Not all Banshees are hate-filled creatures; there are some that had strong ties to their families in life and continued to watch over them in death. When they manifest themselves, these Banshees appear as beautiful enchanting women that sing a sorrowful, haunting song which is filled with concern and love for their families.
This song can be heard a few days before the death of a family member and in most cases the song can only be heard by the person for whom it is intended. Good Banshees appear as beautiful enchanting women that sing a sorrowful song which is filled with concern and love for their families. On the other side of the coin we have the angry and scary Banshee that most of us are familiar with. During their lives, these women had reasons to hate their families and appear as distorted and frightening apparitions filled with hatred.
The howls emitted by these Banshees are enough to chill you to the bone and rather than appearing to warn a family member, these Banshees are celebrating the future demise of someone they loathed! Other Irish mythology stories relating to the Banshee say that she is the ghost of a young girl that suffered a brutal death and her spirit remains to warn family members that a violent death is imminent.
It is said that this Banshee appears as an old woman with rotten teeth and long fingernails. She wears rags and has blood red eyes that are so filled with hate that looking directly into them will cause immediate death!
This goes to show that most people in the past tend to device an explanation they can think of to many things as scientific knowledge was still not available to provide a proper definition of things.
Banshees were considered as creatures in the woods and often not to be seen by most people. Instead, their weeping is only heard from a distance and there are only a number of cases reported that they were seen. Based on the description of the sounds that the people once heard, they can be easily explained to be howls of wolves at night, a gust of wind blowing on hollow trees, and other animals making weeping-like noises. In cases of actual apparition, it could possible that those who have seen this mysterious being may have been seeing some type of optical illusion as the Banshee is usually seen covered with mist in the woods.
According to some scientist, our human brain is trained to pick up any human-like figure from the things all around us. Basic examples of this phenomena is when one takes a picture and then sees a face at the background which was actually the cause of the distortion of light and the mirage effect seeing images in the distance. In the case of the Banshee apparition, it most likely that people who have seen it just saw other inanimate objects in the dead of the night and then immediately conclude the idea that what they saw was the actual harbinger of death.
Whether it is real or not, the Banshee still remains as one of the supernatural creatures that haunt the frail minds of human beings. Seeing it or hearing it is a definite sign of death. So the next time you hear a woman weeping, pray that no one will die the next day.
When we listen to Irish legends, we often hear about leprechauns. However, leprechauns are only one of many spirits of Ireland. One, much more frightening and morbid, but arguably more interesting creature of legend is the banshee.
The following should teach you the basics of what you need to know about banshees. What is a Banshee? A banshee, or Bean Sidhe, is a fairy from Irish folklore whose scream was an omen of death.
Over time as families blended, it was said that most Irish families had their own banshee. It is also said that the banshees followed their families as they emigrated from Ireland to other places across the globe, though some stayed behind to grieve at the original family estate.
Various versions of the banshee have been described, from a woman with long, red hair and very pale skin to an older woman with stringy, gray hair, rotten teeth and fiery red eyes. She is often depicted with a comb in her hair and this has led to an Irish superstition that finding a comb on the ground is considered bad luck.
It is believed that a single banshee can take on any of these forms and shift between them, much like the goddesses of Celtic folklore. Other forms of the banshee include the Bean Nighe and the washer woman, both more attributed to Scotland than Ireland.
The Bean Nighe is said to be the ghost of a woman who died during childbirth and would be seen wearing the clothes of the person about to die while the washer woman is dressed like a countrywoman and is cleaning bloody rags on a river shore.
It is unknown precisely when stories of the banshee first were told, but they can be traced back as far as the early eighth century. This too was referred to as keening. Mentions of banshees can also be found in Norman literature of that time. Banshees are frequently described as dressed in white or grey, often having long, pale hair. Other stories portray banshees as dressed in green, red, or black with a grey cloak.
Who says banshees are dead it could be a gift your hearing tuned to a different level of the earth compared to everyone else. Whatever his or her origins, the banshee chiefly appears in one of three guises: a young woman, a stately matron or a big, well hung, masculine Fabio.
It has been said that the male banshee, commonly called a Ban-He, can lure unsuspecting young women to his lair with a fluffy wave of his hair and a bellow of his pleasing baritone voice. When seen, she is wearing the clothes of a country woman, usually white, but sometimes grey, brown, green or red. She often have long, fair white, blond hair which they brush with a silver comb as she laments, a detail scholar Patricia Lysaght attributes to confusion with local mermaid myths.
This comb detail is also related to the centuries-old traditional romantic Irish story that, if you ever see a comb laying on the ground in Ireland, you must never pick it up, or the banshees, having placed it there to lure unsuspecting humans, will spirit such gullible humans away.
The Banshee may also appear in a variety of other forms, such as that of a hare, weasel, or any other animal associated in Ireland with witchcraft. Banshee men don't wail publicly since it is not accepted as a manly thing. But the urge to wail is strong when a premonition happens.
Both men and women banshees have dark circle under their eyes. Generally they will have a scar on their head. Malevolent banshees look like a female with dark flowing hair, sunken eyes in robes. Their body is covered with dark mist. They also emit a glow from their mouths. Like ghosts, they emit strong electromagnetism, which causes lights to flicker when they approach; accordingly, EMF meters are highly responsive in rooms where a banshee was recently present.
Malevolent banshees are able to produce high-pitched screams that can drive anyone who hears their scream to commit suicide. The only ones capable of hearing their screams are the victims and once the victim is dead, the banshee will feed on their frontal lobe.
Banshees only prey on the vulnerable, both physically and emotionally, only hunt at night and hunt a location until it is picked clean before moving on. Banshees were common in Irish and Scottish folk stories such as those written down by Herminie T. Do you suspect she's been buzzing your house? Here's how to prove it. Wait until night falls, then put a caged rat in your front yard stick with me here.
When you hear that banshee come screaming and rattling that cage, hit the lights. Far from the legend, though, this is an exceedingly graceful critter whose wails echo across every continent save for Antarctica. View Iframe URL. Hunting primarily at night, the barn owl gathers the scant light with its large eyes and uses its entire heart-shaped face to funnel the waves to ears right next to its peepers.
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