Mononoke

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Mononoke (物の怪) are vengeful spirits (onryō), dead spirits (shiryō), live spirits (ikiryō), or spirits in Japanese classical literature and folk religion that were said to do things like possess individuals and make them suffer, cause disease, or even cause death.

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Image: Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎, Japanese, †1849), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.