wandering spirits
Restless departed entities
Wandering spirits are ghosts or souls believed to roam the earth rather than passing on to an afterlife.
The phrase implies restlessness—spirits unable or unwilling to find peace, often tied to unfinished business or violent deaths.
In folklore and horror, they haunt specific locations or drift aimlessly: The old cemetery was said to be full of wandering spirits.
- ghostsSpirits of the deceased
- lost soulsSpiritually forsaken beings
- phantomsApparitions, especially illusory
- hauntedOccupied by ghosts
- haunted houseDwelling believed spirit-inhabited
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- hauntingsghosts, apparition, apparitions, ghost sighting, phantoms
- Ghost Festivalhungry ghosts, ghost month, joss paper, hell money, ghost money
- night terrorsnightmares, bogeymen, sleep paralysis, ghosts, phantoms
- shadow realmsshadow realm, shadow world, netherworld, nether realm, dark realm