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Illustration by James McBryde for M. R. James's story "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" (1904).
Illustration by James McBryde for M. R. James's story "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" (1904).
The ghost of a pirate, from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates (1903)
The ghost of a pirate, from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates (1903)
John Dee and Edward Kelley invoking the spirit of a deceased person (engraving from the Astrology by Ebenezer Sibly, 1806)
John Dee and Edward Kelley invoking the spirit of a deceased person (engraving from the Astrology by Ebenezer Sibly, 1806)
"Hamlet and his father's ghost" by Henry Fuseli (1780s drawing). The ghost is wearing stylised plate armour in 17th-century style, including a morion
"Hamlet and his father's ghost" by Henry Fuseli (1780s drawing). The ghost is wearing stylised plate armour in 17th-century style, including a morion type helmet and tassets. Depicting ghosts as wearing armour, to suggest a sense of antiquity, was common in Elizabethan theatre.
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Relief from a carved funerary lekythos at Athens showing Hermes as psychopomp conducting the soul of the deceased, Myrrhine into Hades (ca. 430-420 B.
Relief from a carved funerary lekythos at Athens showing Hermes as psychopomp conducting the soul of the deceased, Myrrhine into Hades (ca. 430-420 B.C.)
Yūrei (Japanese ghost) from the Hyakkai Zukan, ca. 1737
Yūrei (Japanese ghost) from the Hyakkai Zukan, ca. 1737
Union Cemetery in Easton, Connecticut is home to the legend of the White Lady.
Union Cemetery in Easton, Connecticut is home to the legend of the White Lady.
Ancient Sumerian cylinder seal impression showing the god Dumuzid being tortured in the Underworld by galla demons
Ancient Sumerian cylinder seal impression showing the god Dumuzid being tortured in the Underworld by galla demons