Wangliang
Wangliang is an early Chinese spirit or monster associated with mountains, forests, tombs and deceptive imitation of human voices.
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Wangxiang
Wangxiang is an early Chinese aquatic spirit or monster named in classical classifications beside dragons and water beings.
Read entryWutong Spirits
Wutong Spirits is a complex Chinese spirit group associated in different periods with wealth, local cult, erotic visitation, possession and…
Read entryYao
Yao is a broad Chinese category for uncanny, transforming or anomalous beings, often produced when animals, plants or objects acquire…
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Gui is a broad Chinese term for ghosts, spirits of the dead and uncanny beings, especially those whose postmortem condition…
Read entryHun and Po
Hun and Po are paired soul concepts in Chinese religious and philosophical traditions, often describing lighter, active and spiritual aspects…
Read entryJiangshi
Jiangshi are Chinese reanimated corpses whose stiff movement, retained bodily form and disrupted vital order distinguish them from ordinary ghosts.
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Shui Gui is the Chinese water ghost of a drowned person, remembered as a spirit attached to rivers, wells, ponds…
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Ba She is the giant serpent of Chinese mythic geography said to swallow an elephant and release its bones after…
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Shanxiao is a Chinese mountain being associated with wild places, strange cries, one-legged or small humanoid form, theft and fear…
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