Good morning and are you ready for Halloween Fun???? Well get ready cause HERE IT COMES.
BUT YOUK KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO FIRST:
I love a man who looks good in a hat
or without
THANK OUTLANDER for all the ahhhs for those of us who have no men even ugly ones in our lives.
Oh today we’re looking at the G’s of Halloween:
GHOSTS
The ghost of a pirate, from Howard Pyle‘s Book of Pirates (1903)
In traditional belief and fiction, a ghost (sometimes known as a spectre (British English) or specter (American English), phantom, apparition or spook) is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living. Descriptions of the apparition of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to realistic, lifelike visions. The deliberate attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased person is known as necromancy, or in spiritism as a séance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost
Since ancient times, ghost stories—tales of spirits who return from the dead to haunt the places they left behind—have figured prominently in the folklore of many cultures around the world. A rich subset of these tales involve historical figures ranging from queens and politicians to writers and gangsters, many of whom died early, violent or mysterious deaths. So maybe inviting a few hot AND famous would be fun: Jim Morrison maybe, so many rock stars to pick from….. http://www.history.com/topics/halloween/historical-ghost-stories
GHOULS:
“Amine Discovered with the Goule”, from the story of Sidi Nouman, of the One Thousand and One Nights.
A ghoul is a folkloric monster or evil spirit associated with graveyards and consuming human flesh, often classified as undead. The oldest surviving literature that mention ghouls is likely One Thousand and One Nights.[1] The term was first used in English literature in 1786, in William Beckford‘s Orientalist novel Vathek,[2] which describes the ghūl of Arabian folklore… is also used in a derogatory sense to refer to a person who delights in the macabre, or whose profession is linked directly to death, such as a gravedigger or graverobber. A Ghoul can also refer to a human being who digs up and eats corpses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoul
OK so not someone I want to invite to my Halloween party—-just to use for decorations. Let’s get this straight: a ghoul is a scary creature, similar to a ghost. But a ghoul is simply scary and has little character. Unlike ghosts, a ghoul wasn’t previously a human being. And, unlike some ghosts, a ghoul is never friendly. http://www.pumpkinnook.com/halloween/halloweentradition.htm
COLLICTIBLES THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AND THAT MIGHT SCARE UP SOME CASH FOR YOU
$79.99
early 90’s $49.00
This is an original HOBBIT $105.00
Other G’s include:
Goblins – similar to ghosts and ghouls.
Grim Reaper – is the fictional personification of death. He is dressed in a long, black robe with a hood. Sometimes you can see a skeletal face. The Grim Reaper carries a long handled scythe(or sickle). The Grim Reaper comes at death, to take bad people to hell.
FAMOUS
Ghouls: 1968 Night of the Living Dead Romero used zombies and ghouls in this movie that was to remodel horror movies as we know them….The Batman comics has an antagonist named Rā’s al-Ghūl, whose name derives from the original Arabic name for the star Algol …meaning “the monster’s (i.e. Medusa’s) head” AND J.K. Rowling‘s Harry Potter … a ghoul resides in the attic of the Weasley family‘s home as the family’s pet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghouls_in_popular_culture
Ghosts: Shakespeare’s Hamlet’s ghost comes immediately to mind and there’s also one in Macbeth. Of course the most famous which isn’t related to Halloween but rather Christmas is Dicken’s Ghost of Christmas x 3 in A Christmas Carole. and the Ghost in Pac Man Oh my. Harry Potter’s multiple beings who constantly roam the school and grounds and interact in the plots are very well known as well.
Goblins: There’s a Green one who’s a villain in Spiderman and the early Smurfs were actually called Goblins.
GRIM REAPERS: The “Dance Of Death” or “Danse Macabre” in french, was a medieval allegory on how death unites all people, regardless of age or social status – it was shown as a gruesome spectacle in which the Grim Reaper summons a host of dead spirits to dance along their graves: popular figures in this dance were a pope, emperor, king, youngster and laborer – chosen to remind the audience of the time that death was a truly universal concept and no man (or woman) was safe from its embrace, it was also used by the religious medieval people to highlight the foolishness of people who valued earthly possessions. http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Grim_Reaper_(folklore)
AND IF YOU CAN’T FIND THE REAL THING YOU CAN FANTIZE:
GHOST:
GHOUL:
GOBLIN:
GRIM REAPER:
From ghoulies and ghosties
And long-leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!
~Scottish Saying