ABOUT WIGHTS

What is a Wight?

More or less forget all you have been told or think you know for much of what you have been told is fictional fabrications that have been pushed through occultist circles of the 1800s and the nonsense of extremist feminist rhetoric that was being twisted with each generation of which shaped most the modern garbage on the 1970s onward into the present with very strong anti-male gibberish.

While most sources will simply call Wights spirits, that wasn't always so and it’s more diverse than that. They are not "just spirits or merely as symbolic of powers of influence within or beyond the observable world and universe." In many cases it is more of a factor the term referred originally to any living thing because the basic meaning of the word is 'life' as in a living being.

This included the life of the individual entity and its immortal essence. In this sense, also, a wight is both a being and an embodiment of specific traits, powers and qualities of the real world and the spiritual world deserving respect. Some are so outside of the range our our perceptions that even if we observe them, our brains simply will not allow us to perceive them because they are so different and alien to our visual senses, though we may sense some sort of presence, perhaps even have an impression of their intentions, and and estimate of their sizes but otherwise never be able to truly see the or represent them. They are indeed diverse. That being said, let's proceed to bring some sense of clarity.

Etymology of Wight:

Those who tend to try and justify their modern ignorance from historic fact will often resort to the nonsense that "just because something was used a certain way in the past has no bearing on how it is used now." That is completely idiotic and such often contradict themselves when they use the very same sources of etymology to justify their claims regardless if their claims come from those who have been proven to have been wrong time and again which only demonstrates "selective" hearing more or less.

What they fail to comprehend is the old tendency that still persists to this day of "so called scholars" who never did real investigation into such matters claimed and never cared to check on the sources this same fools and frauds that fabricated their credentials and often chose to intentionally not cite their sources and certainly never cared to learn the phonetic rules that do apply and matter when referencing such linguistic sources and instead run off the rails with over generalizations.

Instead they resort to ignorant sources that provide their confirmation biases because of their own cowardice to not accept their information is wrong and it matters little to such about actual history, culture or accuracy while they demand everyone else embrace and continue to perpetuate their misinformation and disinformation and continue to regurgitate the same kind of nonsense of definitions determined by associations rather than the accurate meaning of the words themselves.

What would make it laughable if such were not so infuriating ignorant and demanding all others to remain ignorant on purpose is such are like those who complain about stereotypes while perpetuating the same stereotypes and condemning cultural appropriation while they are themselves the greatest offenders and more or less play into the same crap of playing the perpetual victim while they are the ones initiating the aggression, assault bullying everyone else not unlike those who call others fascism while blind to their own fascism and acts of terrorism. That being clearly stated, the following does not submit or cater to the widespread deceit in such matters and shall apologetically state things as they are and not as anyone else demands it to be "redefined" as.

From the plural wihtan (wite-an). Its singular is wiht. It is akin to Old Latin vita 'life' as in vital. The fact it means a living being or creature is itself important as well though it is claimed, as with so many other things to be "obsolete" by 1587.

First Possible Source:

Beowulf. Between 975 -1025 CE from possibly older sources as far back as the 600s to 700s CE. Language: Old Saxon.

Variations of spelling:

Wuht, wihht, wyt, wighte, wighȝt, wiȝt(e), wiȝth, weiht, weiha, wīh, wekti, whight, wigt, wīha, wīhaz, wēoh, wai, wa, wae, viht, vihta, vigt, veiht, vae, vaetr, vé, véttr, vaettr, vekti, vätte, vætte, vette, fā, fae, fey, fay, faer, faet, and fata to name just a few..

Related Terms:

Vættr (pl. Vættir). Fairy is the other as a combination of the form fay 'life' + ery (from ergi/urge) 'work' literally meaning life worker. En-Ergi/en-ergy/eerie all stem from the same source as urge, work and so forth. Thus, the Wight, Vættr and Fairy are simply different branches for the same word meaning the same basic thing of living being or creature or entity which also included disembodied entities.

The Wight Wheel

This Swastika (swayed stick form) is usually associated with the changing of the seasons usually defined as Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. In this is simply a diagram associated with the concept of the evolution of both the physical and spiritual expressions of life and the development and potential eternal nature of conscious mind.

PE: Pure Energy

In this context it is that universal something that cannot be directly known other than through the patterns for forms of its expressions and that which cannot be created r destroyed, but its forms of expression can be destroyed and it can then be converted over to new or different forms. Its very nature and quality requires it to have a directive cause and shaping agent to do or become anything otherwise it does nothing on its own.

PM: Pure Matter

All physical forces, particles and substances. In this context it is that universal something that has been given expression in the patterns of particles, atoms, as well as elemental chemical substances that is the totality of all objective physical observable phenomena. For lack of better words it’s the stuff that makes physical chemical and mineral based bodies possible often expressed in elemental terms such as plasma, gases, liquids and solids, otherwise expressed in older concepts as fire, wind, water and stone. It also includes all organic compounds.

LM: Living Matter

Biological Life. In this sense it is all forms of biological life in all its known and possible diverse expressions often considered as a combination Pure Energy as the “charge” or spark of life, and the Pure Matter as the abode or body of life. It is also linked to the concept of living mind because the mind which contains all aspects of self and awareness and consciousness is formed in and through and shaped by experiences and sensations of the bodily biological form and through such experiences by which the mind, its intelligence and consciousness and personality is shaped. This is where most tend to stop and unable to contemplate past this for lack of personal experience.

