Ghostlore: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Spirits and Specters

Every human culture has its ghosts — its stories of the dead who return, the spirits who inhabit the liminal spaces between worlds, the entities whose presence in the visible world carries warnings, demands, or simply the weight of what has not been resolved. DK’s Ghostlore gathers this extraordinarily diverse tradition into a single comprehensive reference, presenting the ghost stories and spirit beliefs of cultures from every inhabited continent.

From the ancient Roman lemures and the Japanese yurei through the European poltergeist, the Caribbean duppy, and the contemporary hauntings of digital and urban folklore, every major ghost tradition receives illustrated treatment with the cultural context that makes the stories meaningful.

Fascinating for anyone interested in folklore, anthropology, world religions, or the universal human experience of living in the presence of the dead. Published by DK.