Talk:Weiße Frauen

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

Weisse Frauen in German folklore - a totally different thing?
If you head over to 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)

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 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)