Poltergeist
demonic intermediate German corroborated · 2
Ghost from German folklore. Poltergeist is a supernatural entity that manifests by moving objects and causing physical disturbances.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- German folklore term documented from early modern period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Pombero, Ponaturi, Pontianak, Poubi Lai, Pricolici, Psotnik, Psychai, Psyche, fairies, Pishacha, Preta, Pan, Penghou, Paasselkä devils, Pakhangba, Pamola, Panis, Patupairehe, Pegaeae, Pelesit, Perchta, Phi Tai Hong, Pillan, Pim-skwa-wagen-owad, Piru, Pita-skog, Pixie, Plakavac, Pok-wejee-men, Polevik, Pollo Maligno, Polong, Banshee, Djinn
- manifested by
- boggarts
Mentioned by
- Pishacha
- Preta
- Pan
- Penghou
- Paasselkä devils
- Pakhangba
- Pamola
- Panis
- Patupairehe
- Pegaeae
- Pelesit
- Perchta
- Phi Tai Hong
- Pillan
- Pim-skwa-wagen-owad
- Piru
and 10 more
Sources
wikipedia (1)
encyclopedia (1)
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Poltergeist (German) – Ghost that moves objects”
#5245 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The German term Poltergeist (q.v.) has been given to the supposed cause of these occurrences where the cause is not ascertained to be sportive imposture.”
#44352 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free