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7. Aug. 2017 · Warning: These Are the World's 13 Most Dangerous Spirits. Flaming shots | © Sergey Novikov/Shutterstock. Andrew Webb. Food & Drink Editor. 07 August 2017. From moonshine to whisky, here are the world’s strongest spirits and cocktails. Ok, first up, the disclaimer. We are not advocating excessive, or indeed any, consumption of these spirits.
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- Common Types of Ghosts
- Asian Ghosts
- African Ghosts
- Middle Eastern Ghosts
- European Ghosts
- North and South American Ghosts
A ghost is the spirit of a deceased person or animal who has not moved on to the afterlife. Ghosts may appear to the living in a number of forms, and there are countless types of ghosts found all over the world. If you want to know more about all of these spooky apparitions, keep reading. In this article, we’ll tell you everything you need to know about the most common types of ghosts, plus ghostly mythology and folklore from cultures all across the globe.
Interactive personalities are ghosts that communicate with the living, like deceased loved ones or historical figures.
Poltergeists are mischievous spirits that move things around and make repetitive noises. They’re typically attached to a person.
Ghosts may appear as orbs, mist, or funnels of light before becoming a full-bodied apparition.
This category includes any ghost that can interact with the living world. They’re intelligent and self-aware and can appear physically, audibly, or telepathically. They may be able to touch people or objects and create smells that were associated with them, like perfume or tobacco.
Frequently, these are a deceased friend or family member, though they may occasionally be a stranger. When seen by a loved one, these sightings are typically a farewell or an attempt to console the grieving.
Historical ghosts are also a type of interactive personality. These are historical figures who must be identifiable to the observer, like Abraham Lincoln, for example. These ghosts are usually tied to a specific location and have been seen numerous times by different people over the years.
It’s also possible for an interactive personality to remain anonymous. A common example is seeing an unknown soldier on a battlefield. Usually, these spirits are angry, confused, or scared when encountering the living.
In Indian mythology, a bhoota is a restless ghost that is prevented from moving on to the next life. This may be because they suffered a violent death, they have unfinished business, or because their living family did not perform the proper funerary rites. They generally take the form of a human, though you can tell they’re ghosts because their feet are backward.
Translated as “the hungry ghost,” preta are found in Buddhist, Hindu, and Chinese folklore. These spirits undergo extreme suffering, like insatiable hunger, because they were excessively greedy in life. Traditionally, preta crave disgusting or humiliating sustenance, like corpses or feces.
In Buddhism, preta are not seen as frightening. Instead, Buddhists pity them and try to help them move on by performing rituals and providing offerings.
To end their karmic cycle, the preta’s living family must perform a series of funerary rites over the course of a year or the spirit will remain cursed for eternity.
In a popular Nigerian urban legend, Madam Koi Koi is a ghost who wears red high heels and haunts the halls of schools. At night, she wanders the halls of the school and the dormitories, and during the day, she haunts the bathrooms. She attacks misbehaving students and can often be heard whistling or singing.
The name “Koi Koi” comes from the sound her high heels make when she’s walking around.
One version of the legend states that Madam Koi Koi was an abusive teacher in life, so her students came together to kill her. After her death, the students began disappearing one by one. Every time one went missing, the students could hear Madam Koi Koi walking.
Similar legends can be found in other African countries, like Madam Moke in Ghana and Miss Konkoko in Tanzania.
In Jewish folklore, a dybbuk (sometimes spelled dibbuk) is an evil spirit who possesses a living person, clings to their soul, and causes pain and mental illness. A common explanation is that a dybbuk is a spirit who was not properly laid to rest and became a demon.
In Jewish mythology, Mazzikin are invisible spirits or demons that cause harm to the living. In the Talmud, a central text of Rabbinic Judaism, the Mazzikin were created on the eve of the Sabbath of creation, and in the Zohar, it is believed that they are the spirits of evil men.
Mazzikin are typically depicted with characteristics of both angels and humans. Like angels, they have wings, can travel great distances quickly, and possess knowledge of the future. Like humans, they can eat, drink, and eventually die.
An ifrit is a powerful demon or spirit from Islamic folklore. They’re frequently associated with the underworld and spirits of the dead, and they sometimes inhabit ruins or temples. Sometimes considered a type of jinn, they frequently appear as enormous creatures with wings and horns.
The banshee is a female Irish spirit who appears as an omen or harbinger of death. When the banshee is heard wailing or singing a lament, someone in the family has died or will die soon. While most commonly known to predict death, banshees may also serve as an omen for other misfortunes.
If a person of particular importance dies, one might hear multiple banshees wailing.
Banshees may appear as a young, attractive woman or as an old crone. Their eyes are often blood red, and they may take the form of a crow or a black dog.
A doppelganger is a ghostly double of a living person. The term comes from the German “doppel” and “ganger” which, together, mean “double walker.” Seeing your doppelganger often predicts illness, death, or another tragedy. Doppelgangers may also be a spirit taking on someone’s form to cause mischief.
Literally translated as “the weeping woman,” La Llorona is a vengeful Latin American ghost who lingers near bodies of water mourning the children she drowned after discovering her husband was cheating on her. While her story differs depending on the culture and location, it’s typically told to scare children into behaving.
Many popular American urban legends involve a ghostly hitchhiker. Someone picks up a hitchhiker on a dark, rainy night only for the hitchhiker to vanish into thin air. If the driver drops the hitchhiker off at their house, the door is usually opened by a loved one who reveals the hitchhiker has been dead for years. These stories were particularly popular in the 1960s and 1970s when hitchhiking was more common than it is today.
Sometimes, the tale is reversed and the hitchhiker discovers the driver is actually a ghost.
Another version of the vanishing hitchhiker is the legend of La Sayona, a vengeful spirit from Venezuela. She appears only to men who have committed adultery and asks them for a ride. When the man tries to look at her face, he sees only a skull with sharp teeth.
10. Jan. 2024 · What Are Yokai? Japanese Yokai (妖怪), or “supernatural aberrations,” are a category of Japanese otherworldly beings that are hard to define. They could be spirits, demons, animalistic beings, or apparitions. In many cases, they are frightening to behold but ultimately non-malicious too.
In mythology and folklore, a vengeful ghost or vengeful spirit is said to be the spirit of a dead person who returns from the afterlife to seek revenge for a cruel, unnatural or unjust death.
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18. März 2021 · March 18, 2021. Spirits & Creatures / Witchcraft. Although many people are afraid of spirits, most types of ghosts are completely harmless. Many “hauntings” are actually just spirits stuck on earth trying to work through their trauma. However, there are many types of spirits and beings in general.
3. Mai 2024 · Jar of Dangerous Spirits is a container rarely obtained from the challenge motes of the Temple of Febe Strike Mission. It contains a choice of the Possession Infusion, a cosmetic infusion.
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