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The Woman Who Married a 300-Year-Old Pirate Ghost—and Then Divorced Him

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A Ghost Marriage, but Not Quite

In occult culture, there are stories of people marrying the dead. In some traditions, a so-called ghost marriage has a ritual meaning: a woman may want to marry a fiancé or lover who died, or the family may feel it is pitiful to let someone depart into the afterlife alone.

But the story of the woman who married a 300-year-old ghost is a little different.

According to reports, she was a single woman living in Northern Europe who had a strong interest in fortune-telling, spiritualism, and the occult. One day, a medium introduced her to the spirit of a man said to have been executed 300 years earlier. The woman later claimed that she herself was able to contact this ghost through her own psychic abilities.

In other words, she decided to marry a ghost that only she and the medium could supposedly see—a man she had never met while he was alive. Even before anything else happened, it was already an extremely occult kind of love story.

Of course, the pirate ghost could not be seen by ordinary people. He could not be introduced to her family and friends in the usual way. Still, the woman said she fell in love with him, and eventually the two held a wedding ceremony.

It was reportedly a large ceremony held on a rented boat. This shipboard wedding was covered by the media in 2018. An engagement ring was prepared and exchanged, and except for the fact that the groom was a ghost, the ceremony apparently went smoothly.

And so, at least in her own understanding, the two became husband and wife.

The Frightening Reason for the Divorce

For a while, the newlyweds were said to have been happy. But not long after the wedding, something changed: the woman began to suffer from a mysterious illness.

Her condition became serious enough that she had to be hospitalized. Even then, she reportedly still wanted to continue her newly married life with her ghost husband.

Eventually, however, she developed sepsis and needed surgery. She had kept wearing the engagement ring as proof of her marriage to the ghost, but before the operation, the ring had to be removed.

When it came off, she said she suddenly felt better.

That experience seems to have made her wonder whether marrying the ghost might have been connected to her poor health. She then announced on Twitter that she was divorcing her ghost husband.

Of course, this was not a legal divorce. There were no divorce papers to file and no property to divide. In this case, simply declaring the marriage over was apparently enough—because the other party was a ghost.

After the Divorce

After she ended the marriage, her health reportedly began to improve. But the story did not end there.

She still felt as if she was being possessed. From the time the medium introduced her to the ghost, she had claimed she could communicate with him psychically. After the divorce, she said the ghost threatened her, telling her that if she tried to cut ties with him, he would kill her.

Feeling increasingly in danger, she turned to someone said to have strong exorcism abilities and asked for the spirit to be removed.

After that, perhaps out of fear, she decided to stop all contact with the pirate ghost she had once loved so much that she held a wedding on a boat. Her health then reportedly continued to improve, and she gradually returned to her normal self.

Was her illness truly caused by the ghost of a pirate? Or was it the result of intense belief, stress, or something else entirely? There is no way to know from the reports alone.

What we can say is that there are people in the world who sincerely believe they have married ghosts introduced to them by mediums.

Other People Who Claim to Marry Ghosts

This woman is not the only person who has claimed to marry a ghost. There are other reports of people saying a ghost boyfriend proposed to them in a cave, or that they planned to marry a spirit and even hoped to become pregnant.

If both people are happy, perhaps marriage is usually their own business. But dating or marrying a ghost is something only a small number of people—those who believe they can communicate with the dead—would even consider possible.

Legally, a marriage to a ghost cannot be recognized. And no matter how much someone may wish for it, having a child with a dead person is not possible in the ordinary physical sense.

So can a marriage like that really continue?

Romance with a ghost may be the ultimate long-distance relationship. But as this story suggests, breaking up may be harder than expected.

Summary

A woman reportedly married the ghost of a pirate who had been executed 300 years earlier after being introduced to him by a medium. Later, after becoming seriously ill and needing surgery, she felt better when her wedding ring was removed and began to suspect that her ghost marriage might be connected to her condition.

She announced a divorce, sought help through an exorcism, and eventually stopped contacting the spirit. Whether the cause was supernatural or psychological remains uncertain.

If you were lonely and someone introduced you to a ghost, what would you do? Even if you think a ghostly partner sounds romantic, ending the relationship might not be so simple.


Related reading: Compare this personal ghost-marriage claim with the wider East Asian custom in Ghost Marriage in East Asia, and with the marriage taboos surrounding spirit-dog families in the Inugami family rumor.

