Gjenganger

In Nordic folklore; Danish: genganger, Norwegian: gjenganger, Swedish: gengångare ("(a)gain-walker"), among more, is a term for a revenant, the spirit or ghost of a deceased from the grave, meaning "someone which goes again", from the Scandinavian verb of "going again" (Swedish: gå igen) in the sense of a deceased person haunting post-mortem; compare German: Wiedergänger ("Re-walker").

Other forms include: Icelandic: afturganga, Norwegian: attergangar, stemming from Old Norse: aptrgangr ("re-walker"); Danish: genfærd, Norwegian: gjenferd ("again-travel or after-journey").

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