Howen Chi
The Keener & The Wailer
Illustration
2026
Digital Media (Procreate/Photoshop)
4800 x 2431 px
The banshee is known in Irish tradition as a wailing female spirit who foretells death. This supernatural figure grew out of the historical practice of keening, in which professional mourners publicly lamented the dead. A spirit that warns of death spawned from a profession of mourning death.
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Howen Chi aka. Howchii
Illustration
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