haint
Folklore spirit haunting
A haint is a ghost or restless spirit, chiefly in Southern American and African American folk usage.
The word is a dialectal form of haunt.
Haints were believed to be warded off by a particular shade of blue-green paint, still called haint blue, traditionally applied to porch ceilings across the South.
Apparition of the dead
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
revenant · wraith · shade · poltergeist · restless · possession · manifestation · visitation
Sea Islands creole language
- LowcountryCoastal Carolina-Georgia cultural zone
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- porchCovered entryway structure
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
Appalachian · granny · storytelling · conjure · rootwork · plantation · creole · Carolina
ghost
Apparition of the dead
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- specterGhostly threatening presence
phantom · revenant · wraith · shade · poltergeist · restless · possession · manifestation · visitation · spook
Gullah
Sea Islands creole language
- LowcountryCoastal Carolina-Georgia cultural zone
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- porchCovered entryway structure
superstition · Appalachian · granny · storytelling · conjure · rootwork · plantation · creole · Carolina · Georgia
paint
Colored coating substance
- doorwayPassage into a room
- windowsillHorizontal frame beneath pane
- thresholdPoint of beginning
ward · charm · talisman · cobalt · indigo · turquoise · protection · blessing · safeguard · amulet
- regionalismsyouse, fixin' to, fixing to, ain't, aint
- Southern folkloreconjure, root work, root doctor, root doctors, conjure woman
haintliving
Currently having breath
mortal · living being · flesh and blood · living soul · the quick
haintangel
Divine winged messenger
saint · ancestor spirit · guardian angel · protective spirit · guardian spirit