- Title
- Banshees
- Creator
- Blee, Jillian
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/100885
- Identifier
- vital:10614
- Identifier
- http://library.federation.edu.au/record=b2625789
- Identifier
- ISBN:978-1-925333-51-0
- Abstract
- The word Banshee is derived from the Gaelic 'bean si' or 'sidhe' meaning woman of the faeries. According to legend they appointed from the faery world to forewarn the members of the families who claim direct descent from the mythical Milesians, the fifth and last of the population waves to sweep Ireland during pre-historical times. Although originally the pre-serve of the clans of O'Neill, O'Brien, O'Grady, O'Connor and Kavanagh, with intermarraige down through the centuries they have become attached to many other Irish families including several with distinctly Norman heritage.
- Publisher
- Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd
- Relation
- Goldfields and the gothic : A hidden heritage & folklore p. 43-54
- Rights
- Copyright © in this collection: David Waldron, 2016. The copyright in each essay belongs to the essayist.
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Banshees; Goldfields; Victoria; Australia; History; Folklore
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