Banshee vs Harpy - What's the difference?
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In Irish folklore, a female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.
(derogatory) A noisy or ill-tempered woman.
* 1936 , , Steps Going Down , page 15:
A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture.
* Milton
A shrewish woman.
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One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
* Goldsmith
The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus ).
A large and powerful double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia ).
As nouns the difference between banshee and harpy
is that banshee is in Irish folklore, a female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death while harpy is a fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture.banshee
English
(wikipedia banshee)Noun
(en noun)- Where's this old banshee that runs the place?
Usage notes
* A banshee was originally merely a fairy woman who sang a caoineadh (lament) for recently-deceased members of certain families. Translations of Irish works into English made a distinction between the banshee and other fairy folk that the original language and original stories do not seem to have, but from whence sprung the current image of the banshee.See also
* sidheAnagrams
*harpy
English
(wikipedia harpy)Noun
(harpies)- Both table and provisions vanished quite,
With sound of harpies' wings and talons heard.
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- The harpies about all pocket the pool.
