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t. e. A banshee ( / ˈbænʃiː / BAN-shee; Modern Irish bean sí, from Old Irish: ben síde [bʲen ˈʃiːðʲe], "woman of the fairy mound " or "fairy woman") is a female spirit in Irish folklore who heralds the death of a family member, [1] usually by screaming, wailing, shrieking, or keening. Her name is connected to the mythologically ...
Bean-nighe. The bean-nighe ( Scottish Gaelic for ' washerwoman ' or 'laundress'; Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [pɛˈɲi.ə]) is a female spirit in Scottish folklore, regarded as an omen of death and a messenger from the Otherworld. She is a type of ban-sìth ( Irish: bean sídhe, anglicized as "banshee") that haunts desolate streams and ...
Keening ( Irish: caoineadh, pronounced [ˈkiːnʲə]) is a traditional form of vocal lament for the dead in the Gaelic Celtic tradition, known to have taken place in Ireland and Scotland. Keening, which can be seen as a form of sean-nós singing, is performed in the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages (the Scottish equivalent of keening is ...
Joan, Joanne, Joanna, Jane, Sinéad, Seán, Shawna, Shauna, Seána. Siobhán is a female name of Irish origin. The most common anglicisations are Siobhan (identical to the Irish spelling but omitting the Síneadh fada acute accent over the 'a'), Shavawn, Shevaun and Shivaun. [1] A now uncommon spelling variant is Siubhán.
e. Riders of the Sidhe (1911), painting by John Duncan. Aos sí ( pronounced [iːsˠ ˈʃiː]; English approximation: / iːs ˈʃiː / eess SHEE; older form: aes sídhe [eːsˠ ˈʃiːə]) is the Irish name for a supernatural race in Celtic mythology – daoine sìth in Scottish Gaelic – comparable to fairies or elves.
May 20, 2016. ( 2016-05-20) Banshee is an American action television series created by Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler originally aired on the Cinemax network from January 11, 2013, to May 20, 2016, over four seasons, comprising a total of 38 episodes. Set in the small fictional [1] town of Banshee in Pennsylvania Amish country, the series ...
In Irish mythology, the Badb ( Old Irish, pronounced [ˈbaðβ] ), or in modern Irish Badhbh [1] ( Irish pronunciation: [ˈbˠəu], Munster Irish: [ˈbˠəiw] )—also meaning "crow"—is a war goddess who takes the form of a crow, and is thus sometimes known as Badb Catha ("battle crow"). [2] She is known to cause fear and confusion among ...
Banshee ( Sean Cassidy) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. Created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Werner Roth, the character first appeared in X-Men #28 (Jan. 1967). An Irish mutant, Banshee possesses a "sonic scream", capable of harming enemies ...