Banshee
In Germany known as a Klagmuhme. A wailing fey.
In legends, these "spirits" were only visible to warn of death in a family by screaming, crying, singing songs of lament etc. Many stories tell of a unique twist to each occuring "wailing spirit", but as human knowledge was very limited in those time, and stories had a way of being embellished, some facts have since been debunked.
A banshee is a kind of Fey, who senses death and lives on sorrow. They are somehow in tune with the frequency of death, and can sense it on long distances, from which they are drawn by it. Not because they gain anything from death, in fact they feel an immense sorrow themselves, as if they were close to the ill and dying. They gain sustenance from the crying and sadness of the family members present.
In legends, these "spirits" were only visible to warn of death in a family by screaming, crying, singing songs of lament etc. Many stories tell of a unique twist to each occuring "wailing spirit", but as human knowledge was very limited in those time, and stories had a way of being embellished, some facts have since been debunked.
A banshee is a kind of Fey, who senses death and lives on sorrow. They are somehow in tune with the frequency of death, and can sense it on long distances, from which they are drawn by it. Not because they gain anything from death, in fact they feel an immense sorrow themselves, as if they were close to the ill and dying. They gain sustenance from the crying and sadness of the family members present.
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