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Shatter_Their_World t1_j2tnfn0 wrote

”Witch”, the woman might be what some call in Romance speaking countries a Strega, a humanoid being who feeds on Humans and has magical abilities, and it is named ”witch”, but this meaning is very different from the standard one of Human performed of magical rituals. Some relate the Strega with Vampires, they may be one and the same species.

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The Banshee mention suggest a connection to beings called Sidhe in Ireland, basically Elves. Mermaids, called Merrows in Ireland, are considered a Sidhe subspecies. Yet, this seems to be far away from there. Merrows could travel far. People say it is a ghost, you say, I have doubts of this being the spirit of a deceased Human. Especially since the presence of seaweed and of the mark.

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Perhaps Emma was in the middle of the process of being assimilated into the Merrow race. If she already had some distant Sidhe ancestorship, she could have been taken to be one of them. If so, yourself are in the first stages of this. You, your wife, or both.

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The_Fringe_ t1_j2twf0z wrote

Wow, thanks for the insight, I appreciate it.

I like your Strega theory. Perhaps the woman that went missing in the 50's became corrupted by some Dark Power she found in the caves and is now a Strega-like monster, practicing ritualistic magic on children that wander into the cave.

The Merrow's theory is solid too. Well researched, definitely plausible.

I think the locals call it a ghost because they have no idea what it could be. The name the campers gave it, "The Backwater Banshee" may come from the fact that it screams like that, plus the alliteration is pretty catchy.

I'm worried about this mark on my house? What could it mean? Should I try to remove it or just move away?

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Shatter_Their_World t1_j2tyexq wrote

Probably better move, at least for a while. You can not know what the powers of the being are. If this is a Strega, this means the being is some sort of Vampire (different from the ones in the movies, but a vampire nonetheless), she wants to feed on you. If the being is a Dark Elf (a marine one), her intentions can be very different. In this case, the blood of her kin is in your veins and she knows it.

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Anyway, not a mere ghost, but a being with a body, even if this body is different from a living, Human body. The attitude Emma had suggests more the Strega possibility, Emma being, perhaps, like some sort of farm animal for the Strega, feeding on her blood or on her life force, or both. Regardless, she seems to want you for herself. Move as fast as you can, at least until things settle.

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SonyaRedd t1_j2wtgm9 wrote

You need to find the little girl.

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