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Banshee Fountain
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Skyclad fays relax in the living waters of a spring, amidst
Erin's greenery. The Gaelic word banshee (beansithe) means faery woman, though it came to signify a fate, especially a guardian spirit of a clan, who appears in omen of a coming death or momentous event. Mirrors and combs figure in folk tales about faery women in the Gaeltacht, as well as among the Basques, Spanish, French, Germans, Slavs and Scandanavians.
Copyright 2000 Max Dashu |