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| | The In Nomine Collection: Barrow Wights |
 | | Barrow Wights are created by attempting to bind a ghost, dream-shade or Damned Soul into a preserved corpse, using the Create Mummy ritual. | | | Barrow Wights frequently have attunements; those who used to be Dream Shades frequently possess attunements of Fear, while any Barrow Wight may buy [literally] attunements from Mammon. | | | A Barrow Wight is a specialized from of Vampire; instead of having a Need for Blood the Wight starts with 3 level of Greed. |
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| | TolkienWiki: The__Barrow-wights |
| | Historically folklore has told tales of Barrow-wights in many forms, even locally to Tolkien himself in the Berkshire Downs, where the idea could easily have sprung. | | | Tolkien maybe first made acquaintance with Barrows in his teens, when he read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a medieval english poem. | | | Although the term 'Wight' is described as a 'anarchic person' in The Oxford English Dictionary, it seems acceptable enough for our purposes to understand Tolkiens use of the term as a 'ghostlike' entity, based on less commonly used 'Middle English' meanings of the term. |
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| | Barrow Wights |
| | He made a pile of the treasure bading that it be free to all finders, birds, beasts, Elves, Men, and all kindly creatures, to scatter it "for so the spell of the mound should be broken and scattered and no Wight ever come back to it". | | | At the sight of the unconscious hobbits, Bombadil unleashed another song of power directly against the wight, assigning him a terrible fate, as it cannot be killed, of exile. | | | The word is from Middle English wist, wight, from Anglo-Saxon wight "creature, animal, person, thing". |
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http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/papers/BarrowWights.htm
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| | Tolkien Online: The White Council :: View topic - Barrowdowns and Barrow-wights? Please help! |
| | I would like to suggest, therefore, that the textual evidence suggests strongly that the animating spirits of barrow wights are wraiths (trapped/ controlled fear) created by the use of Morgul weapons. | | | Wight is a modernized version of the Old English wiht meaning creature. | | | A wight enters the dead body and replaces the departed soul. |
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| | Other Creatures of Middle-earth |
| | It is thought that the Witch-king himself had visited the Barrow-downs while the Nazgul were searching for Frodo and that it was he who had roused the Barrow-wights to be on the watch for trespassers on their land. | | | The barrow may once have been the tomb of the last prince of Cardolan, who was killed in battle against the forces of Angmar in 1409, but it had become the home of a Barrow-wight. | | | He then spread out the gold and treasures from the barrow on the grass so that the barrow's spell was broken and no Wight would return to it. |
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| | THE TOLKIEN FORUM - Barrow- wights |
| | The Barrow wrights are merely evil creatures that have overtaken the tomb's of great king's of old.Minor they may have been,but in the scheme of things a great thorn in the side of the Witch King of Angmar. | | | Why they were evil i wasn't sure of though, but the Encyclopedia of Arda stats that evil spirts unleashed from Angmar came to dwell in the barrows, which leads me to believe these evil spirits entered the barrows and animated the bodies of the dead kings. | | | Barrow weights are the "Undertakers" or the pepole that perform these ceremonies. |
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http://www.thetolkienforum.com/showthread.php?t=9519
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| | Barrow-Wights |
| | Some readers believe barrow wights to be non-human, but they were the tormented human servant ghosts of the witch king. | | | They are called barrow-wights because they were sent by the witch king to inhabit the barrows of the kings of Arnor. | | | The word wight comes from an Anglo-Saxon (Old English) word for "person". |
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http://encyclopedia.codeboy.net/wikipedia/b/ba/barrow_wights_1.html
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| | cre8thoughts -> barrow-wights |
| | Yes, the barrow wights are mention in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, In Book II, Chapter VIII: Fog on the Barrow Downs. | | | I you look at the top of the page, you will see the number 37 in Bold, and then after reading the page, click on 38, which finishes the Barrow Wight scene. | | | The wights try to decoy people into the tombs in order to sacrify them. |
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http://cre8thoughts.com/index.php?showtopic=1678
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| | Encyclopedia of Arda: Barrow-wights |
| | A barrow is a grave-mound, and wight means a person or creature | | | The word wight comes from Old English wiht, a word with a very broad meaning that could signify a person, a creature or even just a thing. | | | That word in itself didn't have any particularly evil connotations, but the related Old Saxon wiht, which literally meant 'thing', could be used to also refer to demons. |
