Comments on: The Banshee http://faeriemagick.com/believe/the-banshee/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:51:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: webmaster http://faeriemagick.com/believe/the-banshee/comment-page-1/#comment-264 webmaster Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:51:54 +0000 http://faeriemagick.com/believe/?p=13#comment-264 Tara, You're right, but to list all the possible words describing individual Banshee's keening... well, it'd be a very long article. The cry is sometimes described as keening, coming from the Irish word <em>caoin,</em> which -- as my research suggests -- was originally used to describe the sound... and only that sound. Every Banshee is unique. Each of them will make a different kind of sound but -- as you said -- it's always unnerving. Cheerfully, Fiona Tara,

You’re right, but to list all the possible words describing individual Banshee’s keening… well, it’d be a very long article.

The cry is sometimes described as keening, coming from the Irish word caoin, which — as my research suggests — was originally used to describe the sound… and only that sound.

Every Banshee is unique. Each of them will make a different kind of sound but — as you said — it’s always unnerving.

Cheerfully,
Fiona

]]> By: Tara http://faeriemagick.com/believe/the-banshee/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Tara Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:42:42 +0000 http://faeriemagick.com/believe/?p=13#comment-263 The Banshee doesn't always make a terrible anguished crying/moaning sound . . . it is sometimes a very eerie singing that carries on the breeze . . . it's quite unnerving. The Banshee doesn’t always make a terrible anguished crying/moaning sound . . . it is sometimes a very eerie singing that carries on the breeze . . . it’s quite unnerving.

]]> By: Fiona http://faeriemagick.com/believe/the-banshee/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Fiona Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:26:53 +0000 http://faeriemagick.com/believe/?p=13#comment-104 Joanna, Since I've heard the banshee's cry, I think you <em>might</em> be describing it. It's anguished to the point of being almost silent. It's definitely slow. Remember, the banshee wails because she sees a tragedy that she can't prevent. However, nothing in life is necessarily set in stone, so perhaps someone else was successful at preventing the tragic event the banshee saw. When I heard the banshee, the event was avoided, too. I'm still not sure <em>how,</em> but the most likely outcome did not occur... to the relief of everyone involved. -- Fiona Joanna,

Since I’ve heard the banshee’s cry, I think you might be describing it. It’s anguished to the point of being almost silent. It’s definitely slow.

Remember, the banshee wails because she sees a tragedy that she can’t prevent. However, nothing in life is necessarily set in stone, so perhaps someone else was successful at preventing the tragic event the banshee saw.

When I heard the banshee, the event was avoided, too. I’m still not sure how, but the most likely outcome did not occur… to the relief of everyone involved.

– Fiona

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