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Homer describes them as a vapor or smoke I believe
by adzm 2y ago
Homer describes them as a vapor or smoke I believe
- throwaway19972 2y agoRoman writers used "umbra" or "shadow"/"shade" as a word for specters, phantoms, ghosts, etc. They had many other words, too, but this is probably closest to how dead apparitions were physically perceived.
- derbOac 2y agoI remember some tradition that Roman ghosts were often associated with or seen as blue for some reason? That's only my fuzzy and likely incorrect memory though, from when I was studying in college. I have a memory of a play or piece of literature where a candle flame turns blue and it was meant as a cue to what was about to happen.
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- tiahura 2y agoskia - shade / shadow
- edflsafoiewq 2y agoThe Witch of Endor described Samuel as a "god" coming up out of the earth in the appearance of an old man in a robe.