Mononoke

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.[1][2] It is also a word sometimes used to refer to yōkai or henge ("changed beings").[3][4]

  1. ^ 小林 1986, p. 696
  2. ^ 朝倉 1963, p. 434
  3. ^ 北原保雄他編 (1976). 日本国語大辞典. Vol. 第12巻 (第2版 ed.). 小学館. p. 1361. ISBN 978-4-09-522012-3.
  4. ^ 松村明編 (2006). 大辞林 大辞林 (第3版 ed.). 三省堂. p. 2531. ISBN 978-4-385-13905-0.

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