Meaning of BANSHEE
| Pronunciation: | | 'banshee
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| | Definition: | | [n] (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death |
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| | See Also: | | disembodied spirit, spirit | |
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| | Definition: | | \Ban"shee\, Banshie \Ban"shie\, n. [Gael. bean-shith
fairy; Gael. & Ir. bean woman + Gael. sith fairy.]
A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch
peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its
members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the
windows of the house.
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| | Related Terms: | | apparition, appearance, Ariel, astral, astral spirit, Befind, brownie, cluricaune, control, Corrigan, departed spirit, disembodied spirit, duppy, dwarf, dybbuk, eidolon, elf, fairy, fairy queen, fay, Finnbeara, form, ghost, gnome, goblin, grateful dead, gremlin, guide, hant, haunt, hob, idolum, immateriality, imp, incorporeal, incorporeal being, incorporeity, kobold, larva, lemures, leprechaun, Mab, manes, Masan, materialization, Oberon, oni, ouphe, peri, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, pixie, poltergeist, pooka, presence, puca, pwca, revenant, shade, shadow, shape, shrouded spirit, specter, spectral ghost, spirit, spook, sprite, sylph, sylphid, theophany, Titania, unsubstantiality, vision, walking dead man, wandering soul, wraith, zombie |
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