Question by Bob Thomson: Where did the idea of ghosts first originate?
I was just curious to know. I would like to know when and where the idea of ghosts first originated.
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Answer by Jessie
as far as I know, people believing in ghosts have always been around.
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people have been believing them since they first suspected something very off was around i guess. my first experience was when i was eight. i seen one and darted off to my mother’s room and never went back in that room for a week.
I think I agree with Jessie on this one, I just finished reading Tacitus’s Histories, a two thousand year old book, and he discussed the appearance of a ghost.
well with the first people who starting seeing them,,as to were or when they became a part of every bodys life and belief system …during the first man made tools or hunter gatherer stuff you know they heard noise and seen people then ran like hell the next day they would talk about it then came the witch doctor who would probably try to make them go away or stick around so my answer is a long long time ago………….with people who had to deal with them they told the storys to the next generation they told them to.so on and so forth…………..
There has been found drawings on the walls of caves that depict what appear to be spirits or apparitions of humans and animals. When I found this it indeed sparked my interest. I have been researching ghosts and spirits as well as my Native American heritage for several years now and aspects of cultural views on ghosts from ancient cultures for sure is of interest to me as I find it very compelling.That our ancestry from early man may of had such experiences with ghosts and spirits is very interesting.They must of found it important to record it in their art. Also that early man predates most all religions so they did not have much of a concept of an afterlife or even what a ghost was. The Native Americans or indigenous cultures were more developed in their beliefs in the spirit realm and of there being a creator. Most indigenous cultures believed that the creator existed in everything. The earth, sky , wind animal kingdom and all plants. They were very spiritually connected to the earth and even were able to cure themselves through most of what grew around them. They felt that the great creator gave it all to them. They also referred to it as “The Great Mystery” or Wankan Tanka. Many Shamans or Holy Man were able to travel to the spirit world and visit with such ghosts and spirits and many tribes felt that their ancestry existed in everything and watched over them.
Ghost have been around since the very dawn of mankind, And no where have I ever found any one story or place where ghost originated