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What is banshee?


A mythological, female, magical creature that flies all night looking for prey. They feed on people's sadness. They kill by screaming in such a high pitch that it breaks glass and the arteries of its victem's body so that they drown in their own blood.


You don't want to be a banshee's prey.

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Banshee - what is it?

1. A female spirit derived from ancient Irish mythology, usually seen as an omen of death. Her Scottish counterpart is the Bean Nighe (washer-woman). It is said that when a person hears the Bansee's wail three nights in a row, a person in their family will die. When several Banshees appear, it indicates the death of someone great or holy.

2. Contemporary usage and depictions of the Banshee give her a much more evil nature, being often used as a foe in series and video games, and characterized by her powerful and strident voice.

3. An obnoxious, loud woman.

1. I heard a Banshee last night, I'm afraid this means mama will not heal.

2. "When a simple mortal hears a Banshee's cry, they die. But Banshees are former witches, and when a witch hears their cry, they turn into a Banshee!" - Charmed

3. Your mother-in-law is a banshee!

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What does "banshee" mean?

fucking attack from the sky!
Goes hard
player

i'm coming at you like a fucking banshee
she licked it like a banshee
you a fucking banshee

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Banshee - what does it mean?

(Alkaloid slang) A hinque and/or attractive person of the female persuasion. See also witchy.

Scout, that banshee you're happenin' with is the tontay!

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Banshee - meaning

a kickass sacramento band....better be listening for them their gonna make it...

songs...one cool sober guy, outta hand,about to say....i love u guys!

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Banshee - definition

A creature that hangs around toilet bowls and smells like burnt cheese wiz.

I saw the hooded banshee and he flung a booger at me to protect his cheese wiz.

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Banshee - slang

TO ACT GHETTO

Dude, that chick is so banshee

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Banshee

A beautiful girl who routinely is too hard on her appearance, not realizing she's always the most gorgeous girl in the room. She uses banshee in a negative sense, unaware of its completely meaning.

Guy: "Hi. I love the way your hair looks!"
Girl: "Really? This mess? Oh, my gosh, I look like a banshee."
Guy: "I'm not sure that means what you think it means. Banshee is good!"

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Banshee

people are actually getting the definition of a banshee very wrong. let me quote from john allan's "mysteries".

"banshees are really guardian spirits rather than harbingers of doom, but their cry always spell disaster."

so a banshee, or a bansidhe is not the cause of death of someone, but a warning cry, if you will.

my nan used to say i'm as loud as a banshee :/

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Banshee

A spirit from ancient Irish/Scottish Celtic mythology.

From Old Irish "ben sΓ­de" and modern Irish "bean sΓ­dhe"/"bean sΓ­", the word roughly means "woman of the fairies" ("bean": "woman"; "sΓ­dhe": "fairy mound"). When a citizen of a village dies, a woman (sometimes known as keener (taken from the Irish Gaelic word "caoin" ("to weep/cry")) would sing a caoineadh (lament); legend has it that, for five great Gaelic families: the O'Gradys, the O'Neills, the O'Briens, the O'Connors, and the Kavanaghs, the lament would be sung by a particular fairy woman.

When the stories were translated into English, a distinction between the "banshee" and the other fairy folk was introduced which does not seem to exist in the original stories in their original language, and the funeral lament became a wail that heralded a death. Hearing the cry of the banshee came to forewarn a death in the family and seeing the banshee would signify one's own death.

Most often, the banshee appears a maiden in white, combing their cascading fair hair with a silver comb (which is likely confused with local mermaid myths), while they are also shown in black or green and wearing a grey cloak.

She may also appear (near a body of water) as a washer-woman, and is seen apparently washing the blood-stained clothes of the ones who are about to die. In this guise she is known as the bean-nighe (washing woman).

The haunting sound of a woman sobbing echoed faintly, but clearly, through the night... the cry of the banshee!

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