LE: Living Energy

The Ghost. In this sense it is the total energy patterns in the forms of memories, emotions, self and more or less all the associated faculties of the mind formed in and through the physical form and experiences derived from that form and its condition that is released at death, and it is dissolved back into nature.. This living entity can be called such as a ghost, wight, or whatever depending only upon he particular language which is itself a less dense body composed of what can be called a spirit body and a soul as an expression of mind is now more like pure energy and I eternal able to experience an afterlife or reenter the cycle as rebirth. It also allows for the option of the evolution of the physical to eventually reach a stage of semi-physical to non-physical being provided the species' lineage isn't entirely extinguished and goes extinct.

Nature of Wights

While most sources will simply call Wights spirits, it’s more diverse than that in they are not just spirits as symbolic of powers of influence. They are embodiments of those powers and qualities of the real world being both apart of those powers and qualities as well as beings in their own right and thereby deserving respect. Though the sense of pantheon is not necessary a proper term in this context, in a general sense it can be said the various families or orders of Wights naturally varies from community to community and region to region. How well known such may have been at one point or another, without any actual concrete and clear written records preserved, such is more or less hypothetical or speculative at best.

They are not divine in the sense of being transcendent and omnipotent.
Like any living thing, they can sometimes make mistakes and behave badly.
In essence, they are not different from human beings or nature but part of nature like us.
They exist as within the universe we do, and not distinct from it.
Some can be equal to humans, more primal like wild animals, lack any awareness or be more advanced in their intelligence and awareness, but not absolute.
Some may prefer to interact with humans, some avoid humans and others not care one way or the other if we exist or if we do not.
They can be considered as making up the diverse living forces that inhabit any living beings including humans.
Some can be distinct beings themselves developing more directly from the forces of nature and the universe.
They can be expressed or be the forces of nature and the various features of the environments anywhere within, on or beyond this world.
They can also be the minds and memories of animal and human beings who became Wights after their deaths but still present to a certain point.
They can even be formed from the collective thoughts, emotions and urges of beings like humans till they become their own composite and self aware entity, often called an elemental more or less but have a more temporary existence as ‘spirits of places.’
The most commonly believed or accepted means by which such self aware Wights may communicate with people is the through the sensations they get in the environment, whether a sense of comfort or unease, or through vivid dreams rather than the more random ones everyone has.
Dreams that seem to repeat or occur more than once or continue like a story being told that you do not quickly forget are considered such self aware Wights either warning you, teaching you or reminding you of something important but that can only truly be sorted out by the one experiencing such because it always tends to be very personal in nature.

Another factor is though they are not worshiped in the usual sense of the word as it has come to be applied in place of other terms, each is viewed as a powerful being who, if given proper respect, can use his or her particular power for human good, bringing rainfall, healing, fertility, or protection, and if disrespected take those gifts away and simply allow misfortune to fall upon such people without having to directly cause such. This does not mean it is thought they cannot directly lash out, though it is generally considered one has to do something particularly bad to evoke their wrath. This is also evident in the fact that many concepts surrounding Wights, even by some other name or term in some other culture or language, regard all the different names for such beings among different people and nations are just different ways of talking about and expressing the same thing. It should be no surprise then that cross culturally we often find three common connections in diverse customs and folklore.

The Wight as a being, with its own traits of personality and overall character.
The Wight represented by a dancer who represents and becomes a medium of the Wight
The Wight image/idol/doll that becomes the representation and the home of the Wight.

It becomes all the more apparent when Wights are also understood to include the concept of the life essence of a thing within the animistic sense, the ghosts of the ancestors of a people and animals, including that of family pets, entities within the forces and features of nature, or more or less all things associated with the land, sea and sky as well as space itself, and those that have never existence in the more fleshy sense though still intelligent and aware beings in their own rights. On the other hand, the general perception that these are all considered some sort of deities would be erroneous. From the perspective of Wights being associated as the continuation of the living essence of one’s ancestors, known or unknown, such can obviously be those of a specific family, a specific clan, all the way to specific rulers of nations wherein the methods of honoring them become relative to their associated status within said culture.

Even individuals without any known living relatives are considered to be worthy of some form of respect because of the general view everyone becomes a wight at some point, because in their essence as a living being, they already are. Some consider the associated abilities of Wights to also be potentially accessible by a living person for that very reason, though managing to do so as a goal is also presented as dangerous while others are considered naturally born with such active abilities though in both cases, in a more limited sense. That is the whole basis behind so called spiritual powers, gifts or abilities.

It’s also the general view that when we do die and become Wights or become as more localized presences of specific locations, such come to hold some range of influence over such locations though still limited by the realities of the Drikeyu. Therefore must be respected or at least left alone less they become hostile and extremely dangerous. Also, just as how the Wights are viewed, none of us are separate from the natural, but part of both aspects of existence, possessing positive and negative, as well as potentially helpful or harmful tendencies, and so on.

Wights also embody all the various and more abstract concepts that cannot be precisely defined and cannot always be as concepts properly translated from one language to another. In other cases one may experience a sense of some comprehension of such more abstract of types of Wights but not able to articulate those otherwise completely alien experiences. This can be called a situation of personal comprehension without proper means of expression or description.

