YÕKAI
Yōkai (妖怪, "strange apparition") are a class of supernatural entities and spirits in japanese folklore. The word yōkai is composed of the kanji for "attractive; calamity" and "apparition; mystery; suspicious."Yōkai are also referred to as "ayakashi" (あやかし), "mononoke" (物の怪) or "mamono" (魔物). Despite often being translated as such, yōkai are not literally demons in the western sense of the word, but are instead spirits and entities.
