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African folklore

See also: Amafufunyana

Asian folklore

Section of the Hungry Ghosts Scroll depicting one of the thirty-six types of hungry ghosts who constantly seeks water to drink and explaining how those who have been born as such are saved by the offerings of the living. Kyoto Museum

East Asia

China

Further information: List of supernatural beings in Chinese folklore

Korea

Onryō from the Kinsei-Kaidan-Shimoyonohoshi (近世怪談霜夜星)

Japan

South Asia

India

A male kumbhāṇḍa (left) and female Kumbhāṇḍakā (right).

Sri Lanka[1]

Nepal

Pakistan

Bangladesh

  • Bhrommo Doitto
  • Bhoot
  • Dayniburi
  • Daynii
  • Doitoo
  • Geccho Bhoot
  • Kana Bhola
  • Khuqqush
  • Jukkho
  • Meccho Bhoot
  • Mamdo Bhoot
  • Nishi
  • Petni
  • Pishach
  • Shakchunni

Turkish

Southeast Asia

Giovanni Battista de' Cavalieri 1585 depiction of "Monsters from all parts of the ancient and modern world" (Mostri de tute le parti del mondo antichi et moderni). The drawing depicts a Wewe Gombel

Indonesia/Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Thailand

Middle East folklore

Div brings the chest of armor to Hamza
. The flaming eyes of the ifrit are slightly crossed with orange spotted skin.

Egyptian and Arabic

Main article:
Ancient Egyptian concept of the soul

Persian

Jewish mythology

European folklore

The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane by John Quidor (1801–1881)
Further information: Revenant, Necromancy, and Samhain

Finland

Germany

Graeco-Roman

Main article: Magic in the Greco-Roman world

Malta

Netherlands

Romania

  • Iele, feminine mythical creatures
  • Moroi, a type of vampire or ghost
  • Muma Pădurii, an ugly and mean old woman living in the forest
  • Pricolici, similar to Strigoi, but for worse souls
  • Samca, an evil spirit, said to curse children and pregnant women with illness
  • Spiriduş
    , a domestic spirit/familiar that when summoned, acts as an intermediate between the devil and the master of the home
  • Stafie, spirits of the dead who are bound to a place in which they lived in life; a poltergeist
  • Strigoi, troubled souls of the dead rising from the grave
  • Vâlvă, feminine nature spirits that control various phenomena. Can be good or bad
  • Vântoase, female spirits of the wind
  • Zmeu, a fantastic creature

Scandinavia

Baba Yaga and Maiden-birds by Ivan Bilibin, 1902

Slavic folklore

Further information:
Supernatural beings in Slavic folklore

Spain

Drawing from the 1591 Agnes Sampson trial, depicting the devil giving witches magic dolls

United Kingdom

North American

A depiction of John Dee (1527–1608) and Edward Kelley (1555–1597/8) invoking a spirit

Canada

  • Aeneas Shaw's daughter, Sophia allegedly haunts Queenston, Ontario
  • Alexander Keith allegedly haunts his brewery
    in Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • Charles Melville Hays allegedly haunts Château Laurier in Ottawa, Ontario
  • The Dungarvon Whooper is a ghost believed to haunt Blackville, New Brunswick
  • Emily Carr allegedly haunts James Bay Inn in Victoria, British Columbia
  • Francis Nicholson Darke allegedly haunts Darke Hall in Regina, Saskatchewan
  • The Headless Nun is a purported ghost believed to haunt French Fort Cove in Nordin, New Brunswick
  • prostitute
    killed in a fit of passion, or woman of vanity
  • Minnie Hopkins, wife of Edward Nicholas Hopkins, allegedly haunts Hopkins Dining Parlour in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
  • Nils von Schoultz allegedly haunts Fort Henry in Kingston, Ontario
  • White Lady
    , a ghost dressed in a white dress or similar garment, reportedly seen in rural areas and associated with local legends of tragedy

Caribbean

  • Douen, a mischievous entity associated with pranks and practical jokes
  • Duppy, malevolent spirits who bring misfortune and woe on those they set upon
  • Hupia, the spirits of deceased people; portrayed as faceless people or in the form of deceased loved ones
  • Jumbee, the generic name given to all malevolent entities, including demons and spirits
  • Lwa, a Voodoo spirit who acts as an intermediary between humanity and Bondye
  • Phantome, an immensely tall spectre stands at the crossroads on nights of the full moon with his legs wide apart
  • Soucouyant, a blood-sucking hag

