Category: Ghost Folklore

Ignis Fatuus: The Mysterious and Enigmatic Lights of Folklore Ignis fatuus, also known as “foolish fire,” refers to a wide variety of spectral lights that…

The Grateful Dead is a motif in folklore in which ghosts of the dead return to the world of the living to bestow rewards upon deserving people. For ex…

A goblin is a small, hideous, and often mischievous or evil spirit. The prefix “hob” is sometimes used to denote “good” goblins. In French folklore,…

A fetch is in Irish and English folklore, the term for one’s Double, an apparition of a living person. The fetch is also called a…

Crossroads are the meeting and parting of ways are widely associated with magic, the appearances and activities of Demons, the Devil, witches, fairies (see Fairy),…

Charms against ghosts : Folklore the world over is replete with ways to ward off ghosts, prevent them from entering homes, or force them to…

In the folklore of Eastern Europe and northern Italy, placing a broom beneath one’s pillow will keep away witches and evil spirits at night. In…

A motif in folklore and mythology that is a heavenly path by which the souls of the dead travel to their afterlife. The Milky Way…

Blue-cap (also Blue-bonnet) In the folklore of Britain, a mine spirit who assisted the miners and expected to be paid for his labors. Belief in…