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Look up: banshee

  1. Banshee
    A banshee is a fairy who forewarns of death by wailing.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Banshee
    In Gaelic folklore, a banshee is a female spirit whose wailing outside a house foretells the death of one of its inhabitants.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. Banshee
    In Gaelic belief, a female entity who heralds a death by groaning and screaming.
    Found on http://www.psychics.co.uk/define/

  4. Banshee
    In Gaelic belief, a female entity who heralds a death by groaning and screaming.
    Found on http://www.mdani.demon.co.uk/para/paragl

  5. banshee
    [n] - (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. banshee
    In Gaelic folklore, an otherworld female spirit whose crying portends the death of a person of old Irish stock. She is rarely seen, and descriptions of her c ...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  7. banshee
    banshie noun (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Banshee
    The `Banshee` , from the Irish `bean sí` (`woman of the `síde`` or `woman of the fairy mounds`) is a female spirit in Irish mythology, usually seen as an omen of death and a messenger from the Otherworld. Her Scottish counterpart is the `bean shìth` (also spelled `bean-shìdh`). The `aos sí` (`people of the mounds`, `people of peace`) are variously believed to be the survivals of pre-Christian Gaelic deities, spirits of nature, or the ancestors. ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banshee

  9. Banshee
    • (n.) Alt. of Banshie
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. banshee
    (`woman of the fairies`) supernatural being in Irish and other Celtic folklore whose mournful `keening,` or wailing screaming or lamentation, at ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/18


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