Translation of "banshee" into Greek

στρίγγλα, φάντασμα are the top translations of "banshee" into Greek.

banshee noun grammar

In Irish folklore, a female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death. Originally a fairy woman singing a caoineadh (lament) for recently-deceased members of the O’Grady, the O’Neill, the O’Brien, the O’Connor, and the Kavanagh families, translations into English made a distinction between the banshee and other fairy folk that the original language and original stories do not seem to have, and thus the current image of the banshee. [..]

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  • στρίγγλα

    feminine

    Mom, you only hear a banshee when someone in a family's gonna die.

    Μαμά, ακούς τη στρίγγλα όταν κάποιος θα πεθάνει σε μια οικογένεια.

  • φάντασμα

    noun
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