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What is the name of a female spirit who wails to warn of enpending death?
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∙ 15y ago
That would be banshee.
In Irish folklore a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death. Please note the word folklore, meaning the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture.
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∙ 14y agoBANSHEE
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Irish folktales tells of a female spirit who wails or shrieks as a sign that someone is about to die?
The wailing female spirit is known as a banshee.
What does a banshhe do to people?
In Irish folklore, a banshee is a female spirit who wails as sign that someone has just died or is about to die in a family. In Irish folklore, a banshee is a female spirit who wails as sign that someone has just died or is about to die in a family.
Are banshees Irish or Scottish in lore?
(Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death. Wrong, both cultures have the banshee in it. In Scotland a banshee is part of the collective term washer women. As such she is usally see washing the clothes of those who she appears to, and singing mornfully sad songs. Those who see her know of imminaint doom!
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