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Revision as of 11:39, 3 April 2021
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

Examples from Fatal Frame
- Kirie Himuro
- Sae Kurosawa
- Reika Kuze
- Sakuya Haibara
- Majority of Fatal Frame's spirits
See Also:
Yūrei
Japanese Culture
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| 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 |