ancestor spirit
Ghostly family elder
An ancestor spirit is the soul or ghost of a deceased family member believed to remain active in the affairs of the living.
Many cultures hold that these spirits can protect, guide, or punish descendants, and must be honored through rituals, offerings, or prayer: The shrine honors our ancestor spirits.
The concept appears across African, Asian, Indigenous, and other traditions where the dead maintain a continuing relationship with their lineage.
- ghostApparition of the dead
- shamanIndigenous spiritual healer
- totemSpiritual clan symbol
- elderSenior figure of authority
- tribal elderSenior community authority figure
lineage · ritual · offering · shrine · veneration · departed · guardian · burial · ceremony · drumming · bloodline · haunting · sacred · sacred fire · tribal · invocation · medium · mask
- Guardian Deitiesguardian angel, household gods, household god, Lares, genius loci
- Filipino spirits
- deitiesZeus, Odin, Thor, goddess, Ra
- mythsmyth, legend, fable, fairy tale, folk tale
- spiritghost, specter, phantom, apparition, soul
- supernatural beingsghost, demon, phantom, specter, banshee