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Banshee

2 stages from Irish to English.

Today it means in Irish folklore, a female spirit whose wailing foretells a death
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Stage 1 of 2
bean sí
Irish · medieval
"a fairy woman"
literally "woman of the fairy mound"
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Stage 2 of 2
banshee
English · 1700s-1800s
"a wailing female spirit who foretells death"
adopted through the spread of Irish folklore
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