Irish Faeries
Irish Faeries: Bánánach and Bocánaigh Bánánach and their male counterparts, Bocánaigh are other Irish mythological creatures known to feed on death and misery. Ireland was a miserable place in the past to be fair, so I doubt they were ever too hungry. These creatures, however, specifically thrived on warfare and violence. Bánánach are described as being screaming female demons or specters. Their name itself gives us some clues as to their appearance: bean or ban meaning wife or female, or bán meaning white, fair or pale. So, a suggested translation is ‘pale-faced woman’ seemingly being corpse-like. Alternatively, Bocánaigh are not described as ‘pale-faced men’, instead they are often described as men with the heads of goats – the Irish word bocán word meaning ‘male-goat’. Both sexes, however, are generally described as shrieking airborne demons. Bánánach and Bocánaigh are known to fly over areas of combat, namely battlefields, hence their attraction to war and bloodshed. The Bocánaigh...