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Wights in LoTR and Wights in WoW
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Zenanor
Hmm Danish has no word for wight...... Dear language minister......
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Hyperspacerebel
Wight originally meant "human being."
Tolkien was the first (I believe) to use it to signify an "undead" being. And they are not ghosts...remember Frodo sliced off one of their hands.
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Skreeran
Wight originally meant "human being."
Tolkien was the first (I believe) to use it to signify an "undead" being. And they are not ghosts...remember Frodo sliced off one of their hands.I'm pretty sure I remember them being ghostly. Just because they're not insubstantial doesn't mean they're not ghosts. ;)
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Hyperspacerebel
I'm pretty sure I remember them being ghostly. Just because they're not insubstantial doesn't mean they're not ghosts. ;)
Just shrouded in shadow. Tolkien never once describes them as ghosts. Throw a cloak over a WoW wight and it might as well be one of Tolkien's.
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Skreeran
Hmm... I seem to remember them as ghostly. Of course, I don't feel like going and checking myself, so I'm not going to argue any more.
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Hyperspacerebel
Trembling he looked up, in time to see a tall dark figure like a shadow against the stars. It leaned over him. He thought there were two eyes, very cold though lit with a pale light that seemed to come from some remote distance. Then a grip stronger and colder than iron seized him. The icy touch froze his bones, and he remembered no more.
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Round the corner a long arm was groping, walking on its fingers toward Sam...
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With what strength he had he hewed at the crawling arm near the wrist, and the hand broke off; but at the same moment the sword splintered up to the hilt. There was a shriek and the light vanished. In the dark there was a snarling noise.
One of the perks of having a completely digitalized book collection lol.
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