There are those that will often complain about this stating that within this context that anything can be defined as a Wight. That is because they have. Many also tend to want to pretend there is no 'similarity' between diverse cultures such as who Wights (or if one prefers Vættir or Fairies) hold some of the same descriptions as s the Japanese Kami, Pueblo Kachinas, and so on. The main differences tend to be specifics to language and particular art styles. All have some lore about giants, little people, and others like or completely different from common people, along with including super human beings like lesser deities and elevated ancestors and general concepts of the ghosts of diverse beings.

Even the concept to the Hawaiian Night Marchers are parallel to some of the lore related to the European and Mediterranean concepts of the 'Wild Hunt," and other stories of parades of the dead. Some of the same as well as similar concepts to avoid them and not end up numbered among the host of this phantom army share more than a few common recommendations. That being said, we can continue forward to present how the Wights are expressed from these roots.

Representing Wights

Wight was once a generic word with the basic sense of living being from the root wi- also spelled vi- and both of their many variations meaning life. It was akin to the concept of ‘creature’ or ‘being’ in the sense of a specific entity. It’s much later that the word came to be used in a more restricted since to spirit beings or semi-spirit beings as it were. In addition, how such were represented varied as well. The main representations can be broken down into the following which has expressions in many diverse cultures following similar patterns. There are as such three main means known form ancient times and supporting artifacts.

A Geometric Shape or combination of shapes as symbols. These tended to be considered as acting like calls or beacons to draw the specific ones sought to make its presence known and seek his or her or it's influence.
An Icon, Object or Carved Image that can be made by people or a creature or some other natural object such as a stone, or even a human made item or artifact that isn’t necessary a doll like image, but can be a piece of jewelry, a tool, a weapon, a musical instrument, or anything else considered to be the conduit or home of a wight that a wight is thought to be attached to in some way. Through this habitation or attachment a wight can have a more direct influence around those items for good or bad depending the mood and nature of the specific wight.
A Costume and/or Mask worn by a person representing a wight combines the first two concepts whereas in this case the attachment also includes the specific person that the wight has selected as a representative and will use them as their host by way of possession or as a medium through whom they will speak. By wearing the masks or costumes representing the particular wight, it becomes an open invitation to that wight to take over the person temporarily during such times as ceremonial dances or wand engaging in performances telling such stories through acting (which evolved into theater, then movies and so forth).

When it comes to the third, there were tests often used to determine of its an authentic possession and not just a skilled actor, and also to test and make sure it’s the wight that was supposed to be called and not another one with ‘other intentions and motives’ as a trickster or deceiver. One of the signs of a perceived authentic possession include a person’s body temperature elevating suddenly in a matter of seconds and sometimes this can also include an effect more or less describing an electrostatic surge and discharge that can cause trembling in the host.

This is thought by most sources to also include the belief that the reason this occurs is two souls cannot inhabit the same body for long or the body will burn out and die, and why such wights tend to only seek potential hosts who are in perfect health and strong enough to endure them so they do not cause the death of someone because their presence can also cause their host to have unnatural strength and ability to do physical acts that is not possible for a person to do otherwise. On the other hand, it is also believed that because of this physical limitation, a wight with ‘evil intentions’ will try and kick out the host’s soul and replace them so as to claim and take over the body, and needs to be stopped immediately or a matter of days or the victim will be lost as a lost and wandering soul that will eventually go insane and turn evil and may try to repeat the process.

COMMON TYPES OF ASSOCIATED WIGHTS

This is by no means a complete list, however, it addresses some specific concepts and proper etymology that has either been misrepresented intentionally, denied for some personal silly and irrelevant bias, or simply out of ignorance. Regardless the cause, the etymology and basics are clarified as follows.

Aesir: The oldest source of the singular Aes to the plural Aesir is actually from aise, the Norman Frankish word source of Ease. its base meaning is not god, deity or anything of the sort. It means to "help, comfort, please, and even opportunity and also has a sense of well-being such as "being at ease" as in relaxed.

The part people do not like about this

'Ais' has its direct link to the Etruscans in the plural aisar / eisar with the same base meaning and applied as such in later invented lore by the 12th to 13th centuries. The following cannot be ignored because its based directly in the Etruscan derived aiser si (light court) and aiser seu (dark court). One only has to then look into what is known pertaining to the Estrucan aisar / eisar / eiser likely introduced by way of Roman Latin trained authors.

Applied to Irish/Scottish Tribe of the Danu (The word Danu means Danes): When applied to so called Celtic concepts, as the "Light and Dark Courts" of the so called Aos sí as the Seelie Court is to light what the Unseelie Court is to dark.

Applied as the Icelandic Aesir and Vanir: The word Vanir is derived from Vanus (Vane/Vanity) and akin to Wana (Wane), such as found in Old Norse vana. This is proven by the fact that Asgard (Ais-gard) as the Yard or Land of the aiser /eisar often associated with catacomb tombs as "halls," and the land of the Vanir is called Vanaheim (home of the vane).

Applied in similar concept of Angels and Demons: It's often claimed Angle means Messenger and Demon means Evil Spirit. Its false. The factual etymology will upset many having been raised with very much the opposite view of the facts of the concepts and characters.

