Benshee vs. Banshee

Bensheenoun

See Banshee.

Bansheenoun

(Irish folklore) A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.

Bansheenoun

(derogatory) A noisy or ill-tempered woman.

Bansheenoun

A supernatural being supposed to warn a family of the approaching death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice, as under the windows of the house.

Bansheenoun

(Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death

Banshee

A banshee ( BAN-shee; Modern Irish bean sí, from Old Irish: ben síde [bʲen ˈʃiːðʲe], or ) is a female spirit in Irish folklore who heralds the death of a family member, usually by wailing, shrieking, or keening. Her name is connected to the mythologically important tumuli or that dot the Irish countryside, which are known as síde (singular síd) in Old Irish.

‘woman of the fairy mound’; ‘fairy woman’; ‘mounds’;