The origin of the ghosts

By Medina Murillo Iván
  • 10,000 BCE

    Primitive cultures

    Primitive cultures
    At this time, many people believed that when they died, the spirit of the deceased person wandered aimlessly and without will of live
  • 3150 BCE

    Egyptians

    Egyptians
    ghosts were generally beings that by some fact in their life had the fortune or the bad luck of being immortal and ethereal in ghost form
  • 1895 BCE

    Babylon

    Babylon
    In Babylon it was believed that ghosts were a vision of ancient kings and it was a good omen
  • 350 BCE

    Asian cultures

    Asian cultures
    In Asia it was believed that a ghost was a soul that was not willing to reincarnate and there are many types of these, they are a very important part of their culture
  • 417

    Romans

    Romans
    The Romans believed that a ghost was the spirit of an ancestor which is no dangerous
  • Jan 1, 1500

    Middle Age

    Middle Age
    at this time ghosts were associated with the divine and was not seen as something spoooky

  • Romanticism

    Romanticism
    At this point people began to be a little more sympathetic and all the beliefs of the Middle Ages were lost.

  • XIX century

    XIX century
    The belief in ghosts returned with great force thanks to very popular practices such as spiritualism for the first time the ghosts were interrogated in seances and began to tell about life on other planets

  • 20th century

    20th century
    In the 20th century, everyone became enthusiastic about the poltergeists, during the world wars, telekinesis, extrasensory perception, they were highly prized, haunted houses and Indian cemeteries arrived.

  • Present

    Present
    Many people believe in ghosts, however it is up to each one to decide whether to believe or not and today it is not as common as thousands of years ago