dybbuk

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“She is dealing with the death of her father and her mother’s depression — and then there’s a wandering spirit or dybbuk that is ornery and disruptive,” said Higuera.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2022

Polish director Marcin Wrona, who wrote the movie with Pawel Maslona, has thoroughly reconceptualized the mythology of the dybbuk for 21st-century Eastern Europe.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2016

More mournful than frightening, the dybbuk may upend the celebrations, but the revelers do far more damage.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2016

Human remains and the presence of a dybbuk unnerve an Englishman when he arrives in rural Poland to marry.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2016

I had heard many theories about what happened to us after death, but even with Yakov’s dybbuk shifting inside my veins, I still didn’t have an answer.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros