What is a Banshee?
From my novel Freedom's Banshee:
Look up the term BANSHEE and you will come back with several different definitions. For the purposes of this book, the term refers to a spirit or apparition (Usually a pretty female) that appears at the side of a warrior that has fallen in the field of battle. She appears to clean the warrior’s armor, his cloths, and his body before he goes into the hereafter.
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