Baital
The corpse-animating, storytelling spirit who tests King Vikram in Burton's adaptation of the Baital tales.
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SourceCyhyraeth
An unseen groaning spirit whose threefold cry is heard before death.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
Ghosts of the Taira
The ghostly warriors who rise from the sea before Yoshitsune and Benkei in Davis's legend.
Japanese heroic legend, Davis retellingSourceGwrach y Rhibyn
A winged apparition whose terrible call names the person expected to die.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
SourceKimi, the Kakemono Ghost
The woman who returns through her painted hanging scroll in Davis's account of a broken attachment.
Japanese legends, Davis retellingSourceLledrith
A silent apparition of a living person, seen before their death in the collected tales.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
SourceShades and Astral Shells
Residual forms that Leadbeater distinguishes from the departed individuality.
Theosophical astral cosmologySourceYuki-Onna
The snow spirit who spares a young man, becomes his wife and leaves when he breaks his promise of silence.
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