BestiarypediaThe bestiary of every mythology
Curated catalog of supernatural beings in 10 languages. Mythology, demonology, cryptozoology and folklore documented with relationships, taxonomies and sources.
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.
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