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	Barrow-wight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Barrow refers to the burial mounds they inhabited and wight is an Old English word for "human being" or "person" (it does not necessarily mean "spirit" or "ghost"; it is cognate to modern German "Wicht", meaning small mythical creatures (also "Wichtelmännchen").
		Evil spirits of some kind (perverted Maiar or possibly spirits of Orcs, fallen Avari, or evil Men), they were sent to the Barrow Downs by the Witch-king of Angmar in order to prevent a resurrection of the destroyed Dúnedain kingdom of Cardolan.
		Frodo sliced off the wight's hand; then, when the wight extinguished the dim light in the cavern where the company was imprisoned, Frodo called upon Tom Bombadil, who performed a sort of exorcism on the barrow.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barrow-wight (333 words)

	Barrow-downs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Many of the hills were crowned with megaliths and barrows, whence their name.
		During the War of the Ring, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin were trapped in the downs by a wight, probably in the same cairn which held the grave of the last prince of Cardolan.
		A possible real-life inspiration for Tolkien were the Barrow Downs of Warwickshire, near the village of Long Compton.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barrow-downs (421 words)

	The In Nomine Collection: Barrow Wights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		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 may exist undisturbed for millennia, spending the time sleeping or studying Sorcery, before killing an intruder and adding their goods to the hoard.
	www.sjgames.com /in-nomine/articles/new/GMs/Resources/barrow-wights.html (288 words)

	Barrow Hill - Archaeology Meets Adventure - Shadow Tor Studios - Matt Clark
		In the book, the barrows are described as being clad in springy grass, with tooth like standing stones marking their zenith.
		Barrows may appear to be simple mounds of earth, but you should always be aware that something else is hidden beneath the leafy tumuli*.
		Those playing Barrow Hill are very much aware that there are two worlds battling for attention throughout the gameplay; the ancient world of our ancestors and the trappings of modern life.
	www.barrow-hill.co.uk /makingof.htm (2402 words)

	Wight Loss -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Isle of Wight is approximately diamond in shape and covers an area of 147 square miles (381 square km).
		The West Wight is predominantly rural, with dramatic coastlines dominated by the famous chalk downland ridge, running across the whole Island and ending in The Needles stacks - perhaps the most photographed aspect of the Isle of Wight.
		Later that night, Wight came to the ring with The Taskmaster and challenged Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in what would be his WCW in-ring debut.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/176/wight-loss.html (1725 words)

	Ninecompanions.net
		This challenge is called ‘Lost on the Barrow Downs’ and is inspired by the encounters of the hobbits while on their way to the town of Bree.
		The barrow wight jumps up, snatches their name tags, and is gone before Hugo and Brian even have time to realize what happened.
		Sean A., who was running as fast as he could to keep ahead of a barrow wight that was quickly gaining on him, stops short and collapses to the ground as he tries to catch his breath.
	www.ninecompanions.net /humor/humor_survivorday11.html (1926 words)

	Necromancy and Barrow Wights
		If the barrow were truly of that aspect, and the Aura still strong, then likely a Faerie Gate would open to the Inner World, and to the heart of the Barrow.
		Lest this Elise should open the Barrow and remove all the Vis for her own uses, Iuris Perita proposed to accompany Elise, to observe and to supervise any removal from the tomb.
		During her stay, it became apparent from the grogs that this was the same wandering Maga as had met the Covenant grogs in the Peat Bogs of the Landes du Mené.
	www.quantal.demon.co.uk /saga/saga/038.html (2678 words)

	TolkienWiki: The__Barrow-wights
		This would certainly have aroused Tolkien's curiosity, and the Berkshire Downs with their Stone Age mounds (with the Nine Barrows Down) were not far from Tolkien's study in the 1930s.
		What must be also considered, is, that a Wight is not a Tolkien creation as such; A Wight is a creature, or a shadowy figure in Middle English.
		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.
	www.thetolkienwiki.org /wiki.cgi?The__Barrow-wights (1187 words)

	Barrow Wights
		A barrow is, in this context, a mound of rock or earth marking a grave, especially an ancient one.
		A wight is, in this ancient use, a preternatural, supernatural, or unearthly being.
		Stone, which the wights seem to use for power as in the standing stones, may also have had power inside the mounds where they lived, as its breaking is specifically mentioned as important.
	valarguild.org /varda/Tolkien/encyc/papers/BarrowWights.htm (2206 words)

	Hills and Downs of Middle-earth
		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.
		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.
	www.tuckborough.net /hills.html (6263 words)

