This is all referencing the short story by Poe, "Ligeia," in which a beloved but sickly wife dies, then possesses the man's new wife once he remarries, to the extent that the new wife, Rowena, becomes Ligeia.
This is all referencing the short story by Poe, "Ligeia," in which a beloved but sickly wife dies, then possesses the man's new wife once he remarries, to the extent that the new wife, Rowena, becomes Ligeia.