It is so interesting that ancient cultures has the notion of demons and ghosts. Are demons really that common in ancient times? And what are ghost really mean to them? Are ghost just disembodied spirits of the dead?

For the Assyrians and Jews, at least, demons were *everywhere*: “If the eye could see them no one could endure them. They surround one on all sides. They are more numerous than humans, each person has a thousand on his left and ten thousand on his right."