#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Donn, 'the brown, or dark, one', is the Irish god of the dead par excellence.
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#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Donn, 'the brown, or dark, one', is the Irish god of the dead par excellence. His abode is a small rocky island, known as Tech Duinn, 'the House of Donn', off the south-west coast of Ireland, and he bids his descendants, in other […]

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"The dead ride quickly", as they say in the high mountains of the Valais - where the ghosts of the departed rush along their own hidden paths.

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In Eyrbyggja saga, the dead become such a nuisance at Fróðá that they reportedly appear night after night, crowding around the household fire. Eventually they are dealt with through a combination of legal proceedings and religious rites. Even ghosts got evicted properly. #MythologyMonday

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The old Welsh funerary custom of 'Hirwen-gŵd' is an odd practice, in which the body of the deceased would be hauled up and down a chimney using a system of rope pulleys.

3/3 Orpheus wandered half crazed until he was killed and ripped apart by frenzied Maenads. Nymphs found his head & kept him so his music could live on forever.
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2/3 He went to Hell & pleaded for his wife back. Hades agreed Eurydice could follow him out as long as he did not look back. As he neared the exit he feared she was not there, looked back & lost her. redbubble.com/shop/ap/3472... #MythologyMonday #art #mythology #classicalart #giftidea

Yūrei are Japanese ghosts, unable to pass on. There are countless types of yūrei in Japanese and indeed international media, most in the form of angry ghosts, onryo. Famous examples include Ringu, Ju-on, and One Missed Call. #MythologyMonday

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Brazilian white lady-style ghosts are called Dama Branca, and are believed by some to be the ghosts of young white women who died in childbirth or violent men, including "honor killings" for those who loved across races. She avenges herself against abusive men. #MythologyMonday

In the winter, the huts of the high alpine pastures are abandoned by the living - but not by the dead.

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Dance_of_the_Dead

The polong of Malaysian myth is a spirit in the form of a miniature woman, created by chanting spells over a murderer's bottled blood. Its creator feeds the polong their own blood and sends it to possess people, causing them to go insane until an exorcism is done. #MythologyMonday

The Hone-onna (Bone-Woman) of Japanese myth are ghosts seeking to reunite with their still-alive romantic partners. They disguise their rotting corpses to appear alive so they can seduce their loved ones and drain their life force so they can join them in death. #MythologyMonday

Bhoots are restless spirits mentioned in ancient texts of the Indian subcontinent. They're identifiable by their white clothing, nasally voices, backwards feet, and their lack of a shadow. They'll seek out milk to bathe in, and those who drink that milk will become possessed. #MythologyMonday

During the Roman festival of Lemuria, the householder reportedly walked barefoot at midnight, tossed black beans over his shoulder and repeatedly declared that he was redeeming himself and his family. The ghosts were expected to collect the beans and leave. #MythologyMonday

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You've probably heard of ghosts who appear as headless horsemen. But have you heard the one about the headless horse?

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The ghost of Patroclus appears to Achilles in the Iliad, begging for burial because he cannot yet cross into the realm of the dead. Achilles reaches out to embrace him, but the spirit vanishes "like smoke." Even heroes cannot hold onto their dead. #MythologyMonday

Ghosts are well-placed to answer important theological questions.

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In Greek mythology, the dead drank from the river Lethe to forget their earthly lives. But Orphic burial tablets sometimes instructed initiates to avoid Lethe and seek the waters of Mnemosyne, Memory, instead. Even in death, forgetting wasn't always the goal. #MythologyMonday

If you are out of alcoholic beverages, why not borrow them from the ghosts next door?

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