illustration by Russ Nicholson
To compliment our on-going current series running on Folklore on Friday, Species of Spectres, here's a round-up of previous entries on the subject of ghost,s and specifically how they appear in folklore. Firstly we examine why it is that spooks and spectres are so often depicted as wearing manacles and chains -
http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/folklore-on-friday-chained-ghosts.html
And then we have a brace of articles that explores that other great ghostly cliche - the headless phantom! Here we encounter many spirits that go about sans bonce, and take a look at one of the most famous examples of this type of decapitated denizen of the dark, the shade of Anne Boleyn!
http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/folklore-on-friday-dont-lose-your-head.html
http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/folklore-on-friday-dont-lose-your-head_16.html
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