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der Spukgeist (-er)
   ghost, apparition

Ein Pharao ließ einmal eine Grabstätte reparieren, nachdem ihm im Traum ein Spukgeist von seinem Leid erzählte, damit der Geist ins Totenreich zurückkehren konnte.
A pharaoh once had a tomb repaired after a ghost told him of his suffering in a dream, so that the spirit could return to the kingdom of the dead.

Related:
der Spuk ghostly manifestation
spuken to haunt
das Spukhaus haunted house

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