Original watercolour painting "Banshee"
The painting measures 23x30,5 cm and it is unframed.
Watercolour on cold-pressed 300 g Canson 100% cotton paper.
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Banshee
A Banshee is a female spirit in Irish mythology who heralds the death of a family member, usually by wailing, shrieking, or keening.
There are many varying descriptions of the banshee. Sometimes she has long streaming hair and her eyes are red from continual weeping. She may be dressed in white and a have ghastly complexion.
Sometimes the banshee assumes the form of some sweet singing virgin of the family who died young, and has been given the mission by the invisible powers to become the harbinger of coming doom to her mortal kindred. Or she may be seen at night as a shrouded woman, crouched beneath the trees, lamenting with veiled face, or flying past in the moonlight, crying bitterly. And the cry of this spirit is mournful beyond all other sounds on earth, and betokens certain death to some member of the family whenever it is heard in the silence of the night.
It is thought that banshees developed from the figure of the keening woman. In Ireland and parts of Scotland, a traditional part of mourning is the keening woman who wails a lament. This keening woman may in some cases be a professional. hotsell
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