Assertion: banshee | /r/HasProperty | irish spirit
Facets:
value: to warn
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: A banshee, from the Irish Gaelic "bean sidhe" meaning 'woman of the fairy', is an Irish spirit that cries, or caoines (keens), to warn when an important member of a true-blooded Irish family is about to die.
text: The Banshee is famous for her long, melancholy keening, which is an Irish word that is used to describe the lament that women used to do over the body of a deceased person to ward off evil spirits.
text: The Banshee an Irish mutant man (!) who has a sonic scream.
text: For more information about the Banshee, one of the best studies is The Banshee: The Irish Death Messenger by Patricia Lysaght (paperback, © 1986, Roberts Rhinehart Publishers, Colorado).
text: A Banshee is an Irish spirit that would warn a family when there was impending death.