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control
a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
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evil spirit
a spirit tending to cause harm
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banshee, banshie
(Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death
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djinn, djinni, djinny, genie, jinnee, jinni
(Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals
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familiar, familiar spirit
a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard
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peri
(Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done
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apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre
a ghostly appearing figure
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presence
an invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby
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kachina
a deified spirit of the Pueblo people
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numen
a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion)
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python
a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit
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silvan, sylvan
a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods
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thunderbird
(mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird
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zombi, zombi spirit, zombie, zombie spirit
(voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body
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bad fairy
a fairy that tends to cause harm
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bogey, bogie, bogy
an evil spirit
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daemon, daimon, demon, devil, fiend
an evil supernatural being
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cacodaemon, cacodemon
an evil spirit
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ghoul
an evil spirit or ghost
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goblin, hob, hobgoblin
(folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
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kelpie, kelpy
(Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders
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lamia, vampire
(folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living
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shaitan, shaytan
(Islam) a rebellious jinni who leads men astray
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eblis
(Islam) the principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology
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Flying Dutchman
the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day
