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A banshee (/ ˈ b æ n ʃ iː / BAN-shee; Modern Irish bean sí, from Old Irish: ben síde [bʲen ˈʃiːðʲe], "woman of the fairy mound" or "fairy woman") is a female spirit in Irish folklore who heralds the death of a family member, [1] usually by screaming, wailing, shrieking, or keening.
Statue of La Llorona on an island of Xochimilco, Mexico, 2015. La Llorona (Latin American Spanish: [la ʝoˈɾona]; ' the Crying Woman, the Weeping Woman, the Wailer ') is a vengeful ghost in Mexican folklore who is said to roam near bodies of water mourning her children whom she drowned in a jealous rage after discovering her husband was unfaithful to her.
Bunworth Banshee, "Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland", by Thomas Crofton Croker, 1825. In Breton folklore, a spectral figure called the Ankou (or Angau in Welsh) portends death. Usually, the Ankou is the spirit of the last person that died within the community and appears as a tall, haggard figure with a wide hat and long ...
When Cleopatra got loose again, Katie chased her to Knocknasheega. Darby later finds Katie fallen at the bottom of a cliff and stricken with a deadly fever. A banshee appears and summons the Dullahan on a death coach to transport Katie's soul. Brian sadly grants Darby's third wish to take Katie's place.
[2] 17 statues have since then been removed and replaced. The National Statuary Hall Collection comprises 60 statues of bronze and 39 of marble . Several sculptors have created multiple statues for the collection, the most prolific being Charles Henry Niehaus who sculpted eight statues currently and formerly in the collection.
The Morrígan as a crow. The Morrígan or Mórrígan, also known as Morrígu, is a figure from Irish mythology.The name is Mór-ríoghan in modern Irish before the spelling reform, [1] and it has been translated as "great queen" or "phantom queen".
This statue is causing quite a stink. A bronze memorial shaped like a poop has been dumped among the iconic monuments along the National Mall in Washington, DC — and officials can’t flush it ...
The Sanskrit word nandi (Sanskrit: नन्दि) means happy, joy, and satisfaction, the properties of divine guardian of Shiva-Nandi. [2]The application of the name Nandi to the bull (Sanskrit: Vṛṣabha) is a development of recent syncretism of different regional beliefs within Shaivism. [3]