Talk:Geist
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I've removed an entry pertaining to a band called "Geist". This band does not appear to meet the notability inclusion criteria (see WP:BAND). As an aside, it's considered bad form to write articles about oneself, one's corporation, one's band etc., see WP:BAI and WP:VAIN. -- Sandstein 16:40, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Guest/ghost
- Early Germanic tribes, like other pagan tribes around the world, had customs of consulting dead ancestors at feasts. The English words "ghost" and "guest" are said to have descended from the German Geist due to the Northern pagan custom in which the ancestral spirits were invited as honored guests.
Ghost is not related to guest, and neither one is "descended from the German Geist," althought ghost is cognate with Geist. See [1] and [2], under "etymology." 24.159.255.29 05:16, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