Angel comes from An-gelos. An 'without'- gelos 'cheer/laughter.' The name implied sense of stern seriousness and often a sense of looming discomfort as in causing a sensation of panic, fear or terror in their presence.
1. Gelos also is the source of the words zealous, jealous, gēola which also became yule and yell also meaning cheer, laugh, etc.
2. They are never represented as all perfect, pure and entirely good.
3. In concept they are more akin to the characters called Asuras of India.
Demon comes from Daemonos. Dae 'shine" + monos 'one' with the literal meaning shining one, and likewise applied to anything associated with being a source of light, such as the Sun, Moon, Stars, fire, lighting, etc. which is the basis of their celestial associations.
1. The word Dae/De and also Dei are all sources akin to the word Dag, day, and the plural Dagan (days) which is seldom noted.
2. They are never represented as all imperfect, impure or entirely evil.
3. In proper concept they are more akin with the Devas (male) and Devis (female) of India.

Draug: The oldest source of Draug is the same as Drag. it is likewise related to dragan "to draw, drag" which is the source of dragon despite many "objections" to this fact. When used in reference to a reanimated corpse, it is not uncommon for such an entity to also be described as "taking on the form of a dragon since both are associated with graves, burial mounds, caverns, catacombs and ancient offerings as "burial hordes" they guard jealously.

The oldest recorded sense besides that of "pulling" is of "drinking" such as in draught and offerings of drinks as part of old customs honoring the dead in which some of a drink is poured on a grave or the ground and then some is consumed by the participants as a type of communion.
One can also see its also connected to the word drug in reference to some sort of intoxicant and also with a hallucination. Ghost is a later association with a Draug.

Dwarf: The oldest source of the word Dwarf is actually duerg. It’s a compound of du + erg with the base meaning of "do work and to work" and can also mean 'the worker" and akin to the word demi-urge as "secondary worker."

It has nothing to do with any sort of context meaning a diminutive size.
In any case this association with working has to do with manual labor and part of the reason why Dwarves still retain in concept the association with "working in pits and mines and caves, as well as crafting tools and weapons, among other such things.

Elf: The oldest source of Elf is actually Ulf which is the same source as wolf. This is almost never mentioned and if it is it is only in a vague foot note. Proof is enough by tracking down the roots that include such as ulf, álf, olf, ulv, áv, olv, and included the 'w' as wulf, wolf, walf to name but a few of these variations.

There are many variations of this that one can find which also is one reason why one will often find shared characteristics of elves with wolves, and even concepts such as werewolves in older sources.
The most common associations are the moon and hunting. It also all shares its form the same roots as the word wool and wooly, specifically from wulfel as wool + fell a term for a skin from which the wool/thick fur of a hide has not been sheared or pulled off.
It has no connection in any case with words like alp in associated meanings such as white and the actual reason for that being suggested is questionable for many diverse reasons, though can only be in itself speculative.

Ettin: The oldest sources of Ettin are Iotun literally meaning Eaten and Eater. Used as a term for cannibals and cannibalism it sometimes also was applied to animals as man-eaters. Sometimes it is also, though rarely, expressed in the context of a rotten corpse eaten by worms and or insects or invertebrates of land and sea.

Variations of this word also include eoten, etun, jötunn, jötun and the plural form such as jötnar or ettins from ettin.
The association with the word for Giant is a much later addition of concepts.
It’s often applied to and shares etymology with another word known as Juten or simply the Jutes.
It is also sometimes applied with the same concept as Goblin, which is from the root gob meaning mouth. It’s akin to such terms as gobble (meaning to eat in a greedy or in a gluttonous manner) as well as such words as Goblet.
It was and is sometimes used as an alternative word for Ettin in a few case as there is also often the association with cannibals and the act of cannibalism with Goblins as well.

Ghost: The oldest source of the word ghost is gāst as the same source giest originally applied in the sense of "stranger" as a common root for both the words gust as in a sudden movement of air, and guest as someone to be treated with proper hospitality and respect.

It is from the association with air or wind that it also has been used as an alternative for the word spirit which also means wind, air and also used as a term meaning breath, and also holds concepts such as a "presence" or "power" rather than the concept of personality.
It’s within the concept of Ghost that the personality element is shared with the connection to guest.
It didn't originally apply to but did come to include a concept of the mind, memories and personality of the dead that somehow has a continued existence after death of the base bodily form.
It’s much later still that the addition concept of an apparition or appearance came into play.

Giant: This isn’t even an unknown one. It comes from Gigant as a short from of the plural Greek Gigantes from the base giga akin to mega, both of which are Greek and have the meaning of huge, big or large. All of this is of course is said to be pre-Greek though what source is deputed.

Ogre: One of the most common questions tends to be “why Ogres are always or mostly represented as green giant type characters?” It’s literally in the name. It comes from the same source as agri, agre and agro from Greek and Latin into French ogre meaning field as in an open field of green grasses and shrubs.

Sometimes this also applied to marshlands and swamps which clarifies some of the other later more fantasy based additions.
It is not related to Latin Orcus which comes from Older Latin arca where the word ark comes from and means a box or chest, though it also applied to the sense of a casket holding the remains of the dead.
. It’s also known a orca and the word arcane meaning hidden, secret and obscured are shared before Orca was used as a name for a type of whale.

Troll: The oldest source of Troll is the same as Thrall with the simple and base meaning of capture and captive. It is akin also to trawl.

