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Tokoloshes in Dead Like Me?

I've added the ^{[citation needed]} tag to the line under Influence: "The graveling creatures in "Dead Like Me" are influenced by these"

While watching the show one can see the (possible) connection, but I'm unable to find any sources that say that they are specifically inspired by Tokoloshes and not just plain old gremlins. The search I used was ``"dead like me" ~tokoloshe`` (meaning must contain the words "Dead Like Me" in that order, and some variation on the spelling of "Tokoloshe"). This returns ~20 results, all of which originate from this wiki page.

If someone has a source for this claim could they please make sure it is included on the page. Otherwise this claim should be removed.

--Overlordalex (talk) 10:33, 14 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Completion of edit summary

I accidentally published the changes while I was still busy typing the edit summary. I've never heard of a "De'Avion" before despite living in South Africa my whole life and the term was unsourced. It seems dubious, thus I've removed it. Erik de Wolf (talk) 07:41, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Beds raised on bricks

There's a good argument that beds were raised on bricks to increase storage underneath, rather than as a fear of tokoloshes or low-lying gas. ^[1]

Culturally, tokoloshes and raised beds make appearances in the Madam & Eve comic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.208.240.234 (talk) 09:28, 30 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Carbon monoxide poisoning is a real threat whenever wood or charcoal is burned in an enclosed space; however carbon monoxide is nominally the same density as air and does not pool at low levels. Carbon dioxide may to an extent, but requires a far higher concentration to be lethal. I doubt a raised bed would have much impact on the risks. 2A00:23EE:2558:6F34:CD3C:C583:706D:793D (talk) 00:10, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ http://www.tokoloshe.net/Tokoloshe-and-Raised-Beds.html

inconsistent spelling

This article should decide whether it's tikoloshe or tokoloshe or whatever, and then use that consistently. Yardenac (talk) 06:39, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's "tokoloshe"

The article lists several spellings of the being's name, but if you look at the newspaper headline of 1955, the references to Madam and Eve, the song by John Kongos, and the song by Jack Parrow, all of them use the same spelling: "Tokoloshe". Having the page be named "Tikoloshe" is just wrong, that is not the way that the being's name is spelled in South Africa (or at least, that is not how it is most commonly spelled). The name of the article should be updated to "Tokoloshe", and the references to the being throughout should be standardized to that spelling as well. 86.80.40.209 (talk) 16:02, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://www.tokoloshe.net/Tokoloshe-and-Raised-Beds.html

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