United States

See also: Chindi, Ghost sickness, and Ghost Dance
  • The Bell Witch was a poltergeist said to haunt the family of John Bell near the town of Adams, Tennessee in 1817. The spirit was said to have manifested itself as various animals and a disembodied voice and cited Bible scripture. The Bell Witch partly inspired The Blair Witch Project and the events of her story were depicted in the film An American Haunting
  • Emily, the ghost of a young girl who supposedly haunts a covered bridge in Stowe, Vermont. The bridge is dubbed "Emily's Bridge" and she is said to be seen only at midnight
  • Oscar Washburn, the ghost of a black goat farmer who allegedly haunts Old Alton Bridge in Copper Canyon, Texas. He is commonly known as "the Goatman" as he is said to appear as a half-human half-goat like entity. The bridge has been nicknamed "Goatman's Bridge" by locals as a result of the legend.[9]
  • Joe Bush, a legendary ghost that allegedly haunts the Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge in Sumpter, Oregon. He is said to leave wet, bare footprints on the decks of the dredge, cause lights to flicker, and doors to open and close
  • The ghost of Resurrection Mary allegedly haunts roads and buildings around Resurrection Cemetery near Justice, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
  • Ghost of Queen Esther, the ghost of an Iroquois woman who allegedly mourns the massacre of her village in Pennsylvania.
  • Ghosts of the American Civil War
  • Greenbrier Ghost, the alleged ghost of a young woman in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. In a court trial, the woman's mother claimed that her daughter's ghost told her she had been murdered.
  • Kate Morgan, a ghost which is said to haunt the Hotel del Coronado in Coronado, California
  • Minnie Quay, a legendary ghost of Michigan
  • Old Book is the name given to a ghost or spirit which allegedly haunts a cemetery at Peoria State Hospital in Bartonville, Illinois
  • Pedro Benedit Horruytiner, colonial governor of Florida. Alleged encounters with his ghost have been reported there
  • President
    Abraham Lincoln's ghost has been reported in the White House numerous times, many of those by prominent people such as President Theodore Roosevelt, First Lady Grace Coolidge, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, and Winston Churchill
  • The Red Lady of Huntingdon College is a ghost believed to haunt the former Pratt Hall dormitory at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama
  • The Ridgeway Ghost of Wisconsin Folklore, is believed to terrorize people along a 25-mile stretch of old mining road
  • Slag Pile Annie, a ghost said to appear as an elderly woman working in a remote and hard-to-access location in the former Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • The
    Middleway, WV after a Catholic traveler died there in 1794 without receiving any Last rites
  • White Lady

Mexico

Further information: Day of the Dead

South American folklore

  • La Llorona, a ghost of Latin American folklore who is said to have murdered her children
  • Sayona, a Venezuelan vengeful spirit who appears to unfaithful husbands
  • Sihuanaba, a shapeshifting spirit of Central America who lures men into danger before revealing her face to be that of a horse or a skull
  • The Silbón, a legendary figure in Colombia and Venezuela, described as a lost soul

Oceania

Australia

  • Fisher's ghost The legend of Fisher's ghost is a popular Australian ghost story or folk tale dating to the early 19th century.
  • Frederick Baker ("
    Princess Theatre, Melbourne
  • Monte Cristo Homestead of Junee, New South Wales; allegedly Australia's most haunted house[10]

Micronesia

List of reportedly haunted locations

Main article: List of reportedly haunted locations

Ghosts by culture

Asia

Others

Popular culture

Television and film

Comics

Literature

Video games

See also

References

  1. ^ Ria Rameez (11 Jun 2016). "ලංකාවේ ජනප්‍රවාදයේ එන අවතාර 7ක්" [7 ghosts in Sri Lankan folklore] (in Sinhala). Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Weird NJ Stories, The Lady in White". Archived from the original on 2005-11-02. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  3. ^ Hui, kummituksia! Suomalaiskohteet, joihin liittyy hurjia aavetarinoita (in Finnish)
  4. ^ "mythologyweb.com". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Urban Legends Reference Pages: Bloody Mary". Snopes.
  6. ^ "Bloody Mary, Mary Worth and other variants of a modern legend". MythologyWeb. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  7. ^ "Brown Lady of Raynham Hall - Castle of Spirits". Archived from the original on 2013-02-08. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  8. ^ Francis James Child, English and Scottish Popular Ballads, "Sweet William's Ghost"
  9. ^ "Alton, Texas and the Haunted Goatman's Bridge – Legends of America". www.legendsofamerica.com. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  10. ^ "Monte Cristo". www.montecristo.com.au.
  11. New York Times
    . Retrieved 2010-08-21.
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  13. ^ Sylvan Barnet, "Shakespeare: An Overview," in Macbeth, ed. Sylvan Barnet, A Signet Classic, 1998, p. ix.

External links

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