Ghostlore

Quick meaning: Ghostlore is a noun meaning A genre of folklore concerning ghosts.

Meaning

A genre of folklore concerning ghosts.

Example Sentences

When one person tells another of a frightening experience, he is passing on ghostlore.

Ghost stories and tales of railroad heroics and tragedy may have mixed to create this unique type of ghostlore.

Three other sections of the state are important in this connection: the Adirondack Mountains and parts of the Catskills, which while sparsely settled and only slightly represented in this collection, have much good ghostlore yet to be collected.

From ruthless gangsters to restless mail order kings, from the Fort Dearborn Massacre to the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the phantom remains of the passionate people and volatile events of Chicago history have made the Second City second to none in the annals of American ghostlore.

Word Forms

• ghost lore
• ghost-lore

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ghostland, grim, wereghost, ghoulie, ghast, ghoster.

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