See also:

• BANSHEE (Irish bean sidhe; Gaelic ban sith, " woman of the fairies ")

BANSHEE (Irish See also:

• BEAN (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Bohne)

bean sidhe; Gaelic See also:

• BAN

ban sith, " woman of the fairies ")  , a supernatural being in Irish and See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• CELTIC

Celtic See also:

• FOLKLORE

folklore, whose mournful screaming, or " keening," at See also:

• NIGHT

night is held to foretell the See also:

• DEATH

death of some member of the See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household visited . In See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland legends of the See also:

• BANSHEE (Irish bean sidhe; Gaelic ban sith, " woman of the fairies ")

banshee belong more particularly to certain families in whose records periodic visits from the spirit are chronicled . A like ghostly informer figures in See also:

• BRITTANY

Brittany folklore . The Irish banshee is held to be the distinction only of families of pure Milesian descent . The Welsh have the banshee under the name gwrach y Rhibyn (See also:

• WITCH

witch of Rhibyn) . See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott mentions a belief in the banshee as existing in the See also:

• HIGHLANDS, THE

highlands of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland (See also:

• DEMONOLOGY (L1alµwv, demon, genius, spirit)

Demonology and See also:

• WITCHCRAFT

Witchcraft, p . 351) . A Welsh death-portent often confused with the gwrach y Rhibyn and banshee is the cyhyraeth, the groaning spirit . See W . Wirt Sikes, See also:

• BRITISH

British Goblins (188o) .