The banshee, or as it is less spelled, but pronounced the same, - bean sidhe, meaning"faerie woman", is no one you would ever want to meet! She is sometimes a withered old hag, sometimes a beautiful young woman with silvery hair dressed in flowing white, gossamer robes.
The ancient Irish keening at a funeral is based on her horrid, ear-piercing wail, a wail that could never come from an earthy creature; it is said to be able to shatter glass. The bean sidhe is said to come at the deaths of members of the five great families of Ireland: the O' Longs, the O' Briens, the O' Gradys, the O' Neills and the Kavanaughs.
The bean nighe is similar to the bean sidhe. She is a skeletal and weeping woman seen at a stream, or a ford; she bends over the water, washing the bloody garments of those who are about to die.
Welcome to my page, Darlings... I'm writer and cosplayer Antoinette Beard/Sorelle Sucere. For many years I played Maleficent. Being the Queen of the Bad Faeries, Samhain is her time of year when the veil that separates our world from the worlds of the fey is the thinnest... DO enjoy every aspect of this blog, as I have in creating it. And, I wish for you all, TO LIVE THE MAGICK... YES, --- DO scroll all the way down to the v ery end of this page, so you don't miss ANY DELIGHTFUL WICKEDNESS!!!
I approached him. He has yet to give me an answer. >>> Beautiful, graceful Jareth, the marvelous Goblin King, --- the only male faerie that I consider sinister enough, clever enough and seductive enough to rule with me... Scroll down this page to read my history and to find out more about the Unseellie Court, of which there are myriads of denizens. (I think you'll find it fascinating!!!)
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