In the ballet Giselle, the title character dies at the end of Act 1.
One wouldn't generally describe her ghostly presence in Act 2 as the result of a resurrection, because that implies that her death has been reversed or undone, and that is not the case in this narrative; yet I cannot think of another term that comes as close to describing her rising from the tomb into a new state of existence.
Is there a word for the appearance of a ghost as in this case?
Best Answer
You might consider apparition. Collins defines it as:
Wordnik mentions: