Samhain Special: Badbh and the Banshee

Irish Mythology Podcast by Marcas O hUiscín

Oct 30, 202100:47:20Society & Culture

We talk about that old Irish harbinger of death, the Banshee, her connections with Badbh and the Morrigan, the tradition of keening at funerals and Professor of folklore, Patricia Lysaght's extensive research on the topi...

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