Word: 'fetch' • Extended Annotations
Word: 'fetch' • Extended Annotations
18th century, "apparition of a living person, specter, a double"
an English word of obscure origin
Compare fetich
A pure, unadulterated word
"A peculiarly weird type of apparition is the wraith (q.v.) or double, of which the Irish fetch is a variant. The wraith is an exact facsimile of a living person, who may himself see it. Goethe, Shelley, and other famous men are said to have seen their own wraiths. The fetch makes its appearance shortly before the death of the person it represents, either to himself or his friends, or both."
"An Encyclopedia of Occultism"
| ~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
| ⚜ | classic definition |
| ☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |