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The following is a list of
ghosts :
African folklore
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
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
An ifrit named Arghan
Div brings the chest of armor to
Hamza . The flaming eyes of the ifrit are slightly crossed with orange spotted skin.
Egyptian and Arabic
Persian
Jewish mythology
European folklore
The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane by John Quidor (1801–1881)
Albania
Finland
Germany
Graeco-Roman
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
Knights of Ålleberg , are the ghosts of twelve knights that died in the Battle of Ålleberg in 1389
Baba Yaga and Maiden-birds by
Ivan Bilibin , 1902
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
Lady in Red , attributed to a
jilted lover ,
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
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
Wizard Clip was a ghost said to have clipped articles of clothing and visitor's hair at a home in
Middleway, WV after a Catholic traveler died there in 1794 without receiving any
Last rites
White Lady
Mexico
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
Micronesia
List of reportedly haunted locations
Ghosts by culture
Asia
Others
Popular culture
Television and film
Annie Sawyer and
Alex Millar from the television series
Being Human , and
Matt Bolton from the spin-off
Becoming Human
Casper the Friendly Ghost
[11] and his uncles,
the Ghostly Trio also known as of Fatso, Stinky, and Stretch
Danny , a human-ghost hybrid child from Nickelodeon's animated TV series,
Danny Phantom .
The Dead Men of Dunharrow in
J.R.R. Tolkien 's
The Lord of the Rings . Also the
Nazgûl in the same work; nine former men resurrected as wraiths to do Sauron's bidding
The Flying Dutchman , a pirate ghost from
SpongeBob SquarePants
Ghosts (2019 TV Series) includes the Captain, Mary, Robin, Kitty, Thomas Thorne, Julian Fawcett, Lady Fanny Button, Pat Butcher and Humphrey
The Grudge :
Kayako Saeki , the
onryo , and her homicidal husband
Takeo Saeki , the evil
yurei
Harry Potter series :
Comics
Literature
Banquo from William Shakespeare's 1606 play
Macbeth
[12]
The Canterville Ghost of Oscar Wilde's popular 1887 short story of the same name
Captain Daniel Gregg, a sea captain from the 1945 novel, The Ghost of Captain Gregg and Mrs. Muir , later adapted into a
1947 film and
1968–1970 television series
Charles Dickens 1843 novel
A Christmas Carol which includes
Jacob Marley ,
The Ghost of Christmas Past ,
Ghost of Christmas Present , and the
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
Emily, a ghost from the single volume graphic novel
Anya's Ghost by
Vera Brosgol
The
Flying Dutchman , originally from A Voyage to Botany Bay (1795) by
George Barrington
Hamlet's father from William Shakespeare's play
Hamlet
[13]
Hugh Crain from the 1959 novel
The Haunting of Hill House , its
1963 film adaption and the
1999 remake
The Little Ghost Godfrey a Swedish children's book character
Marion and George Kerby, ghosts who haunt Cosmo Topper in the two novels by
Thorne Smith , the film
Topper and its sequels
Topper Takes a Trip and
Topper Returns , and the television series
Topper
Video games
See also
References
^ Ria Rameez (11 Jun 2016).
"ලංකාවේ ජනප්රවාදයේ එන අවතාර 7ක්" [7 ghosts in Sri Lankan folklore] (in Sinhala). Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^
"Weird NJ Stories, The Lady in White" . Archived from
the original on 2005-11-02. Retrieved 2011-05-18 .
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Hui, kummituksia! Suomalaiskohteet, joihin liittyy hurjia aavetarinoita (in Finnish)
^
"mythologyweb.com" . Archived from
the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2014 .
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"Urban Legends Reference Pages: Bloody Mary" .
Snopes .
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"Bloody Mary, Mary Worth and other variants of a modern legend" . MythologyWeb. Archived from
the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2011-05-18 .
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"Brown Lady of Raynham Hall - Castle of Spirits" . Archived from
the original on 2013-02-08. Retrieved 2011-05-18 .
^
Francis James Child , English and Scottish Popular Ballads ,
"Sweet William's Ghost"
^
"Alton, Texas and the Haunted Goatman's Bridge – Legends of America" . www.legendsofamerica.com . Retrieved 2023-09-18 .
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"Monte Cristo" . www.montecristo.com.au .
^ Nash, Eric P. (2001-12-17).
"Seymour V. Reit, 83, a Creator of Casper the Friendly Ghost" .
New York Times . Retrieved 2010-08-21 .
^ Braunmuller, A. R. (1997).
"Introduction" . In Braunmuller, A. R. (ed.). Macbeth . The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Cambridge:
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^ Sylvan Barnet, "Shakespeare: An Overview," in
Macbeth , ed.
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