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| | Barrow Wights |
| | Home > Miniatures > Games Workshop Miniatures > Lord of the Rings Miniatures > Forces of Evil > Barrow Wights | | | He sent dark spirits south to the barrows and the skeletal forms of long dead rulers walked once more. | | | After the Last Alliance of Elves and Men and the fall of Sauron, the Witch-King fled to the north and there built the kingdom of Angmar. |
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| | Mission: Fun & Games - "So Many Games, So Little Time" |
| | Games Workshop Chaos Pestigor Regiment, Chaos Pestigor Champion, Chaos Minotaur w/ 2 hand weapons, Chaos Minotaur Standard Bearer, Chaos Pestigor Musician and Standard, General's Compendium, LOTR: Barrow Wights, 40K: Tau Pathfinders w/Rail Rifles. |
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| | Barrow-downs - definition of Barrow-downs in Encyclopedia |
| | Warwickshire Barrow Downs: Rollright Stones, The King Stone, The Whispering Knights (http://www.cv81pl.freeserve.co.uk/rollright.htm) | | | Many of the hills were crowned with megaliths and barrows, whence their name. | | | The Barrow-downs were first inhabited by Men related to the Edain in the First Age, together with the Hills of Evendim to the north. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Barrow-downs
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| | Swords & Weapons of Middle-earth |
| | The Hobbits were trapped in the barrow by a Barrow-wight and when Merry awoke from the Barrow-wight's spell, he had a memory of a Man who had fought the Witch-king of Angmar long ago. | | | The sword came from a barrow on the Barrow-downs that may have been the grave of the last prince of Cardolan, who was killed in battle against the forces of Angmar in 1409. | | | The massive battering ram had been forged in the smithies of Mordor and spells of ruin were laid on it. |
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| | PRESENTATION AT THE BARROW REUNION-AUGUST 25, 2000 |
| | Moses Barrows father, Thomas Barrow Jr was born in Southampton County, VA in 1698 and married his second wife, Elizabeth Atkinson about 1735 while living in Isle of Wight County, VA on the south side of the Nottaway River. | | | I believe that John Barrow was the father of Thomas (1) having arrived on these shores as early as 1635 only 16 years after the founding of the Virginia Colony on May 13, 1607. | | | Although Thomas Barrow, Sr never signed his name Senior, he did leave property in his will which he signed by mark, to Thomas, Jur. |
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| | Hills and Downs of Middle-earth |
| | He spread out the gold and treasures from the barrow on the grass so that the barrow's spell was broken and no Wight would return to it. | | | They were known as the Barrow-downs because of the barrows, or burial mounds, that had been made there. | | | Tom gave the Hobbits swords of Westernesse from the barrow that had been used to fight the Witch-king long ago. |
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| | Anglo-Saxons.net : Timeline: 450-550 |
| | Only two of these battles, that between Ceawlin of Wessex and Æthelberht of Kent, and that at Woden's Barrow in which Ceawlin was driven out, emerge unscathed from this sifting, and both should probably be redated (the fight with Æthelberht to 581Ã588, and that at Woden's Barrow to 587 or 588). | | | It is very likely that the association with the West Saxons arose at some point after King Ceadwalla of Wessex captured the Isle of Wight in 685, which Bede reports somewhat disapprovingly ( HE, iv.16, and see Yorke, p.89). | | | A similar backdated pro-Wessex political statement can be seen in the annals dealing with the Isle of Wight, in which the founders of Wight (Jutes, according to Bede) are said to be nephews of the West Saxon Cerdic, which is extremely unlikely (see entry on 514 to 544). |
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| | Hills and Downs of Middle-earth |
| | Frodo became separated from his companions and was taken into a barrow by a Barrow-wight. | | | The Witch-king then sent evil spirits from Angmar and Rhudaur to the Barrow-downs to enter the barrows. | | | When the Great Plague swept north in 1636, many of the people of Cardolan perished and the Barrow-downs were abandoned. |
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| | The Barrow-Downs |
| | He was captured several times along the way, once by Old Man Willow, then by the Barrow-Wight and lastly by orcs at Parth Galen. | | | He was trapped by Old Man Willow and then by the Barrow-wight, rescued both time by Tom Bombadil. | | | King Théoden soon grew a liking for him, and Merrys respect for the kind old King made him spontaneously swear his allegiance. |
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| | Anglo-Saxons.net : Timeline: 450-550 |
| | Only two of these battles, that between Ceawlin of Wessex and Æthelberht of Kent, and that at Woden's Barrow in which Ceawlin was driven out, emerge unscathed from this sifting, and both should probably be redated (the fight with Æthelberht to 581Ã588, and that at Woden's Barrow to 587 or 588). | | | A similar backdated pro-Wessex political statement can be seen in the annals dealing with the Isle of Wight, in which the founders of Wight (Jutes, according to Bede) are said to be nephews of the West Saxon Cerdic, which is extremely unlikely (see entry on 514 to 544). | | | Gloucester, Bath and Cirencester are in the territory of the Hwicce, which over the 7th and 8th centuries becomes a Mercian province, but in 628 Cynegils and Cwichelm of Wessex fought Penda of Mercia for Cirencester, and seem to have lost. |
