Post by STORMDANCER on Jun 3, 2011 23:48:02 GMT
What ever her origin, the Banshee usually appears in one of the three guises:
A young woman, a stately matron or a raddled old hag.
These represent the three aspects of the Celtic Goddess of war and death, ( namely Badhbh, Mocha and Mor-Rioghain).
She usually wears either grey, hooded cloak or the winding sheet or grave robe of the unshriven dead.
She may also appear as a washer-woman, and is seen apparently washing blood stained clothes of those who are about to die. In this guise she is also known as the "Bean-Nighe"...(washer-woman)
Although not always seen, her mourning call is heard, usually at night when someone is about to die.
In 1437, King James !st of scotland was approached by an Irish seeress or banshee who for told his murder at the instigation of the Earl of Atholl. This is an example of a Banshee in human form. There are records of several human banshees or prophetesses attending the great houses of Ireland and the courts of local Irish Kings.
In Kerry in Ireland, the Banshee is experienced as " a low pleasant singing", In Tyrone as " the sound of two boards being struck together" ; and on Rathlin Island as a "thin screeching sound somewhere between the wail of a woman and the moan of an owl".
Though her appearence can be frightening , the Banshee does not bring death with her, she is only in mourning at the loss of a loved one.
Love and Light
Storm x
A young woman, a stately matron or a raddled old hag.
These represent the three aspects of the Celtic Goddess of war and death, ( namely Badhbh, Mocha and Mor-Rioghain).
She usually wears either grey, hooded cloak or the winding sheet or grave robe of the unshriven dead.
She may also appear as a washer-woman, and is seen apparently washing blood stained clothes of those who are about to die. In this guise she is also known as the "Bean-Nighe"...(washer-woman)
Although not always seen, her mourning call is heard, usually at night when someone is about to die.
In 1437, King James !st of scotland was approached by an Irish seeress or banshee who for told his murder at the instigation of the Earl of Atholl. This is an example of a Banshee in human form. There are records of several human banshees or prophetesses attending the great houses of Ireland and the courts of local Irish Kings.
In Kerry in Ireland, the Banshee is experienced as " a low pleasant singing", In Tyrone as " the sound of two boards being struck together" ; and on Rathlin Island as a "thin screeching sound somewhere between the wail of a woman and the moan of an owl".
Though her appearence can be frightening , the Banshee does not bring death with her, she is only in mourning at the loss of a loved one.
Love and Light
Storm x
