{"id":866,"date":"2007-04-28T02:02:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-28T02:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=866"},"modified":"2007-04-28T02:02:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-28T02:02:00","slug":"the-wight-hand-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=866","title":{"rendered":"The Wight-Hand Path"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robin Artisson has an interesting posting on house-wights and land-wights<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Land wights and house wights are kin to humans, in many ways. They are another population of sentient beings that share our world, and we spring from the same source, the same web of life. The same Gods that preside over the human world also act as “chief powers” over the wights of any world.<\/em><\/p>\n

And he is right about the offerings. I should do that more; I tend not to visit the outdoor shrine enough during the winter, when it means slogging through snow. But the snow is over now, let’s hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robin Artisson has an interesting posting on house-wights and land-wights: Land wights and house wights are kin to humans, in many ways. They are another population of sentient beings that share our world, and we spring from the same source, the same web of life. 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