Talk:Wraith

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[edit] Another disambiguation of nothing

Another tiresome disambiguation step for everyone to trip over. Is every commercial game to have a disambiguation page? Wetman 23:31, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)

  • You should have seen the mess it was before I changed it into a disambig page. Kevyn 00:03, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Tolkien

Is it known whether Tolkien suggested the relation to 'writhe' or merely backed it up against the OED editors? Njál 16:25, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Emotion

I couldn't find any evidence to back up this claim and have removed it:

"Later, a wraith was used to describe a ghost of a particular emotion, usually anger or fear. When a person died with anger, a wraith was said to be formed from the anger. One example of this kind of wraith is a poltergeist."

Njál 16:27, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

I've heard this one before. There is proof out there somewhere- I've read it. They can be formed from intense anger or hatred, so says myth. Not so sure about the poltergeist bit though.


This is more game BS, this time from White Wolf's Wraith:the Oblivion. In RL paranormal observers, those who believe in poltergeists often claim that they can be spawned from intense emotion. However, the linkage to "wraith" is tenuous and ghost-geist is more accurate in this case.

PS sign your comments. 68.91.163.2 21:24, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wraith The Creature

Is this section vandalism or is it a very bad description of something relevant? rydia 19:36, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "A being of power"

From the current revision of the article:

"The wraith is a being of power, controlled by a greater spirit to do the creatures will. These creatures are shadows, floating amongst our realm with no purpose but that of their masters. They feed on humans, their emotions and their own strength, without these they would cease to exist. Information considering their lesser-known qualities is difficult to obtain."

I'm not certain, but this doesn't sound right to me, and it isn't referenced; does anyone have a reference for any of the paragraph above? 41.245.78.109 (talk) 03:30, 20 March 2008 (UTC)