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Ghosts are traditionally believed to be the souls or spirits of dead people or animals that can appear visibly or in other manifestations to the living. Descriptions of ghosts vary widely from invisible presences to translucent shapes to realistic visions. The belief in manifestations of spirits of the dead dates back to early cultures and certain religious practices are designed to allow the spirits of the dead to rest.

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Specter (American English), Phantom, Apparition or Spook) Is The

Ghosts are traditionally believed to be the souls or spirits of dead people or animals that can appear visibly or in other manifestations to the living. Descriptions of ghosts vary widely from invisible presences to translucent shapes to realistic visions. The belief in manifestations of spirits of the dead dates back to early cultures and certain religious practices are designed to allow the spirits of the dead to rest.

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In traditional belief and fiction, a ghost (sometimes known as a spectre (British English) or

specter (American English), phantom, apparition or spook) is the soul or spirit of a dead
person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living.
Descriptions of the apparition of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or
barely visible wispy shapes, to realistic, lifelike visions. The deliberate attempt to contact the
spirit of a deceased person is known as necromancy, or in spiritism as a sance.
The belief in manifestations of the spirits of the dead is widespread, dating back to animism or
ancestor worship in pre-literate cultures. Certain religious practicesfuneral rites, exorcisms,
and some practices of spiritualism and ritual magicare specifically designed to rest the spirits
of the dead. Ghosts are generally described as solitary essences that haunt particular locations,
objects, or people they were associated with in life, though stories of phantom armies, ghost
trains, phantom ships, and even ghost animals have also been recounted.

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