The Banshee

Online class which details the origins of the Banshee as well as her many meanings and guises. The strands of folk belief about her around Ireland will be examined and discussed and meanings drawn from the differences in experience and belief across the country. Was she a fairy woman? Was she really attached to only some families? Is she always an old woman when she appears? We will trace the significance of certain additional beliefs attached to her - for example the Irish practice of keening - and look at eye witness accounts of meetings with her across time. Class will also include modern portrayals and versions of her.

Gain a deeper understanding of the complexity of Irish folklore and belief. A big emphasis in this class will be on how banshee beliefs differed from place to place across Ireland and how they changed even within the diaspora. Explanations for this supernatural woman will also further inform students on the development of fairy beliefs in Ireland and the importance attached to female death messengers in the culture which further relates to the important role women held in death rituals across time. Students can also examine what she means in the culture today to examine living beliefs in action.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

1. What is a banshee (what does that mean)?
2. The idea of a death messenger
3. Her appearances - how she made herself known and how it altered across Ireland. Her use of the comb and other legends attached to her
4. The eye witness reports
5. The attachment to certain families
6. Women and death in Irish tradition and how the banshee fits into those traditions and rituals
7. The banshee today

This Teaching is suitable for beginners, as well as those with more experience in this area, or in other traditions. You do not have to be dedicated to or working with any Irish Gods, Guides, or Guardians to take this class.

WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU ENROLL THIS COURSE?
Your Course access enrollment includes access to:

• -- Class Presentation Slides
• -- Class Videos
• -- Class Audios
• -- Exercises to complete in your own time
• -- Interactive Q&A Session with the Teacher (recorded during live class).

You will get the unique perspective of Dr. Gillian Kenny an Hon Research Associate at the Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies in Trinity College Dublin. Her specialism is women’s lives in medieval and early modern Ireland and beyond.

This is a completely self-paced online course.

When you enroll in this class, you are receiving lifetime access (with a full 30 day money back guarantee).

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