In Jewish mythology, a dybbuk (/ ˈdɪbək /; Yiddish: דיבוק, from the Hebrew verb דָּבַק ‎ dāḇaq meaning 'adhere' or 'cling') is a malicious possessing spirit believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person. [1] . It supposedly leaves the host body once it has accomplished its goal, sometimes after being exorcised. [2][3][4]

In Jewish folklore and popular belief an evil spirit which enters into a living person, cleaves to his soul, causes mental illness, talks through his mouth, and represents a separate and alien personality is called a dibbuk. The term appears neither in talmudic literature nor in the Kabbalah, where this phenomenon is always called "evil spirit."

The Dybbuk box, or Dibbuk box (Hebrew: קופסת דיבוק, romanized: Kufsat Dibbuk), is an antique wine-cabinet claimed to be haunted by a dybbuk, a concept from Jewish mythology. The box drew attention when it was auctioned off on eBay by owner Kevin Mannis, who created a story featuring Jewish Holocaust survivors and paranormal claims as ...

dybbuk, in Jewish folklore, a disembodied human spirit that, because of former sins, wanders restlessly until it finds a haven in the body of a living person. Belief in such spirits was especially prevalent in 16th–17th-century eastern Europe.

2022年12月26日 · In European Jewish folklore, there is an evil parasitic spirit known as the dybbuk, a once-human entity that restlessly wanders the Earth, hunting for a living host upon which it can prey. The dybbuk was said to enter a person’s body, cleave their soul in half, and control them by speaking through their mouth.

2024年2月21日 · A demon called a “dybbuk” was a malicious, possessing spirit, believed to be the soul or ghost of a dead, sinful person. The dybbuk was almost always the spirit of a Jewish man, who possessed or entered the person of a Jewish woman, often on the eve of her (sometimes undesired) wedding.

2018年4月7日 · According to Jewish folklore, a dybbuk is a ghost or disturbed soul that possesses the body of a living being. In early biblical and Talmudic accounts they are called "ruchim," which means "spirits" in Hebrew. During the 16th century, spirits became known as "dybbuks," which means "clinging spirit" in Yiddish.

附鬼（Dybbuk）是犹太传说中的一种会附身的鬼魂。 据传说，如果死者生前有罪，那死后便会成为游魂，还能进入生者的体内，并控制其行为。

In Jewish folklore and popular belief an evil spirit which enters into a living person, cleaves to his soul, causes mental illness, talks through his mouth, and represents a separate and alien personality is called a dibbuk. The term appears neither in talmudic literature nor in the Kabbalah, where this phenomenon is always called "evil spirit."

The popular understanding of the dybbuk concept is associated with the play Between Two Worlds, better known as The Dybbuk, written by the Russian revolutionary activist and Jewish ethnographer Shlomo Zanvil Rapoport (1862–1920), better known by his pen name, S. Anski.¹ It was influenced by the ethnographic expedition he led from 1912 through 19...