Wraith
The apparition or double" of a living person, generally supposed to be an omen of death. The wraith closely resembles its prototype in the flesh, even to details of dress. It is believed possible for people to see their own wraiths, and among those who have been warned of approaching dissolution in this wise are numbered Queen Elizabeth, Shelley, and Catherine of Russia, the latter of whom, seeing her "double" seated upon the throne, ordered her guards to fire upon it! But wraiths of others may appear to one or more persons. Lord Balcarres saw the wraith of his friend "Bonnie Dundee" at the moment when the latter fell at Killiecrankie, while Ben Jonson saw