Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spae Wife

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The result of the debate was no consensus, so kept. JYolkowski // talk 21:13, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Spae Wife

This article is factually inaccurate beyond salvage, and the tiny pinch of factuality is already covered in the articles Völva and Seid.

Spáfrúr is an Old Norse word meaning "seering mistress", and as with "mistress" becoming "mrs.", so has frúr (Scandinavian: fru, German: Frau) also become the modern title for a wife.

In the "Fairy spae wives" section, the article appears to be suddenly referring to the British Isles. See also the articles on elves in Norse mythology and Scandinavian folklore, and on vättar (Scandinavian gnomes).

Here is the reference book on Amazon. I would say it looks suspiciously like a work of New Age quasi-science.

-- Salleman 23:34, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• comment - actually, it looks like a work that combines some legit folklore research w/New Age gobbledegook about contacting fairies personally. Can't find any book excerpts online, but considering "Spae wives" has its own index entry in the above book, I suspect copyvio. Anybody want to go to the nearest N.A. bookstore (probably also Borders or Barnes & Noble) and check? Soundguy99 12:37, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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