Trolling is a term used in such a context with fishing using "dragnets" and the term "enthrall" meaning to 'capture one's attention.
It has often been confused with the source words from trail and track resulting in such as trolley being applied.
Troll and Thrall also share in being used as old terms for slave and servant as someone who is taken captive and reduced to little more than cattle, and sometimes less than cattle.
Its often confused with the word Trow which actually is another spelling of the word meaning true, and alternatively spelled Drow. Of course all versions of the word true also are akin to tree in a generic sense and not a specific species of tree as has been claimed in the past.

Holy Ones

The most common modern error is to associate Holy Ones in the same context or meaning as Saint. Saint comes from the same root as Sanctus and Sacred meaning "set apart." Holy means both heal and make whole from the same root heli as in Old Saxon. Likewise it is connected to the words hell, hall and hole but the concept of "hell" is a later and false import. It was more along the lines of referring to a burial place such as a tomb or cave and generally the word for a cemetery as the Holy Lands and Holy Places of the Holy Ones. That's all.

Recognition of Holy Ones

There are very few specific standards as to what qualifies one to receive such recognition and as such one who was considered a holy one in the past might not be recognized as a holy one in the future since it tends to be a factor of contingency upon the wider views of a particular tradition, culture and society as a whole. The main qualifiers presented here tend to be consistent and are very basic at that with the main factor that they have to be or have been actual known and real people and not simply a character of fiction embodying such concepts. Nor do they have to have always been such types of people from the start of their lives but changed toward the middle and end of those lives to embody the following basic list.

Renowned for kindness and patience.
Renowned for their honesty and reliability.
Renowned for selfless compassion and charity.
Renowned for a deep regard of the worth of the lives of others.
Renowned for their healing skills of others minds, emotions and bodies.
Renowned for their selfless bravery and their protection of the lives of others.
Renowned for their efforts to bring about peace and ending conflicts among people.

The last of these tend to be far more difficult historically, however, it isn’t something that necessarily involves such as conflicts between nations. It can be as basic as reconciliation among friends, families, neighbors, villages, towns and even cities which can reach the level of a whole nation though obviously this is rare in retrospect, just not impossible. It is also to insure that such holy ones and their life stories and their contributions are not forgotten and that their stories of struggle and achievement may also serve as motivation for others to also overcome similar challenges and gain a sense of hope for striving to achieve their dreams while authentically emulating the seven examples previously provided. We can further express how such may become elevated by the people to the honor of holy ones and something the people determine called Folk Will and not the authority of clergy which is also a distinct factor of Druwayu. This is to prevent the clergy and Drusidu as a whole from overstepping their roles and purpose.

The Will of the People determine Holy Ones

Those who have gained a deep respect and bond with people are regarded as holy ones, especially if they have some sort of association with mental, emotional and even physical healing, either while alive or from beyond the grave, sometimes referred to as a miracle.
It’s the people who choose who to honor in such a manner and the general view is that the souls of the dead, having once been human like the rest of us know our needs and can intercede on our behalf, though this is retracted by the limitations of the Drikeyu.
The bonds forged between the living and the dead occurs in life while they are also still in the here and now, not here and after. They may be sought to help especially if there is a presence of a hostile entity somewhere and so said ancestors are called to move them on if a solution to their hostility cannot be otherwise resolved.
Those that gain a reputation among the living as demonstrating strong levels of influence tend to become popular which will often result in many becoming devotees to the service of such holy ones, and offerings to them tend to be based on what their known likes and interests were while they were alive including food and music. The basic principle is you take care of them so they can continue to take care of you, which is in accordance with the Wyrda (older Wyrdan taking on the modern spelling of weird) on the reciprocation aspect of things.
It is also regarded as that such holy one or ancestors in general have the potential to gain more direct channels for communication with the One and Three being of a different quality and nature and so may be asked from time to time to either help or pray for us.
While some may prefer that a Warlock or Witch is present to preside over various things or preside over a funeral, for the most part, when it comes to honoring the dead or recognition of Holy Ones, it is based on the will of the people, not the clergy or any ruling authorities. The only expectation is such Holy Ones were real people, not icons or mascots of fictional characters that never actually lived or who never actually existed. Otherwise it’s a matter of family and friends of the departed to tend to such things.

Memorials and Shrines

Such memorials including grave and grave markers as well as icons and plaques with what they are being memorialized for and their recorded stories therein are both to honor those that have received such recognition and to serve as inspiration for others to potentially emulate such ways. People might leave votive offerings such as flowers or whatever at such memorials which then serve as shrines for the community of those who feel a special bond or connection with particular recognized Holy Ones even if it’s only locally or more regionally.

People may even pray to some of them seeking their guidance or help with something though it’s also understood that as with all things, what they can or will do will be limited by but the factors of the Drikeyu which in turn equates to being limited to what the One and Three will or will not allow so as to maintain the overall harmonies of all realms and realities.

The most common tendency for such shrines to one’s ancestors are they will usually be reserved for an single individual or a family photo with a table under it. On either side are candles representing the equality of the physical and the spiritual more or less are present. A type of some sort of fragrant incense is usually placed at the center and has the double meaning of representing the prayers of the individual and the presence of the ancestor. A ted table cloth usually represents both the blood of life and protection.

