Well, being dead is, I think, a large part of it. Although that definition alone would also include all number of non-ghost states, including being simply dead and buried.
I suppose traditionally they are the disembodied souls of the deceased. Except for the Holy Ghost, of course, who was never rightly alive, I think. So the Holy Ghost is disembodied without being deceased. Which means being dead isn't necessarily part of the criteria at all.
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Date: 2011-09-25 09:10 pm (UTC)I suppose traditionally they are the disembodied souls of the deceased. Except for the Holy Ghost, of course, who was never rightly alive, I think. So the Holy Ghost is disembodied without being deceased. Which means being dead isn't necessarily part of the criteria at all.
[Bertie frowns. This is getting quite confusing.]