Category: Ghost Glossary

Bhuts were originally ancestral spirits who, if propitiated and venerated, protect and provide for their descendents. However, if dead souls are not propitiated; if they…

A bogey is a type of horrible evil spirits or hobgoblins, travelling alone or in groups, that love to make mischief. Bogies go by various…

A cairn is a heap of stones used as either a memorial or grave markers. As memorials, cairns mark burial sites and protect both the…

Candles have been used since ancient times in humankind’s most important rituals and rites of passage, including those pertaining to the dead and ghosts of…

Coffin corners are notches in the walls along winding staircases of homes that accommodated the transport of coffins without damaging the walls. Coffin corners were…

Corpse Lights are phosphorescent lights seen floating about the air at night, which are believed to be harbingers of death. They are white, red, or…

Day of the Dead: A special holiday each year to honour the dead, involving parties, feasts, special foods, songs and parades. Unlike holidays such as…

A dead house is in Britain, a small building at railway stations once used as a temporary morgue to house corpses of those who died…

A Demon is a type of spirit, also called a fallen Angel, that has the capability of interfering in the affairs of people. The term…

In classical mythology, a carrier of the souls of the dead to the afterlife world. In Christian myth, the dolphin represents resurrection and salvation, and…