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In
fowklair
an
meethologie
, a
ghaist
(sometimes kent as a
bogie
[1]
(
Ulster-Scots
),
spectre
,
phantom
,
apparition
,
spirit
,
spook
, or
haunt
) is the
saul
or
speerit
o a deid fowk or ainimal that can appear tae the livin. Descriptions o ghaists vairy widely frae a invisible presence tae translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, tae realistic, lifelike veesions. The deliberate attempt tae contact the spirit o a deceased body is kent as
necromancy
, or in
spiritism
as a
seance
.
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