| has gloss | (noun) any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
disembodied spirit, spirit |
| lexicalization | eng: disembodied spirit |
| lexicalization | eng: spirit |
| subclass of | (noun) an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events
spiritual being, supernatural being |
| has subclass | (noun) a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion)
numen |
| has subclass | (noun) a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit
python |
| has subclass | (noun) a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods
sylvan, silvan |
| has subclass | (noun) (mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird
thunderbird |
| has subclass | (noun) (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body
zombie spirit, zombi, zombie, zombi spirit |
| has subclass | (noun) a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
control |
| has subclass | (noun) a spirit tending to cause harm
evil spirit |
| has subclass | (noun) (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death
banshee, banshie |
| has subclass | (noun) (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
jinnee, djinny, djinni, jinni, djinn, genie |
| has subclass | (noun) a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard
familiar spirit, familiar |
| has subclass | (noun) (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done
peri |
| has subclass | (noun) a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
specter, apparition, fantasm, phantom, phantasma, spectre, phantasm |
| has subclass | (noun) an invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby
presence |
| has subclass | (noun) a deified spirit of the Pueblo people
kachina |