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Fear of ghosts
The '''fear of ghosts''' or '''phasmophobia''' is based on beliefs that some [[ghost]]s may be ma ...nerally consider belief in ghosts to be a superstition. Still, the fear of ghosts is widespread even in post-industrial societies.

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Malay ghosts
* Bunian - good ghosts or jinns living in the jungle. Loves to help humans. * Hantu Jepun - World War II Japanese ghosts. They wear WWII army attire and carry samurai swords. Most are headless.

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Queen of Ghosts

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Chinese ghosts
...ge on the living. Some ancient folk tales tell stories of beautiful female ghosts appearing like a woman, seducing lecherous men and then killing them for th '''You Hun Ye Gui''' 游魂野鬼- Wandering ghosts of the dead. Many of these roam the living world during the 7th month of Hu

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Ghosts of the American Civil War
Large wars have long been said to create many ghosts, and the American Civil War was no exception. The interest of ghosts and Gettysburg remains to the present day. In recent times, people have cla

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Knights of Ålleberg
The '''Knights of Ålleberg''', Sweden, are according to an old legend, the ghosts of twelve knights that died in the battle of Ålleberg in 1389. The legend says that the ghosts are trapped inside the Ålleberg-mountain, waiting for a new war to wake th

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Funayūrei
Funayūrei are the ghosts of people who have perished at sea. They approach people on boats and ask t * Iwasaka, Michiko and Toelken, Barre. Ghosts and the Japanese: Cultural Experiences in Japanese Death Legends, Utah Stat

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Pasatsat
'''Pasatsats''' are ghosts of people who died or were killed in the Second World War. These ghosts usually show up in solitary paths and block passersby. To get rid of such a

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Malay ghosts
* Bunian - good ghosts or jinns living in the jungle. Loves to help humans. * Hantu Jepun - World War II Japanese ghosts. They wear WWII army attire and carry samurai swords. Most are headless.

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Mohan
==Ghosts and witches== [[Category:Ghosts]]

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Ghosts of the American Civil War
Large wars have long been said to create many ghosts, and the American Civil War was no exception. The interest of ghosts and Gettysburg remains to the present day. In recent times, people have cla

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Vortex
Aka : funnel ghosts [[Category:Ghosts]]

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Rods
[[Category:Ghosts]]

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Spectral Animals
...that made Cornwall’s mors horrible with their baying. Horses occur in many ghosts legends, with a rider or not, free or pulling a phantom coach. [[Category:Ghosts]]

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Gaki
[[Image:gakis.jpg|thumb|155px|right|Gaki Zoshi (Scroll of hungry ghosts) - Tokyo National Museum.]] The '''Gaki''' is a race of Japanese ghosts appearing in Buddhist preaches.

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Fear of ghosts
The '''fear of ghosts''' or '''phasmophobia''' is based on beliefs that some [[ghost]]s may be ma ...nerally consider belief in ghosts to be a superstition. Still, the fear of ghosts is widespread even in post-industrial societies.

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Ubume
Ubume usually appear in the form common to most Japanese ghosts, they are clad in robes of white, and have long, unbound, and dishevelled h * Iwasaka, Michiko and Toelken, Barre. Ghosts and the Japanese: Cultural Experiences in Japanese Death Legends, Utah Stat

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Zhong Kui
...g Kuí; Japanese: '''Shōki''') is traditionally regarded as a vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, and reputedly able to command 80,000 demons, his image is ...until his head was broken. Du Ping buried him. After Zhong became king of ghosts in Hell, he returned to his hometown on the Chinese New Year's Eve. To repa

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Bhuta
...the afterlife or die unnatural deaths remain on Earth. The common word for ghosts in Bengali is bhut (Bengali: ভূত). There are different and distinct types of ghosts in Bengal. Some of the more prominent are:

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Choorail
[[Category: Ghosts]]

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Energy being
...translucent glowing fluid, somewhat in common with the representations of ghosts. [[Category: Ghosts]]

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Tom Fool
[[Category: Ghosts]]

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Goryō
'''Goryo''' (御霊) are vengeance ghosts in Japanese mythology. * Iwasaka, Michiko and Toelken, Barre. Ghosts and the Japanese: Cultural Experiences in Japanese Death Legends, Utah Stat

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Borego Phantom
...e that the Phantom is a “collective phantom,” created and empowered by the ghosts of the innumerable people who perished in pursuit of the Lost Dutchman. ...merican Hauntings: Everything You Need to Know About Encountering Over 100 Ghosts, Phantoms, and Spectral Entities''. New York: Three Rivers Press. Copyright

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Sprite trap
...a magic magical device used to capture troublesome or harmful spirits and ghosts. These devices refer to a sprite as a preternatural creature. [[Category:Ghosts]]

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