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    In folklore, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or non-human animal that is believed by some people to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes to realistic, lifelike forms. The deliberate attempt to … See more

    The English word ghost continues Old English gāst. Stemming from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz, it is cognate with Old Frisian gāst, Old Saxon gēst, Old Dutch gēst, and Old High German geist. Although this form is not attested in See more

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    Ancient Near East and Egypt
    There are many references to ghosts in Mesopotamian religions – the religions of Sumer, Babylon, Assyria, and other early states in See more

    Judaism
    The Hebrew Bible contains several references to owb (Hebrew: אוֹב), which are in a few places akin to shades of classical mythology but mostly describing mediums in connection with necromancy and spirit-consulting, … See more

    Ghosts are prominent in story-telling of various nations. The ghost story is ubiquitous across all cultures from oral folktales to … See more

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    Anthropological context
    A notion of the transcendent, supernatural, or numinous, usually involving entities like ghosts, demons, or deities, is a cultural universal. In pre-literate folk religions, these beliefs are often summarized under animism See more

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    African folklore
    For the Igbo people, a man is simultaneously a physical and spiritual entity. However, it is his spirited dimension that is See more

    Nietzsche argued that people generally wear prudent masks in company, but that an alternative strategy for social interaction is to present oneself as an absence, as a social ghost – "One … See more

     
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  4. ghost
    noun
    1. an apparition of a dead person which is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image:
      "the building is haunted by the ghost of a monk" · "a ghost ship" · "the ghosts of past deeds"
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