Ghost

For additional meanings of "Ghost", please see Ghost.

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A ghost from "A Christmas Carol"

A ghost is a purported spirit of a dead individual.

Before it was discovered what the two-dimensional lifeforms really were, Commander William T. Riker referred to them as ghosts and said he didn't want to be tailed by them all the way to T'lli Beta. (TNG: "The Loss")

For a moment, the Ux-Mal criminals on Mab-Bu VI appeared to the crew of the USS Enterprise-D as ghosts or spirits, that took control over the body of the living. Worf stated that the Klingon name for such a spirit was "jat'yIn". (TNG: "Power Play")

Some lifeforms are so alien, they can appear ghost-like. Anaphasic lifeforms are long-lived entities that can only appear corporeal when attached to a particular object, or a person with an unusual biochemistry. The females of the Crusher family were host to an anaphasic lifeform for centuries. (TNG: "Sub Rosa")

See also: Non-corporeal species

Many species believe that part of a person lives on after death; examples include the Bajoran pagh or the Ocampa comra. These beliefs are often found in religion.

The term "ghost" can also mean a false image or shadow of an image, as in a sensor ghost. (DS9: "Soldiers of the Empire")

After Jadzia Dax saw Quark's hologram of the apparently deceased Morn, the Ferengi told it looked as if she had "seen a ghost". (DS9: "Who Mourns for Morn?")

Additional References

• TNG:
  • "Night Terrors"
  • "Power Play"
  • "The Next Phase"
• DS9:
  • "Babel"
  • "The Passenger"
• VOY:
  • "Coda"
  • "The Haunting of Deck Twelve"
  • "Alice"

See also

• Banshee
• Ghost town

External link

• Ghost at Wikipedia