Onryō

It is told that while in a purgatory-like world where spirits wait before moving on, they are influenced by emotions such as rage, grief, jealousy etc. and can return back to the living world to haunt and cause havoc on the living. These spirits are as known as Onryō.

Examples

• Oiwa
• Okiku
• Kayako Saeki
• Sadako Yamamura

Examples from Fatal Frame

• Kirie Himuro
• Sae Kurosawa
• Reika Kuze
• Sakuya Haibara
• Majority of Fatal Frame's spirits

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See Also:
Yūrei

Japanese Culture
Religion
Buddhism - Shinto
Japanese Ghosts/Creatures
Funayūrei - Goryō - Hitodama - Ikiryō - Onryō - Ubume - Yōkai - Yūrei
Specific Japanese Ghosts/Creatures
Oiwa - Okiku - Yuki-onna
Terms
Dosojin - Grave Mound - Hannya Mask - Higanbana - Jizo - Kaidan - Miko - Mukoyōshi - Sanzu River - Shimenawa - Toro-Nagashi - Wara Ningyo
Locations
Northeastern Japan - Shizuoka - Sugisawa Village - Tono
Media and Entertainment
Kagome, Kagome - Ringu