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The name also appeared in the "Shinotogibōko", a collection of ghost stories from the Edo period. [12] Hidama (火魂, "fire spirit") An onibi from the Okinawa Prefecture. It ordinarily lives in the kitchen behind the charcoal extinguisher, but it is said to become a bird-like shape and fly around, and make things catch on fire. [13]
In addition to the onibi and hitodama, there are other examples of atmospheric ghost lights in legend, such as the kitsunebi and the shiranui: Osabi (筬火, lit. "guide for yarn on loom fire") In the Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture area, atmospheric ghost lights were described in first-hand accounts until the middle of the Meiji period.
The Will o' the Wisp and the Snake by Hermann Hendrich (1854–1931). In folklore, a will-o'-the-wisp, will-o'-wisp, or ignis fatuus (Latin for 'foolish flame'; [1] pl. ignes fatui), is an atmospheric ghost light seen by travellers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes.
Since its release in 1984, the film Ghostbusters has popularized in contemporary fiction the idea of associating ghosts with slimy, often green, ectoplasm. In the 1996 children's novel written by Eva Ibbotson called Dial-a-Ghost , ghosts are made up of Ectoplasm which is a state of matter/material.
In the Akan culture, a 'ghost' is a malevolent spirit from Asamando, which haunt and eat humans, although they are not always aggressive, but are rarely benevolent. They are believed to be unable to eat pepper, so someone avoiding consuming pepper is supposedly a sign of being a ghost.
A man learns the history of a private gentleman's club, where orbs and EVPs were captured; a couple uses an Ouija board and brings out an evil spirit that calls himself "Vox"; an Oklahoma inn is packed with ghosts who once stayed there; when the ghosts of dogs are heard barking and orbs are captured at a haunted rectory, the current owner ...
All these snail-eating beetles and their larvae are famous for their ability to make special body parts glow (bioluminescence) and make them blink rhythmically. Every year at the Fusa-park in Tokyo the legendary feast Hotarugari (蛍狩り; meaning "firefly catching") is celebrated. They have also been thought to possibly be misrecognitions of ...
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 ...