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Poltergeist

Main article: Poltergeist

An apparition from German folk tales that is attached to a certain building and causes furniture and household objects to float around. It's name means "noisy ghost" or "noise-making monster" in German.

Today, the poltergeist phenomenon has been scientifically analyzed, and many theories have been proposed, but so far they have failed to produce a definitive explanation.

Gaki

Main article: Gaki

The form given to those who are cast down into the Preta Realm, one of the Six Realms of Buddhist scriptures. Those who lived extravagant lives are said to be cast into the Preta Realm after death. Preta are constantly tormented by hunger and thirst, but whenever they put something to their mouths, it bursts into flame, and so they are eternally deprived of food and drink. Their figures are gaunt, except for their bellies which are strangely swollen.

Ghoul

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In truth, a demon of ancient Arabian folklore. The word "ghoul" is Arabic for "demon", referring to creatures who were believed to dwell in graveyards and abandoned places.

Choronzon

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A demon with a vast array of knowledge that serves sorcerers. It is known as the "Abyss" a formless aggregation of consciousness. It guards the door to all the knowledge of the cosmos. However, it is also the natural enemy of sorcerers, an evil being that sows chaos and contrives to send those who seek true wisdom to their downfalls.

The great sorcerer Aleister Crowley is said to have actually summoned Choronzon. While Crowley succeeded in calling Choronzon down into his body, he could not control it, and though used many tricks to try to lure Crowley's follower Neuburg into breaking the seal and freeing it, Neuburg was able to resist. Sources vary on whether Crowley actually obtained knowledge or remained possessed by Choronzon.

Yakkha

Main article: Yakka

A type of disease-causing demon found in Sri Lanken legends. They originated from the Yaksa and Yaksini of India.

Yakkas are small and incredibly ugly in appearance, Those who fall under their gaze are afflicted by disease and madness. Almost all diseases in Sri Lanka are said to be caused by Yakka, and must be cured by a shaman or witch doctor. To do so, the healer presents an offering and performs a dance to appease the demon and make it leave.

The Yakka are ruled by their king, Wahakola Sanni Yakka, to whom Sri Lankan shamans and witch doctors make numerous offerings. If a Yakka will not leave a person's body, the healer will call upon the king himself to force the demon to leave.

Chatterskull

Main article: Chatterskull

Pisaca

Main article: Pisaca

Legion

Main article: Legion

Legion is based on the story mentioned in Christian literature. In the account, Jesus was said to have healed a man from a region in Caesaria Maritima in the Near East who was possessed by many demons.

Vetala

Main article: Vetala

In Hindu mythology, the vetala are a very powerful type of preta that are depicted as having a very flaccid ears, head, and limbs that lack control or direction. They are violent and hostile spirits of the dead that are trapped between the world of the living and the after-life. As such, the only way to be rid of a vetala is to repel it with certain mantras or send it to the Netherworld by performing its funeral rites. The vetala will commonly haunt cemeteries where it will sometimes use demonic powers to take possession of corpses and attack humans to make its anger known. If a vetala is caused too much displeasure, it can drive people mad, cause miscarriages or kill children with its demonic powers. However they are also known to guard the villages where they reside as long as it is not caused too much grief. Because the vetala live between worlds and thus outside the laws of time, they also posses great knowledge of the past, present and future as well as a deep insight into the nature of humans. Because of this, they are often hunted by sorcerers who wish to capture and enslave them.

Kumbhanda

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Main article: Kumbhanda

A Kumbh???a (Sanskrit) or Kumbha??a (P?li) is one of a group of dwarfish, misshapen spirits among the lesser deities of Buddhist mythology.

Kumbh???a was a dialectal form for "gourd", so they may get their name from being thought to resemble gourds in some way, e.g. in having big stomachs. But kumbh???a can also be interpreted as "pot-egg"; since "egg" (a??a) was a common euphemism for "testicle", the kumbh???as were imagined having testicles "as big as pots".

The terms kumbh???a and yak?a are sometimes used for the same person; yak?a in these cases is the more general term, including a variety of lower deities.

The kumbh???as are classed among the C?turmah?r?jikak?yika deities, and are subject to the Great King Vir??haka, Guardian of the South. One of their chiefs is called Kumbh?ra.