Post by Spooky on Aug 27, 2007 14:04:18 GMT -5
There are many different stories and beliefs about the Banshee. Here's one.
The Banshee is a female death omen of Ireland and Scotland that attaches itself to families and manifests to warn of an approaching death in the family.
In the Irish version of the Banshee she is said to be beautiful with long hair and wearing a grey cloak over a green dress. Her eyes are a fiery red from continual crying for the about to be departed.
To warn a family about an upcoming death, the Banshee most commonly is heard crying or singing. When seen she appears it is most often as the beautiful woman dressed as above, as a woman wearing a veil or as a flying figure in the moonlight crying bitterly. The cry is so mournful that it's unmistakably the sound of doom.
In some parts of Ireland and the Scottish Highlands the Banshee is also known as Bean-Nighe or Little-Washer-By-The-Ford. The Little Washer term comes from the folklore that she signals a person's imminent and often violent death by washing his/her blood stained clothes in a stream.
This Banshee is believed to be the spirit of a woman who died a premature death in childbirth, who's spirit must continue washing clothes until it's time for her natural destined death.
Small and usually wearing green, this spirit is not beautiful but evil, mean and deformed. She has one nostril, large protruding front teeth, red webbed feet and long pendulous breasts.
The Banshee is a female death omen of Ireland and Scotland that attaches itself to families and manifests to warn of an approaching death in the family.
In the Irish version of the Banshee she is said to be beautiful with long hair and wearing a grey cloak over a green dress. Her eyes are a fiery red from continual crying for the about to be departed.
To warn a family about an upcoming death, the Banshee most commonly is heard crying or singing. When seen she appears it is most often as the beautiful woman dressed as above, as a woman wearing a veil or as a flying figure in the moonlight crying bitterly. The cry is so mournful that it's unmistakably the sound of doom.
In some parts of Ireland and the Scottish Highlands the Banshee is also known as Bean-Nighe or Little-Washer-By-The-Ford. The Little Washer term comes from the folklore that she signals a person's imminent and often violent death by washing his/her blood stained clothes in a stream.
This Banshee is believed to be the spirit of a woman who died a premature death in childbirth, who's spirit must continue washing clothes until it's time for her natural destined death.
Small and usually wearing green, this spirit is not beautiful but evil, mean and deformed. She has one nostril, large protruding front teeth, red webbed feet and long pendulous breasts.