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A ghost story is any piece of fiction, or drama, that includes a ghost, or simply takes as a premise the possibility of ghosts or characters' belief in them. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The "ghost" may appear of its own accord or be summoned by magic .
There is widespread belief in ghosts in English-speaking cultures, where ghosts are manifestations of the spirits of the dead. The beliefs may date back to animism or ancestor worship before Christianization. The concept is a perennial theme in the literature and arts of English-speaking countries.
Depictions of ghosts in writen fiction, the souls or spirits of dead persons or non-human animals that are believed to be able to appear to the living. See Category:Fictional ghosts for the characters in these media themselves. Also see Ghost story.
G. Gay Ghost; Gentleman Ghost; Georgy (Adventure Time character) Ghost (Dark Horse Comics) Ghost (Hamlet) List of ghost films; Ghost of Christmas Past; Ghost of Christmas Present
Because his soul is denied entry into Heaven and Hell, he is doomed to haunt the earth as a ghost, carrying a lantern - thus being the origin of the Jack-o'-Lantern. Sun Wukong - Irrepressible Monkey King of Chinese mythology, whose exploits are described in Journey to the West. Sri Thanonchai - In Thai and other Southeast Asian folklore. He is ...
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 ...
The Shade of Tiresias Appearing to Odysseus during the Sacrifice (c. 1780–85), painting by Johann Heinrich Füssli, showing a scene from Book Ten of the Odyssey. In poetry and literature, a shade (translating Greek σκιά, [1] Latin umbra [2]) is the spirit or ghost of a dead person, residing in the underworld.
The Ghost and the Goth; The Ghost Behind the Wall; The Ghost Belonged to Me; Ghost Knight; The Ghost of Thomas Kempe; Ghost Stations; Ghost Story (Straub novel) Gilda Joyce: The Dead Drop; The Glass Hotel; The Goblin Reservation; The Graveyard Book; The Greatcoat; The Green Man (Amis novel) Gump and Co.