It’s not always required, though some of the other elements that may be applied to such personal shrines as part of customs of honoring the dead in this way, especially in the sense of recently departed family members that were truly cherished, is on either side of the table there may also be present two bowls of fruit such as one with apples representing good health, and good luck. Eating one is considered a form of communion with said ancestor.

Other items may also be present including, but not limited to some object as property that once belonged to the departed so represented such as a ring, necklace, or some other such personal item. The key factor to something like this is the person who creates one had some kind of connection and god relationship with the person represented while they were still alive. The other view is those messing with such shrines or stealing items from it can evoke the anger and retaliation of said ancestors until they return the stolen property. This tends to be more of a superstition, though the wiser one avoids putting some things to foolish tests. Plus its just rude and disrespectful.

Trilithons as Sacred Gates

A trilithon is a structure consisting of two large vertical stones (posts) supporting a third stone set horizontally across the top (lintel). There are many forms of these throughout the ancient world and tended to mark boundaries form the outside surrounding area and sacred reserved space, such as at a shrine. One place where the custom of such symbolic gates has been preserved is Japan.

This should not been too shocking to find similar descriptions of the Wights to be similarly described as the Kami, and that such gates as these also marked burial ground entry ways and represented an entrance to a shrine location a spot where kami are welcomed and thought to travel through.

Many such shrines also have upright carved memorial stones with all the same basic context as those found on such things often called Rune Stones (Rune actually comes from the same source as Rowan being mutually rooted in ronn, raun, rúna, and rune with the base meaning of redden.

This is because such letter forms were often painted in red with such as red ochre, iron ochre, or ocher in American English, or etched onto stone surfaces using hematite as a base which when scratched along another stone surface leaves a reddish brown mark.

Some will note the links visually as is done here for additional frames of reference as it is known contact between the ancient east and west on a regular basis was far more common than once previously claimed, or accepted, though is still denied by those pushing rather ridiculous puritanical rhetoric. Even the various forms of swatikas prove that much.

Stave Church in Norway
Built between 1180 and 1250 CE

Buddhist Temple in Thailand
Old Image from 2016 CE

Like with Rune Stones of old, in Japan, most are upright slabs of natural stone, which may include inscriptions of the family name, individual names, and dates and bore different motifs depending on the beliefs of the deceased such as Christian, Native or other concepts (Buddhist is now known to have also been included in that mix, hence the temple comparisons above). Some did and do reflect a philosophical or environmental statement rather than adhering to any particular traditional forms, though in Europe what most referenced is long lost for several diverse reasons, and not all were because of "Christian or Muslim Authorities or Rulers," though it didn't exactly help either. Again, these were most often found near or as part of old known temples and shrines.

Thought Forms (Not What is claimed)

Basically an entity created by a combination of concentrated thoughts and emotions, the concept basically claims various entities are merely a collection of perceptions conditioned by beliefs as the base ingredient for creating an entity or object purely through intense thought into materialized physical existence or semi-physical existence.

It’s the basis of terms we get in passing without realizing this concept when one says “things don’t happen because you didn’t believe it in enough” and seeking to remove all barriers to such things being able to be actually accomplished as projected focused thoughts by stripping away all disbelief through a process of de-conditioning and de-construction, which is in a sense reconditioning and re-construction.

This in turn has been based on such concepts seeking to achieve things through personal undirected, unrestricted and blind experimentation based on an idea or hypothesis, and more or less testing it constantly in different ways and keeping personal notes or journals as a sort of “psychic scientist” seeking to sort out how to make such things work, what did or didn’t work, how it worked and what to expect, and then seeking to improve, refine and simplify what worked so it can be repeated and have the same results if others attempt the same things.

In any case, the basic sense is anything imagined and given enough ’energy’ as an intense mental and emotional charged concept and even symbol or object, will develop into a sort of mentally and emotionally charged battery of said power pooled up and programmed to cause a specific desired influence or fulfill as a created “psychic robot” a specific goal and purpose as semi aware to potentially fully aware being that can if not properly produced becomes potentially dangerous and malevolent rather than protective and benevolent, but will fade in time when forgotten.

With this concept often being the basis of various other ideas, it’s often claimed as a potential explanation of why some apparent haunting by seemingly intelligent “ghosts” seem to conform to stories associated with a particular location that simply do not line up with the actual history as claimed, yet still exhibits such like haunting. However, this tends to draw more off the claimed belief that the deities of such as the Greeks and Romans required constant adoration and services or they would weaken and eventually fade into oblivion for lack of worshipers.

It’s also claimed to be the essence being some places having a more sinister or bad feel about them as a pool of negative “dark” energy shaped and fused to an area with a long and known violent history and such presence seeks to continue to exist by influencing and tapping into such dark thoughts, emotions and urges of people and seeks to compel them to repeat the same kind of bad history and violence so that it can continue to exist.

Having an awareness it comes to realize it cannot continue to exist without a constant injection of such things from the minds, emotions and urges of people unfortunate or foolish enough to enter into such locations and having a particular preference for youth who are more easily lured by their curiosity and urge to challenge things for fun, and then flip it on them by completely terrorizing them to get the feeding it was seeking.

Many still in one way or another perpetuate this view but also often present it in various other ways such as the claims that various deities being built up over time began to demand more intense worship of themselves having been such entities of imagination that came to simply been believed into existence and then died off with lack of believers. This is applied to literally every such spiritual concept despite it being known some were simply deified people like dead rulers.

