Image Info: The Banshee by Natasa Ilincic. Source Tumblr
Welcome to my storybook! All throughout this book, it will be about the Celtic creature known as the banshee. In Celtic folklore, a banshee is a female fairy. A banshee is also a ghostly woman that screams very high-pitched when someone is about to die. If you hear a banshee wailing it is likely that you or someone you know is about to die. They are considered to be ghostly because they have no physical body and are spirit-like. Besides that, there are other things that they tend to do like singing to lure the people towards them.
Because of the singing aspect merrows might be drawn into my story. They are mermaids and mermen in Celtic folklore. People may also know them as sirens because of their singing.
Hello, in my life there was a time I was known as Laoise which ironically means light. I say ironically because most now know me as the wailing woman or better yet you may know me by the title of a banshee. Better yet you may just know me by the saying "scream like a banshee." Before all of this, I was just a regular person with hope and dreams... I never knew this was where I would end up in life... wailing when I foresee something that I wish I did not. Because I bring the news of death it makes many people fear me and wish to never hear my voice. It is not like I always have control over what happens.
These stories are here to help people understand me and maybe understand banshees more... I did not choose the life of bringing bad news to people. This duty was thrust onto me years ago when something tragic happened. More specifically what happened to me that was tragic. You will learn all about it and how it turned me into the banshee I am today.