"bean-nighe" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Scottish Gaelic]

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  1. The washerwoman, a creature in Scottish mythology, akin to the Irish bean sí. She appears at a body of water (river, lake, or stream), washing the clothes (sometimes bloodstained) of somebody for whom death is near, as a warning to the person's family that death will come soon. Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Mythological creatures

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