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Wednesday 20 January 2021

Magical white hair (part 3)



 This is the third of five posts about mystical people with white hair. Often white hair is mostly a sign of being aged, traumatised, sick or (if they're young and healthy) otherworldly. The latter is what these posts are about, discussing the magical people with white hair. 

A banshee is a white haired lady from Celtic legend. She's considered a fairy of the mounds, who sometimes wears a grey cloak and a green gown. Her hair is long and white as snow. Her eyes are blood red. Sometimes showing up as a pretty maiden that sings, or sat low beneath a tree, shrouded, or flying through the night as she sobs loudly. 

Most of all the banshee is a harbinger of death. She screams to let someone know there is a death in the family. Or she screams to let someone know there is about to be a death in the family. Sometimes they call her the wailing woman. Legend goes that each family has an assigned banshee who will warn them by her screams when someone has died or will about to leave their mortal coil soon. Often the banshee is feared.

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