BestiarypediaThe bestiary of every mythology
Curated catalog of supernatural beings in 10 languages. Mythology, demonology, cryptozoology and folklore documented with relationships, taxonomies and sources.
Kosodate-yūrei
Kosodate-yūrei, maternal spirit that returns to care for her baby
Maternal spirit from Japanese folklore that returns at night to care for her baby.
Otsuyu
Otsuyu, vengeful Japanese spirit from the Botan Dōrō folklore
Otsuyu returns each night with a peony lantern and a white kimono to visit her living lover.
Okiku
Okiku, samurai maid in Himeji who returns as vengeful yūrei after being killed by her master
Okiku obsessively counts plates up to nine and repeats, dressed in a white kimono beside a well.
Oiwa
Oiwa, vengeful Japanese spirit from the Yotsuya Kaidan folklore
Vengeful Japanese spirit who dies poisoned by her husband and returns as a deformed yūrei with a fallen eye.
Sugawara no Michizane
Aristocratic Heian period goryō, scholar and politician unjustly exiled who causes calamities after his death
Sugawara no Michizane is a Heian period goryō associated with lightning, exile and calligraphy, deified as Tenjin in Dazaifu.
Sutoku Tennō
Sutoku Tennō, aristocratic goryō of the Heian period
Retired emperor who causes calamities after his exile in Sanuki due to dynastic rivalry.
Taira no Masakado
Aristocratic goryō of the Heian period, rebel warrior who leads a rebellion and causes disasters after his death
Kantō goryō with high military and geological influence, attributes of severed head, rebellion and earthquakes.
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