However, this is also often considered an ancient explanation also of Schizophrenia as is a chronic brain disorder which has such symptoms as various paranoid delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, trouble with thinking and lack of motivation, or generalized often in a more vague term of Psychosis which means a person's thoughts and perceptions are disrupted and they have difficulty recognizing what is real and what is not which can be temporary or permanent.

The concept of "creating things" willfully actually comes from Tibetan Buddhism and is called a Tulpa. The actual context of such things from Tibetan Buddhism is typically a human form acting as a sort of double of the creator in many cases, that is created through spiritual practice and intense concentration, like projected images, sometimes one, sometimes several depending on the degree of such mastery.

Of course like so many other things, scammers learn about something and claim they "can do this or that" and take it all completely out of context, from such you get the nonsense of so called "ulpa-mancers" or what others try and equate to a child's imaginary friend. Its along the same lines as those who refer to Nirvana as a place rather than a state of mind.

The Higher or Lower Self Nonsense

One of the most commonly employed deceptions of various movements seeking the elevation of the self with the higher self and avoid descent into the lower self. Basically is a bunch of silly nonsense. This is often called theurgy. What does it really mean? Theurgy is a combination of theo in reference to deity and urgy means works. Literally the actual meaning is divine works or the work of a deity but pushed as a work towards becoming a deity as in Apotheosis, literally meaning change to or become a deity from apo ‘change to/make’ + theo ‘a deity/divine.’ It stems from Greek apotheoun. Some will take this to extremes to demand being worshiped while alive.

Sometimes the term apotheosis is applied in the sense of self deification or self elevation into a divine state as part of this nonsensical ideology about perfectionism and utopian delusions, though what apotheosis actually means is ‘from deity or from a divine being’ which can mean anything from a claim of being the offspring of a divine being to a claimed gift given from a deity. So even that is and has been distorted in too many ways to count. In either case its nonsense. This is one of the major problems also with occultism because it draws from those ideologies and then embellishes them beyond sanity or logic or objective reality.

Such is then tied to the concept of so called thaumaturgy literally meaning “miracle working” and implies the ability to perform super human and supernatural things such as often attributed to various deities, saints, and so forth. It is sometimes expressed also in the sense of “wonder working” and more or less has the context of supernatural powers which is itself tied into the very concepts of so called theurgy and apotheosis. The insanity of it is such actually think they have such abilities but when actually put on the spot, they fail to demonstrate such abilities much less any qualities that might be considered to be in any way particularly “divine.’

So what did these actually mean and express without the Occult rhetoric and deceptions? The context of theurgy was instead making one’s will submit to that of the will and guidance of God, allowing God to work through you and guide you by direction that allowed thaumaturgy or miracle works to be expressed through you but not from you personally but from God directly, and apotheosis was more of a recognition of such things coming from God working through a devoted individual as God allowed and willed it through his spirit, or included a gift of some kind as an award for such dedication and “selflessness” rather than selfishness, and could be as simple as a gift of contentment and peace, healing or whatever.

Again, that is the major problem with all forms of occultism. It proclaims you to be more than you are, inspires you to proclaim yourself to be superior to others when you are not, promises abilities that are not yours to achieve, tries to short cut everything and place things under your will including the will of others, and creates the delusion that the entire power and energy of the universe for which we are all composed of is yours to do with as you see fit without any consequence because it also holds the fallacy and blatant deception that when you “achieve” such self elevation to divine status, you are free from all consequences and mortal limits.

Sample Videos

In any case, the following videos will provide some examples of how the Wights, also called "Fairies" is part of these really ancient beliefs. As to whether one believes in such is another matter. It is enough to be mindful that in all cases, the later and more modern concepts about such entities is largely watered down from their original contexts that once demanded and commanded respect and reverence even when such as what have been called deities were no longer remembered or honored which isn't necessarily a bad thing considering some of the means they have had to be "appeased."

As a side note, one should always be cautious about the claimed etymology of many such things because most of the time the errors are simply repeated by those who never take the time to investigate such things thoroughly. The two I shall present facts for is the Valkyrie and the Banshee since they have been over represented and largely from "artistic liberties" than proper contexts.

For example, Valkyrie does not mean chooser of the slain. In fact no part of that remotely fits with the word itself. Its root is Valkyr is a masculine word for Falcon + the feminine siffix -ja as Valkyr-ja. As Valkir becomes Falcor and then Falcon from late Latin influence. Its root is also in Valr (also used for hawk/falcon) as Val the base Valk, source of Volk, Folk and Walk.

We also find the concept of such entities as companions like guardian spirits and ancestors are often present in such ways as to make the concepts akin to folger (masculine) and fylgia which both simply mean follower. However, most of the terms presented from most modern sources have been falsely over feminized as more or less modern intentions to remove anything that has a male/masculine connection or connotation to over "feminize" everything and then claim such things are gender neutral completely distorting actual culture and history and then impose a more abnormal occult slant over it all which misleads everyone and runs rampant in nearly all modern media outlets.

Banshee is from a 17th century form bean "woman" + sídhe "same as sidu" meaning woman of the seats (council). Seat has often been used figuratively as a place of power and authority so when it comes to the Bean Sidhe this seat of power or place of the spirit woman is the burial mounds and her associating with wailing and death is a later corruption of the ancient and wide spread custom of professional mourners, announcing and bewailing the loss of a ruler, hero or some other widely respected personage within the specific clans and tribes in question.