Japanese Language

オカルトオンラインで 死んだ人と結婚する「冥婚」をご紹介 したことがありますが、 自分から望んで300年前の幽霊と結婚した女性がいます 。ですが、 この女性はある理由でその幽霊の旦那さんと離婚することになった のです。その驚愕の理由とは… 。公開日:2019年10月28日 更新日:2020年2月26日 。300年前の幽霊と結婚した女性。冥婚 と少し似ていますが、婚約者や恋人をなくした女性が「 死んでいても良いから結婚したい 」とか「 独りで旅立たせるのが可哀想だから 」という儀式的な意味合いを持つのが 冥婚 です。

ですが、この300年前の幽霊と結婚した女性の話は冥婚とはちょっと違うんです。この女性は北欧に住んでいる独身女性です。。。そして、占いや心霊…いわゆるスピリチュアルやオカルトが好きな女性だったというわけです。ある時、霊媒師がこの女性に 「300年前に処刑された幽霊」 を紹介します。そして、女性本人も霊能力をつかって海賊の幽霊とのコンタクトに成功したと本人は語っています。つまり、自分と霊媒師しか見えない、もちろん生きていたときに会ったこともない…そんな幽霊とこの女性は結婚することになるというんですから、これだけでも かなりオカルトな話 です。

。もちろん、海賊の幽霊は見えませんしこの世には存在していません。。家族や友人に紹介することも出来ないわけですが、この女性は海賊の幽霊と「 恋仲 」になり、そしてとうとう結婚式まで挙げてしまうのです。それも船を借り切っての盛大な結婚式だったとか。この船上結婚式は2018年に報道もされています。。。もちろん、結婚式ですから、エンゲージリングもあつらえて交換し、新郎が幽霊であること以外はすべて滞りなく結婚式は終わりました。そして、この2人はめでたく夫婦となるわけです。

夫婦になった2人はしばらくは幸せな時間を過ごしたそうですが、あるときこの女性が謎の体調不良にみまわれます。幽霊と離婚?!その理由が恐ろしい。300年前に処刑された海賊の幽霊と自ら進んで結婚した女性…周りからどう見えていたかは別にですが、はじめのうちは幸せだったことでしょう。ですが、 結婚からほどなくしてこの女性に異変 がおこりました。それが体調不良です。この体調不良のせいで女性はとうとう入院することになってしまいました。。。。。命に関わるほどの病に襲われた新妻は、身体に異変が起こってもなお、 幽霊の旦那との新婚生活を続けることを望みました。

。ですが、とうとう 敗血症 になってしまい、 手術が必要なまでの状態になってしまいます。。新妻は愛する旦那との「 結婚のあかし 」ともいえるエンゲージリングをずっと外さずに身につけていました。ですが、手術をするとなればこの指輪を外さなくてはなりません。そして、手術のときに指輪を外すと「 気分が楽になった 」のです。。そして、自分の体調不良が「 もしかしたら幽霊の旦那と結婚したことが原因ではないか 」と考えたのでしょう。幽霊の旦那と一方的に離婚することをTwitterに投稿しました。

もちろん、離婚といっても離婚届を出すとか、財産分与をするわけではありません。離婚した!そう宣言するだけで十分…だって、相手は幽霊なんですから…。幽霊の旦那がストーカー化?!離婚した後も…。。幽霊の旦那と離婚した後、病状は順調に回復していきます。ですがまだ「 憑依されている 」と感じる自体が起こります。この女性は、結婚前に幽霊の旦那を紹介されたときからずっと「 霊能力でのコンタクト 」が出来るといっていたわけですが、離婚後に幽霊の旦那から「 関係を絶つつもりなら殺す 」と脅迫されたそうです。

ますます身の危険を感じたので、力がある悪魔払いに依頼して除霊してもらうことに…。そして、怖くなったのか、船上結婚式まで上げるほど 大好きだった海賊の幽霊とのコンタクトを一切やめることに しました。。そうすると、体調はますます良くなって元の彼女に戻っていったそう。この体調不良が本当に海賊の幽霊のせいなのか、女性の強い妄想や思い込みの産物なのかは解りません。ですが、ひとついえることは、霊媒師から紹介された幽霊と結婚してしまう女性が世の中に「 実在する 」ということです。

ちなみに、この女性以外にも「幽霊と結婚」した人はいます。幽霊の彼氏から洞窟でプロポーズされた…とか、結婚を予定していて妊娠を希望している…とか。。。結婚は当人同士が幸せならいいのでしょうけど、幽霊とお付き合いするとか、幽霊と結婚することができるのは死んだ人とコンタクトを取れるごく一部の人だけです。もちろん、法律的な結婚はできませんし、どんなに努力してもその人との子供を授かることもできません。それでも婚姻生活が続けられるのでしょうか。幽霊との結婚や恋愛…ある意味、究極の遠距離恋愛ともいえます。

。「300年前の幽霊と結婚した女性の末路とは」のまとめ。霊媒師から紹介された300年前に処刑された幽霊と結婚した女性…。彼女は愛する旦那の幽霊の影響か、死を覚悟しなければならないほどの大病を患い、その結果、幽霊との結婚が体調不良の原因になっていることに気づいて事なきを得ました。恋人が欲しい…結婚したいなぁ…そう思っているあなたは、もし幽霊を紹介されたらどうしますか?。幽霊でもいい!そういう方は、離婚するときに苦労するかもしれませんよ。。

。参考資料 。articleニュース 。。Woman who ‘married 300-year-old pirate ghost needed exorcism after violent breakup'(METRO) 。。Psychic makes spooktacular claim that her soulmate ghost PROPOSED to her ‘in caves’ and says sex with phantoms is ‘more satisfying'(THE SUN) 。

。’Woman marries a ghost after getting fed up with dating humans(METRO)

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