T. F. Thiselton-Dyer's survey of ghost belief in folklore — haunted places, phantom animals, death omens and the customs around the dead — drawn from British and European sources.
SUBJECTSGhostsFolkloreDeath omens
CONTENTS · 32
- 1THE GHOST WORLD — CHAPTER I — THE SOUL'S EXIT11 MIN
- 2CHAPTER II — TEMPORARY EXIT OF SOUL5 MIN
- 3CHAPTER III — THE NATURE OF THE SOUL13 MIN
- 4CHAPTER IV — THE UNBURIED DEAD5 MIN
- 5CHAPTER V — WHY GHOSTS WANDER10 MIN
- 6CHAPTER VI — GHOSTS OF THE MURDERED15 MIN
- 7CHAPTER VII — PHANTOM BIRDS12 MIN
- 8CHAPTER VIII — ANIMAL GHOSTS18 MIN
- 9CHAPTER IX — PHANTOM LIGHTS12 MIN
- 10CHAPTER X — THE HEADLESS GHOST11 MIN
- 11CHAPTER XI — PHANTOM BUTTERFLIES2 MIN
- 12CHAPTER XII — RAISING GHOSTS11 MIN
- 13CHAPTER XIII — GHOST LAYING20 MIN
- 14CHAPTER XIV — GHOSTS OF THE DROWNED5 MIN
- 15CHAPTER XV — GHOST SEERS3 MIN
- 16CHAPTER XVI — GHOSTLY DEATH-WARNINGS10 MIN
- 17CHAPTER XVII — 'SECOND SIGHT'9 MIN
- 18CHAPTER XVIII — COMPACTS BETWEEN THE LIVING AND DEAD9 MIN
- 19CHAPTER XIX — MINERS' GHOSTS12 MIN
- 20CHAPTER XX — THE BANSHEE8 MIN
- 21CHAPTER XXI — SEA PHANTOMS14 MIN
- 22CHAPTER XXII — PHANTOM DRESS5 MIN
- 23CHAPTER XXIII — HAUNTED HOUSES17 MIN
- 24CHAPTER XXIV — HAUNTED LOCALITIES13 MIN
- 25CHAPTER XXV — CHECKS AND SPELLS AGAINST GHOSTS6 MIN
- 26CHAPTER XXVI — WRAITH-SEEING14 MIN
- 27CHAPTER XXVII — GHOSTLY TIMES AND SEASONS6 MIN
- 28CHAPTER XXVIII — SPIRIT-HAUNTED TREES4 MIN
- 29CHAPTER XXIX — GHOSTS AND HIDDEN TREASURES10 MIN
- 30CHAPTER XXX — PHANTOM MUSIC10 MIN
- 31CHAPTER XXXI — PHANTOM SOUNDS9 MIN
- 32Notes1 MIN
THE TEXT
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