WANT TO HONOR THE ANCESTORS?

Many feel a need to honor those who have passed, and its good to forge those bonds while people are here and now, not wait till the here and after. The reason one honors those who died is to honor life itself, not death itself. which is what most get wrong. None of us actually knows what a hereafter state will actually be like or have any certainty or insurance there is any continuation of self. Its fine to not know. Dwelling on it too much, however, robs oneself of living and it is extremely selfish of others to demand you must mourn excessively and stop living yourself because someone else has passed.

The old concept was when a loved one passes away, they begin their journey to the underworld, which is known as Hell. While it may share a name with the Christian realm of eternal torture, it is actually named after one of the three Goddesses bearing that name from Hel in her aspect as those who rules over this realm of the dead. What all the actual specifics were is lost, however, there are more than enough old echoes that instead of a domain of eternal suffering and pain alone, it is also a place of rest, healing and renewal which is reflected in the fact Hel is part of the word Heal, and as Heli where we get Holy and both mean to make whole.

What lore it all has as came about after the 1200s CE clearly burrowed heavily from Greek and Roman concepts of the "underworld" and its diverse locations. Ultimately its linked with the grave and burial mounds and old cavernous tombs where the dead are reunited with those loved ones who preceded them in death. It is a world much like our own, but without suffering, illness, or aging. There was also the custom of giving the dead new clothes and new shoes and gear for the to defend themselves and also to provide for themselves in the afterlife.

One of those reference is Helskór 'Hell Shoes' and were placed on the dead so that they could walk to Valhall(a) which has often been falsely called the Hall of the Fallen/Dead. Its a compound of Icelandic Valr (another word for hawk/falcon) and höll (another form of the word of hall). To put it in a proper sense, Hel-shoes were to be had for those who were not supplied with them,yet still deserved them as itself a gesture of compassion regardless one's rank or social status for "in death all one's debts are paid." However, there was also the concept of "one born, always to be."

There was also a custom of tossing such into fires even for the unknown dead based on the concept that during the soul's travel in the hereafter they will see an immensely large and beautiful linden-tree hanging full of shoes, which were handed down to such dead travelers as had exercised mercy during their lives.
When the dead had passed this tree where they would be able to find their shoes, they had to cross a heath two miles wide, thickly grown with thorns, and then they came to a river full of irons with sharp edges.
The unjust had to wade through this river, and suffered immensely. They were cut and mangled in every limb; but when they reached the other strand, their bodies were the same as they had been when they began crossing the river.
The just are able to cross the river by putting their feet on boards a foot wide and fourteen feet long, which floated on the water. This is the first day's journey. On the second day they come to a point where the road forked into three ways - one to heaven (in the sky), one to hell (the world below), and one between these realms (an unknown destination in most cases and potentially a way back to be reborn depending on the source or a parallel world to and like this one).

When we speak of our ancestors, we are generally speaking of those to whom we are related directly to and descended from, but this is not to be taken as something 'racist' and shouldn't be coupled with such nonsense. In other contexts, we also refer to such in regards to those who were important to and influential in our lives; even those of fame from our own younger years. This can also be a teacher who inspired us to take our lives in a new direction, or a friend close enough to be considered actual family. So biology is only one part of it, but mostly its the emotional and mental connection that matters.

Its not all that uncommon to any particular culture and regardless of belief or lack of belief in any particular kinds of deities that the dead remain important and we are still connected to them in many ways. If all that is left of them is only a memory and a burial place with a tomb stone, the memory of them is sill honored and their lore is recounted.

For some, it is believed they may continue to exert influence over the world of the living, watch over the loved ones they left behind, and even offer their guidance and wisdom to us.
Some might simply come back to have some fun being more mischievous because they can be, and more so than even when they had life in this state.
Others still believe that our ancestors may even return to this world to act as guardians for their descendants or show up just long enough to prevent or try to prevent one from dying as they did.
Some might return to seek vengeance or to be avenged for having lost their lives due to the negligence or intentional deeds resulting in their demise.
Most, however, are believed to prefer to leave the world of the living for the living and only communicate with people ad greet them when their time finally comes.
With all the diverse views, for us, its not a justification for invalidation but rather a recognition that there is no one way of things and every one are worthy of remembrance to some degree.
The other part of this is it is necessary to recall and recount such lives regardless if such were good or bad or considered good or bad in their time because their lives are our lessons so both the good and the bad gifts us with knowledge and our lore as history that shapes us all and regardless what we did, do or will believe.

This not only strengthens our relationship with one another while here and now and one another thereafter, it also shows that we continue to love and think about them and demonstrate our sense of truly deep value and appreciation for our loved ones while they are still here and do not honor them out of obligation or it isn't authentic honoring or respect.Its merely acting and reenactment that is spiritually empty and dead unto itself rendering such actions useless and pointless.

The living as well as the dead if there are any that survive the move between the here and now to the here and after will know it also. However, never trust one who claims to know anything about such matters with complete certainty. Also the take away is the here and now always matters the most first.

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Stave Church in Norway Built between 1180 and 1250 CE

Buddhist Temple in Thailand Old Image from 2016 CE

Stave Church in Norway
Built between 1180 and 1250 CE

Buddhist Temple in Thailand
Old Image from 2016 CE