banshee
Celtic death herald
A banshee is a wailing female spirit in Irish and Scottish folklore whose shriek supposedly foretells a death in the family.
The word now commonly describes any loud, high-pitched screaming: The wind howled like a banshee, She let out a banshee scream when she saw the spider.
Vocal mourning for dead
- shriekShrill, piercing cry
- screamLoud sharp cry
- cryVocal expression of emotion
- howlProlonged mournful cry
lamentation · mournful · piercing · unearthly · bloodcurdling · shrill · echoing · nighttime
Vocal mourning for dead
- mourningPeriod following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- funeralService honoring the dead
- passingMoving by or temporary
demise · dying · deathbed · wake · shroud · corpse · deceased · impending
Apparition of the dead
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
shade · ethereal · incorporeal · supernatural · pale · floating · translucent · manifestation
One who foreshadows
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- portentSign of future calamity
- prophecyForetelling of future events
sign · warning · foretelling · death knell · ill-fated · doom · impending · foreshadowing
keening
Vocal mourning for dead
howl · lamentation · mournful · piercing · unearthly · bloodcurdling · shrill · echoing · nighttime · chilling
keening
Vocal mourning for dead
- mourningPeriod following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- funeralService honoring the dead
passing · demise · dying · deathbed · wake · shroud · corpse · deceased · impending · imminent
ghost
Apparition of the dead
wraith · shade · ethereal · incorporeal · supernatural · pale · floating · translucent · manifestation · female
harbinger
One who foreshadows
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- portentSign of future calamity
prophecy · sign · warning · foretelling · death knell · ill-fated · doom · impending · foreshadowing · presage
Gaelic
Celtic linguistic tradition
Eire · mythology · Hibernia · fairy · Ireland · Munster · Leinster · Ulster · ancestral · clan
- mythical creaturesdragon, dragons, vampire, vampires, werewolf
- supernatural beingsghost, demon, phantom, specter, werewolf
- Irish Gaelicfocal, cat, bean, teach, la
- Ancient IrelandCelts, Gaels, druids, Tara, Brehon law
- Death Occultnecromancy, seance, mediumship, ghosts, channeling
- Irish Fairiesleprechaun, pooka, changeling, fairy, good folk
bansheeguardian angel
Protective spirit assigned individually
angel · fairy godmother · protective spirit · muse · good fairy
bansheehealer
One who restores health
life-giver · phoenix · angel of mercy · comforter · Lazarus
- banshee wailSupernatural mourning shriek