - O'Neill, O'Brien, O'Connor, O'Grady, MacCarthy, Kavanagh and few others. Each family has their OWN banshee passed through bloodlines for over 1,000 years. Her cry is the caoine (keening) - warning before death, not after. The Only supernatural figure tied to specific family lineages. The Scottish bean nighe washes blood-stained clothes at rivers - a related death omen. Welsh variant is gwrach y Rhibyn

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