	Barrow Downs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It is told that the Barrow Downs, or as they were called in the days of old, Tyrn Goerthaid, are very ancient and were built in the First age by forefathers of the Edain even before they crossed Ered Luin into Beleriand.
		In fact the Barrow Downs were basically build upon the western end of the South Downs.
		And between the eaves of the Old Forest and the Barrow-Downs was the fall of Withywindle and the house of Tom Bombadil and Goldberry.
	www.annalsofarda.dk /annals-of-arda/Places-index/Places-ME/Barrow-Downs.htm (174 words)

	The Lord of the Rings - The Barrow-Wight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The mounds were first built in the First Age, by the wandering forefathers of the Three Houses of the Edain, and are thus much revered by they Dúnedain, who continued to bury their dead there until the fall of Cardolan in Third Age 1409.
		Around 1636, the barrows were inhabited by evil wights sent by the Witch-King of Angmar, and the downs have had an evil reputation ever since.
		The wights themselves are immaterial creatures, who are nonetheless capable of being seen and exerting a grip like iron.
	surbrook.devermore.net:16080 /lotr/barrow_wight.html (382 words)

	Lord Of The Rings Movie & Book Differences - Fog on the Barrow-downs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The barrow downs was a large plain east of the shire.
		The barrows were where men of the Kingdom of Arnor had been laid to rest thousands of years before.
		From the hoard of the Barrow Wight, Tom selected four long knives and gave them to the hobbits as swords.
	www.oneil.com.au /tolkien/movie_fog_on_the_barrow-downs.html (275 words)

	Magic by Melkor, No Returns Accepted
		Though Tolkien doesn't speak of the sorceries performed by the Hill-folk he does reveal something of the kinds of sorcery used by the Lord of the Nazgul and by the Barrow-wights, which were sent by the Witch-king to inhabit the barrows of Tyrn Gorthad after the Great Plague destroyed most of Cardolan's people.
		The Nazgul and the Wights seem to be adept at killing living beings, and the Nazgul especially (with their Morgul-blades) enslaved the spirits of those whom they had slain.
		The Barrow-wight which captured Frodo and the Hobbits was ready to sacrifice them, presumably to send their spirits to Sauron or the Lord of the Nazgul.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/tolkien/55744/4 (424 words)

	Exploring Tolkien's Fourth Age
		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.
		Although the Nazgul were reduced to impotence when the One Ring was destroyed, the Barrow-wights and other spirits may have remained to trouble the living for many centuries afterward.
		If Herumor and his followers had found and become involved with a wight, the terror it could wield and the power it possessed would be considerable.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/tolkien/31389/3 (698 words)

	BREE The Barrowdowns
		Long years passed since the battles of old and the Great Barrows became green mounds with standing stones pointing upwards, some with rings of stone standing upon the hills and in the hollows.
		Closer to the Old Forest the Hobbits say that staying far from a barrow is preferable, but if one has the misfortune to come upon a barrow it is best to pass by on the west-side quickly and keep to the green grass.
		Yet in recent years the mists have returned, and pale figures have been seen in the moonlight in the rings of weathered stone.
	www.esatclear.ie /~vildarsplace/meo/bree/barrow.html (298 words)

	The Barrow-Downs
		The area contained many burial mounds, called barrows, some of which were built by the forefathers of the Edain in the First Age.
		By the late Third Age the Barrows appeared as green mounds with stone rings on the top.
		It is thought that the Barrow that Frodo was in may have been the grave of the last prince of Cardolan who fell in T.A. REF: I-6-149, 7-168, Chapter 8; III-2-53; VI-6-131; A-359,360
	www.barrowdowns.com /theme-barrowdowns.php (289 words)

	Other Creatures of Middle-earth
		Originally the barrows were the resting places of the Dunedain and their ancestors, but the Barrow-downs were abandoned when the Dunedain were stricken by the Great Plague of 1636.
		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.
	www.tuckborough.net /creatures.html (6685 words)

	The Barrow Wights (phillyBurbs.com) \| Deacon Blue
		It was a funeral barrow for the living.
		And I was there with them, supernatural, a wight dressed in basic fl, aware of the deathless death that we shared in the dark morning.
		I wish I could share their stories with you; but at the Dial Club, there is one rule that was unwritten at the door, but obvious on each distant face.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/6643.html (893 words)

