a ugly lady
The female Irish spirit that warns of impending death is known as the Banshee. According to Irish folklore, she is often depicted as a wailing woman who appears before a death in a family, signaling the sorrowful event. The Banshee is considered a guardian spirit, and her mournful cry is a harbinger of doom. Her presence is meant to prepare the family for the loss they are about to face.
The banshee, from Irish bean si pronounced is a female spirit in Irish mythology.
"Banshee" (bean sidhe) means "woman of the Shee," the Shee being the Fairy Folk. Strange sounds were sometimes attributed to one of them wailing over a misfortune, frequently an impending death which they knew of by their second sight. Doubly disturbing if you thought it might be about you or yours.
The wailing woman was a mythological figure in Latin American folklore who was said to mourn endlessly for her lost children. She is often portrayed as a ghostly figure dressed in white, wandering the streets at night, crying out for her children. Her story is a reminder of the pain and grief that comes with loss, as well as the enduring power of a mother's love.
Emily Dickinson's Death is a man in " Because I couldn't stop for death He kindly stopped for me... In This Side of Paradise by F.Scott Fitzgerald, there is a woman character - the Hawaiian queen - who seems to personify death when she appears in front of a company of boys who later go to WWI and die in action.
The two crewmen aboard the ghost ship in "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" are Life-in-Death and its "insatiate" (unquenchable) companion. Life-in-Death wins the mariner's soul in a game of dice and the other crewmen all die. Life-in-Death is a symbolic representation of impending doom.
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A Woman Is a Woman was created on 1961-09-06.
A woman losing her husband by death is a widow.A husband losing his wife by death is a widower.
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This woman would be called a widow.
Yes, Jessica Raine appears in the movie "The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death." She plays the role of Eve Parkins, a caretaker tasked with looking after children evacuated to a remote house during World War II. The film is a sequel to the original "The Woman in Black," which starred Daniel Radcliffe.