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"Among my folk men speak mostly of the "breath" (or the "breath of life"), and they say that if it leaves the house, it may by seeing eyese be seen as a wraith, a shadowy image of the living thing that was."~HoME X, Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth
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Sounds like the shadow or 'wraith' that left Saruman's body after he died.
The breath of life concept makes me think of the Sandman (surprise, surprise), and maybe only a few people will get this, but I think it's worth mentioning. In The Wake, the Endless fashion a servant out of mud, and all leave their mark on it, but only when Death breathes life into it can it actually function.