Talk:Weiße Frauen

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Citations[edit]

I'm guessing that, all in all, there really isn't that much to say about these figures, except perhaps a list of "sightings". So I think this article is pretty good the way it is already. My only complaint is that lack of citations. I added a few citations (regarding the Norse mythology connections) where I could find them, but someone needs to add page numbers for where those quotes from Grimm came from. --Phatius McBluff 18:45, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'll do the cites. The pages are listed at bottom but can be listed by each quote. Thanks for the added sources today. Goldenrowley 21:49, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge?[edit]

Would Weisse Frauen, Witte Wieven, and Dames Blanches (folklore) combined into one triple-sectioned page make for a more complete article? Adding this to talk pages of all three, with apology. Pishogue (talk) 02:48, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Talk:Witte Wieven —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pishogue (talk • contribs) 05:25, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Weisse Frauen in German folklore - a totally different thing?[edit]

If you head over to de:Weiße Frau (Gespenst), which this article links to, you can see that the only definition German wikipedia provides (and the only I knew until I read this article here) is that the Weiße Frau is a ghost from a noble family that "lives" in the ancestral seat and appears in order to warn her descendant(s) of an imminent danger or death (or, sometimes, to announce births). It is a very common legend over here and I'm a bit surprised that a totally different concept is described in this article. The German article lists 25 castles alone where a White Woman is supposed to reside. It would be interesting if someone could shed some light on these two different concepts. -- megA (talk) 14:22, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

EDIT: I just noticed that this is called a White Lady in English and discussed in the appropriate article. So, I will remove the link pointing to de:Weiße Frau (Gespenst) from this article here. Still "Weiße Frau" in German usually denotes the White Lady, not the "Weisse Frau" mentioned here. -- megA (talk) 14:22, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]