Banshee vs Wraith - What's the difference?
banshee | wraith |
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.
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A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death.
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As nouns the difference between banshee and wraith
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 wraith is a ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death.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
*wraith
English
Noun
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