| Author | Message | ||
     Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.123.190 |
...years ago I found a form I wanted to use for a story and lost it. Any suggestions? | ||
| Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.163.6.13 |
Mr./ Ms. Buttons | ||
| Steve Jensen (Stevej) Username: Stevej Registered: 07-2009 Posted From: 82.0.77.233 |
Domestos Dan.  | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.4.20.22 |
You've lost me...? | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.224.142 |
How do ghosts sign love letters? XOXOplasm. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.26.90.161 |
Not sure I understand the question, alas. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.164.133.230 |
She wants the name of a ghost, a type of ghost. I had to think, too. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.123.190 |
I came across the name for a household ghost years ago. Obviously - wasn't a banshee. Could have been in a different language. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.26.90.161 |
Polythene Pam. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.123.190 |
Forget it. Huw might know. I'll email him. | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.4.20.22 |
What about "revenant"? | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.123.190 |
Revenant was the first one I thought of. Thanks for the response though. It is a kind of spirit attached to family and house - for the benefit of that house and its occupants. I'll probably never come across it again. Might have been Japanese. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.26.90.161 |
>>>Forget it. Ooh, get her!  | ||
| Steve Jensen (Stevej) Username: Stevej Registered: 07-2009 Posted From: 82.0.77.233 |
How about this, Ally? From Wikipedia: Guǐ Pó - a ghost which takes the form of a kind and friendly old woman. They may be the spirits of Amahs who used to work as servants in rich families. They return to help their masters do housekeeping matters or take care of young children and babies. Some may have hideous appearances and look hostile like witches in fairy tales. | ||
| Simon Bestwick (Simon_b) Username: Simon_b Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 86.24.165.182 |
Ally, could you be thinking of lares and penates? Lares were more on the lines of household gods that protected the house and family. Also known as Genii Loci. Ovid used to refer to them as the 'night watchmen'. There were also penates, manes and lemures... try this Wikipedia link for a starting point. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lares | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.123.190 |
Thanks Steve and Simon! In relation to form - that is the one, Steve! but I thought that it had another name... 'a ghost which takes the form of a kind and friendly old woman' | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.4.20.22 |
Aren't brownies supposed to be helpful household spirits - like the opposite of gremlins. I don't care how "kind and friendly" she appeared, if I saw the ghost of an old woman I'd be outta that house pronto!! But then I am reading 'The Influence' at the minute... | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.248.137 |
In seriousness, I know what you mean, Ally - this one's seriously ringing a bell, a term for a friendly household spirit - it's tickling my memory banks, but I can't quite reach it.... | ||
| Steve Jensen (Stevej) Username: Stevej Registered: 07-2009 Posted From: 82.0.77.233 |
It almost sounds like a household Familiar, though human rather than animal. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.123.190 |
Thanks everyone! 'a ghost which takes the form of a kind and friendly old woman.' 'a friendly household spirit.' Definiately human in form which rules out some of the spirits I just found in eastern european folklore. Keep trying Craig... | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.123.190 |
If she appeared by the side of my bed, Stephen, no matter how much she was trying to help, I'd be terrified too. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.252.35 |
A fay, maybe?... | ||
| Steve Jensen (Stevej) Username: Stevej Registered: 07-2009 Posted From: 82.0.77.233 |
Not sure whether this resource is any use, Ally... http://www.thecbg.org/wiki/index.php?title=Celtic_Creatures | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.123.190 |
Mmm - pretty spriggy site there Steve - I'm going to spend some time there... | ||
| Steve Jensen (Stevej) Username: Stevej Registered: 07-2009 Posted From: 82.0.77.233 |
Yep, some of the entries there make me want to write stories, regardless of the work I'm currently doing. |