| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Ghost name "Acheri" | Indian | They are the ghosts of little girls, who live on the tops of mountains but descend at night to hold their revels in more convenient places. Indian |
| Ghost name "Airi" | Indian | The ghost of someone who killed in hunting. Those who see him face to face are burnt by the flash of his eye, or are torn to pieces by his dogs, or have their livers extracted and eaten by the fairies who accompany him. Indian |
| Ghost name "Bhut" | India | A type of evil spirit. It is especially the evil ghost of a man who has died due to execution, accident, or suicide. People protect themselves by lying on the ground, because the bhutas never rest on earth. In the Bhagvad Gita, Krishna the Avatar declares that the humans who worship bhutas become bhutas themselves. India |
| Ghost name "Choorail" | Moslem | The ghost of a pregnant woman. India. Moslem |
| Ghost name "Davy Jones's Locker" | Indian | I.e. he is dead. Jones is a corruption of Jonah, the prophet, who was thrown into the sea. Locker, in seaman's phrase, means any receptacle for private stores; and duffy is a ghost or spirit among the West Indian negroes. So the whole phrase is, "He is gone to the place of safe keeping, where duffy Jonah was sent to." |
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