	The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™ > Dynamic Display Page
		The barrows, for which the area is named, are ancient burial mounds found throughout the area.
		'They heard of the Great Barrows, and the green mounds, and the stone-rings upon the hills and in the hollows among the hills.
		Kings of little kingdoms fought together, and the young Sun shone like fire on the red metal of their new and greedy swords.
	lotro.turbine.com /article/8 (375 words)

	A question about Barrow-Wights - www.ezboard.com
		What are they?Are they the spirits of the dead kings who were buried in the Barrow Downs, or are they another kind of spirit or creature?They fascinate me,even though they play only a tiny part in Tolkien's stories.I've written a story in the Dark Fiction forum that mentions them in part 1.
		Occasionally the spirit is that of the original owner of the body, but the motivations of the wight may well be quite different to those of the living person.
		Wights and mummies have an evil reputation, and should never be taken lightly.
	p067.ezboard.com /fmordor69452frm25.showMessage?topicID=717.topic (531 words)

	Osprey
		As there are only three variants of the wights I took it upon myself to change their pose slightly by bending an arm here and there to make subtle differences.
		The movement on the wights was good although the lack of variety of poses is quite apparent and I must say I felt a shame.
		A good finish can be achieved with a little extra fine work on the various bits and pieces of the individual figures, and as I said before with the wights, as there are only three variants in the pack I decided to use different colours for the suits of Armour that the wights were wearing.
	www.wargames.co.uk /Pending/Archive/Dec03/Barrowdowns.htm (578 words)

	GreenBooks.TheOneRing.net™ \| Question & Answer \| Week of 10/24/99
		A barrow is an earthmound marking a grave (from Middle English "berw," Anglo-Saxon "beorg").
		But "wight" is also an archaic word, meaning 1) a human being, or 2) a preternatural or supernatural being.
		Not the least of which were the demonic spirits that would eventually become the Barrow Wights, but I'll get to that in a minute.
	greenbooks.theonering.net /questions/files/102499.html (3261 words)

	Magic Daggers - SF-Fandom
		The slaying of the Lord of the Nazgûl by Éowyn.
		The War of 1409 is the one in which the last Prince of Cardolan died, presumably the man buried in the barrow in which the daggers were found.
		Better yet, the blade was in a barrow infested with a barrow-wight originally sent there by Angmar himself and stirred up by him in time for Frodo and his friends.
	www.sf-fandom.com /vbulletin/showthread.php?t=17884 (6034 words)

	PlanetBaldursGate - A Member of the GameSpy Network
		The monsters are a little tougher here, as you will face legions of drowned dead, not to mention wailing virgins and barrow wights.
		The drowned dead have high resistance to crushing and missile attacks, and the virgins are immune to cold damage, not to mention many spells (Charm, Hold Monster, Petrification, among others) so tailor your attacks accordingly.
		Passage to Hjollder: Once you have attained Wylfdene's Tribal Insignia and are finished exploring the Barrows, use this passage (332, 615) to reach the previously inaccessible section of the outside area of the Burial Isle.
	www.planetbaldursgate.com /iwd/walkhow/burial2.shtml (1475 words)

	Hobbit/LOTR Revisited: FOTR: Book I, Chpt.8 - Fog on the Barrow-Downs
		I figure that the Barrow wights had something much worse in store for the Ringbearer than just ritual sacrifice.
		If you read Unfinished Tales, you'll see that Tolkien decided that the Barrow Wights were created originally, then awakened recently, by the Witch King of Angmar (the leader of the Black Riders).
		The wights probably knew the ring was there, and were going to hold Frodo for the Nazgul.
	www.electricpenguin.com /ohi/lotr/archives/001447.html (841 words)

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		On the barrow downs, the hobbits were looking for shelter from the dark.
		They all agreed that this was a good idea and got attacked by barrow wights.
		The barrow wights were nowhere to be seen and neither was Tom Bombap3ono.
	people.freebsd.org /~nik/lotr.txt (1892 words)

	The CHUD.COM Message Boards - FOTR: Book VS Film
		Also, because Frodo needed help along the way it makes the last scene in FOTR seem all that more desperate and brave, that he decides he can no longer put his friends lives at risk, it is his destiny and he must go it alone.
		In the book I feel the character of Frodo developped a lot after the Old Forest and Barrow Wight scenes, therefore, when Jackson removed them, it also took away that experience he had gained.
		No, Frodo doesn't mix it up with the Barrow Wight, but he shows physical courage during that episode, and with the stand-off with the Nazgul in the books, and everyone has to start somewhere.
	www.chud.com /forums/printthread.php?t=49466 (4441 words)

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