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| | Hills and Downs of Middle-earth |
| | Frodo became separated from his companions and was taken into a barrow by a Barrow-wight. | | | The South Downs were located south of Bree and east of the Barrow-downs. | | | Michel Delving, the chief township of the Shire, was on the White Downs. |
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| | Things To Do Natural Beauty |
| | Arreton Down is the largest area of unimproved chalk downland on the central chalk ridge of the Isle of Wight. | | | Bowcombe Down is where another of the round barrow cemeteries is located. | | | It is also a project site for the Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology. |
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| | Fortresses and Towers of Middle-earth |
| | After being held captive in a barrow by the Barrow-wight, Merry Brandybuck had the memory of a man who had fought against the Men of Carn Dum. | | | Unfinished Tales: "The Battles of the Fords of Isen," p. | | | Carn Dum was his main stronghold, and he dwelled there with many of his evil minions. |
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| | Fortresses and Towers of Middle-earth |
| | After being held captive in a barrow by the Barrow-wight, Merry Brandybuck had the memory of a man who had fought against the Men of Carn Dum. | | | Unfinished Tales: "The Battles of the Fords of Isen," p. | | | After his coronation in May of 3019, Aragorn, King Elessar, decreed that Minas Morgul would be utterly destroyed. |
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| | Fortresses and Towers of Middle-earth |
| | After being held captive in a barrow by the Barrow-wight, Merry Brandybuck had the memory of a man who had fought against the Men of Carn Dum. | | | Unfinished Tales: "The Battles of the Fords of Isen," p. | | | After his coronation in May of 3019, Aragorn, King Elessar, decreed that Minas Morgul would be utterly destroyed. |
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| | Isle of Wight History Centre News Archive October 2000 |
| | There have been a number of newly discovered Bronze Age bowl barrows on the chalklands of West Wight, often coming to light when scrub is cleared. | | | Bowl Barrows, the most numerous form of round barrow, are funerary monuments which date from the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age and often acted as a focus for burials in later periods. | | | A recent discovery is of a 'bowl' barrow in Brighstone Forest. |
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| | Fortresses and Towers of Middle-earth |
| | After being held captive in a barrow by the Barrow-wight, Merry Brandybuck had the memory of a man who had fought against the Men of Carn Dum. | | | At the time of the War of the Ring, King Theoden's son Theodred had his base at Helm's Deep, and Erkenbrand, the lord of the Westfold, dwelled there as well. | | | Sauron began building the Dark Tower around the year 1000 of the Second Age, when he chose Mordor as his realm. |
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| | Hills and Downs of Middle-earth |
| | Frodo became separated from his companions and was taken into a barrow by a Barrow-wight. | | | He was surprised by Boromir, who tried to convince Frodo to give him the Ring. | | | The Dwarves of the Iron Hills helped turn the tide of the battle to victory. |
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| | Hills and Downs of Middle-earth |
| | Frodo became separated from his companions and was taken into a barrow by a Barrow-wight. | | | The Dwarves of the Iron Hills helped turn the tide of the battle to victory. | | | He was surprised by Boromir, who tried to convince Frodo to give him the Ring. |
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| | Exploring Tolkien's Fourth Age |
| | It is most likely, because of the power exhibited by the Barrow-wight which captured Frodo, that the spirits were those of corrupted elves (enslaved by Melkor in the First Age) or lesser Maiar, not as powerful as, say, a Balrog, nor even as the Nazgul, but more powerful than the spirits of Men. | | | Tom Bombadil kept watch over Tyrn Gorthad in the late Third Age (he cast out a wight which had captured Frodo and his companions), but Gandalf implied in Elrond's council that Bombadil had only secluded himself, perhaps, until there was some change in the world. | | | Borlas, the aged protagonist of The New Shadow, could smell "the old evil", which apparently was the evil represented by the true Orcs, former servants of Sauron, and other creatures. |
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| | Hills and Downs of Middle-earth |
| | Frodo became separated from his companions and was taken into a barrow by a Barrow-wight. | | | In the Prologue of the early Ballantine paperback edition of The Fellowship of the Ring, the Far Downs are called the Fox Downs. | | | Sam tried to seize the creature, but Gollum caught him in a strangle-hold. |
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