Death omen
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15 figures have it.
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Its appearance is believed to portend imminent death or catastrophe for those who witness it.
the baying itself is widely described as an omen of death for whoever hears it.
The Banshee, a haunting figure from Irish folklore, is a female spirit known for her mournful cries that herald the imminent death of a family member.
The Black Dog's role as a harbinger of disaster has made it a subject of both fear and fascination.
Both also say that sighting it is read as an omen of death and disaster.
To hear them is taken as a sign that someone nearby will die soon, sometimes within days, though the tradition is careful that the hounds are a portent rather than a cause: they do not kill, they announce.
The Kikiyaon is believed to be an omen of impending doom, its appearance heralding death and destruction for individuals or entire communities.
It keeps out those who would disturb the graves — sorcerers, thieves, the irreverent — and in some accounts it appears to warn of a coming death, or is seen by the person about to die.
in some tellings her presence or the sound of her at the spinning wheel was taken as an omen of death or misfortune in the household.
whose cry unsettled the Emperor Konoe (some tellings name a different emperor) and was blamed for a mysterious illness or nightly terror afflicting the court.
The Owlman's presence is often associated with omens of impending doom or significant change.
In some tellings Raymondin's public denunciation of her as a serpent, rather than the spying itself, is what finally exiles her; upon the vow's violation she transforms fully into a winged serpent and flies from the castle, though she is said to return invisibly to nurse her youngest children at night and to reappear, shrieking, over Lusignan to foretell the death of a lord of the line or an impending change in its fortunes.
Her essential role is to give warning of an approaching death, and the accounts describe her doing this in more than one way.
The Moddey Dhoo is a spectral black dog said to haunt Peel Castle on the Isle of Man, appearing before those who encounter it as an omen tied to sudden death or terror.
Unlike the seductive, danger-luring mermaids of European folklore, the Ningyo is generally described as benevolent and protective, said to warn sailors and coastal communities of coming misfortune rather than draw them into it.