Funeral Rites and Customs
Societies have a wide variety of ways of disposing of their dead, ranging from exposure of the body on the ground or in the branches…
Societies have a wide variety of ways of disposing of their dead, ranging from exposure of the body on the ground or in the branches…
The gashadokuro are in Japanese folklore, the ghosts of people who have starved to death. The gashadokuro (“starving skeleton”) appears as a giant skeleton—up to…
Ghost Oscar-winning film, considered one of the best movies of the 1990s. Ghost was released in 1990 by Paramount Pictures and was directed by Jerry…
Ghost-laying are techniques to prevent Ghosts from attacking the living, to appease and stop ghosts already attacking the living, and to draw ghosts away from…
Ghosts of Angela Webb, The Independent film portraying a bizarre, true, and tragic Haunting of a privately owned house in New Jersey that captures its…
A ghoul is a demon in Islamic lore who feeds on the flesh of human beings, especially travelers, children or corpses stolen out of graves.…
The Greenbrier Ghost Case was a West Virginia murder exposed and solved by the Ghost of the victim. The case went to trial, during which…
A gremlin is a small, pesky spirit that first appeared in British military aircraft during World War I. Royal Air Force pilots sent out on…
A guardian spirit is a personal protective spirit, also called a “tutelary spirit,” or “genius,” believed by some persons and some societies to be present…
An “Acheri” is a mythological creature from Indian folklore, particularly in the indigenous beliefs of various tribes in the Himalayan region, such as the Khasi…