Birds
In mythology and folklore, birds are messengers to the gods, Death Omens, the souls of the dead, and carriers of the souls of the dead.…
Category: Ghost Folklore
Caul in Ghost Lore
A caul is a thin membrane of amniotic fluid, which sometimes inexplicably remains covering the head of a newborn child at birth. Since the time…
Dead Smell
Bad Dead Smell – Native American legend that explains why the dead are not resurrected back to life. According to the Huchnom of California, the…
Death Cars
Death cars are a folklore motif in which a car carries an ineradicable SMELL of death because a previous owner died in the car and…
Death Omens
Death omens are in folklore, portents of a person’s impending death. Every culture has its own unique death omens. Death omens can be signs of…
Exorcism in ghost lore
Exorcism is the expulsion of Ghosts, spirits, Demons or other entities possessing or disturbing a human being or a place that humans frequent. Depending on…
Feasts and Festivals of the Dead
Feasts and festivals of the dead are celebrations that are part of the cycle of funerary activities in tribal societies around the world (see Funeral…
Spittle and Spitting
In folklore, spitting averts evil and protects one against Ghosts, witches, and evil spirits. When one encounters a ghost, the wisdom goes, one must spit…
Wild Hunt
The Wild Hunt is a Spectral nocturnal procession of huntsmen, Ghosts of the dead, horses, and hounds. The Wild Hunt has its origins in Norse…