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A banshee is a type of spirit that died in pain, and spread sorrow and misery in death[1]. Banshees are led by an Empress.
History[]
In "Kappa Spirit", Mel and Maggie Vera mistook a ghost named Brenda Mancini to be a banshee, and tried to find a spell to vanquish her. Though there was a spell to get rid of banshees, it was never used.
In "Deconstructing Harry", Jimmy was shown to have captured and imprisoned the Banshee Empress along with other magical creatures. The creatures were later freed by Mel.
When the Charmed Ones infiltrated a gala event in order to rescue Harry Greenwood from the Faction in "Search Party", a banshee and a Kadal Demon were shown to have been captured by the Faction as well. After Macy Vaughn accidentally began the power transferal process, the banshee and demon were killed with their powers being transferred.
In "Not That Girl", TBA
In "Hashing It Out", Harry encountered two banshees while in the Veil only to be saved by Diana.
Vanquishing[]
Book of Shadows Entry
• To Banish A Banshee •
Proper identifying the Banshee
is crucial in order for this spell to be
effective. Sirens, strigoi, rusalka
and other such entities require
different spells. Using the wrong
incantation may provke the entity.
The spell may be performed without
the protection of the consecrated
cloth. But as with most undertakings
protection is encouraged.
- Nuntius! Ab hoc loco.
- Unde venerant redire.
Trivia[]
- In the original series, Banshees were demons with distinctive white hair and a high pitched scream that could burst glass and blood vessels. This scream could also turn emotionally hurting witches into new Banshees, a transformation that would be made permanent if they killed a person in that state.
- The reboot's description of a banshee, being a kind of spirit, is closer to real world mythology than the one of the original series, that were more based on the Dungeons & Dragons version. However, the ones from Gaelic and Irish folklore only foretold upcoming deaths and did not cause them.
- The episodes "Deconstructing Harry" and "Search Party" of the second season seem to have reconned information previously given about banshees in the first season. In "Kappa Spirit", banshees are said to be a type of ghost, however as of the second season, two of them are capable of being held captive by Jimmy and the Faction with the second banshee even being killed by the Faction.
- It is possible that there are in fact two distinct kinds of banshees - ones that are ghostly in nature and ones that are demonic in nature. However, this has never been officially confirmed.
- It is also possible that ghosts/spirits are more physically tied to the magical world than it might seem. The Guardian was shown to be greatly affected when magic was dying in "Triage", so it's possible that a spirit's magical essence could have been absorbed through the Faction's experimentations just like any other magical beings.
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