Poltergeist vs. Ghost (was 20 ghosts)

[jdr0918]

No: HPFGUIDX 58998

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "finwitch" <finwitch at y...> 
wrote:
> Could Poltergeist be ghost of a house(school)-elf? The other ghosts 
> were humans...
> 
> -- Finwitch

Way back when (pre-HP), the mythology was that a poltergeist is not a 
true 'ghost' (dead person), but an elemental spirit that might take 
any form or no form, or simply possess a hormone-addled pubescent.

--JDR