List of ghosts

The following is a list of ghosts: China Korea Japan India Sri Lanka[1] Nepal Pakistan Bangladesh Turkish Indonesia/Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Thailand Egyptian and ArabicPersian Jewish mythology Albania Finland Germany Graeco-RomanMalta Netherlands Romania Scandinavia Slavic folkloreSpain United Kingdom Canada Caribbean United StatesCentral America and Mexico Australia Micronesia

Section of the Hungry Ghosts Scroll depicting one of the thirty-six types of hungry ghosts who constantly seeks water to drink and explaining how those who have been born as such are saved by the offerings of the living. Kyoto Museum
Onryō from the Kinsei-Kaidan-Shimoyonohoshi (近世怪談霜夜星)
A male kumbhāṇḍa (left) and female Kumbhāṇḍakā (right).
Giovanni Battista de' Cavalieri 1585 depiction of "Monsters from all parts of the ancient and modern world" (Mostri de tute le parti del mondo antichi et moderni). The drawing depicts a Wewe Gombel
An ifrit named Arghan Div brings the chest of armor to Hamza . The flaming eyes of the ifrit are slightly crossed with orange spotted skin.
The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane by John Quidor (1801–1881)
Baba Yaga and Maiden-birds by Ivan Bilibin , 1902
Drawing from the 1591 Agnes Sampson trial, depicting the devil giving witches magic dolls
A depiction of John Dee (1527–1608) and Edward Kelley (1555–1597/8) invoking a spirit