disembodied spirit

Noun
  1. Any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings (synset 109568453)
    is a type of: spiritual being, supernatural being - an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events
    subtypes:
    • control - a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
    • evil spirit - a spirit tending to cause harm
    • banshee, banshie - (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death
    • djinn, djinni, djinny, genie, jinnee, jinni - (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
    • familiar, familiar spirit - a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard
    • peri - (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done
    • apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre - a ghostly appearing figure
    • presence - an invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby
    • kachina - a deified spirit of the Pueblo people
    • numen - a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion)
    • python - a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit
    • silvan, sylvan - a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods
    • thunderbird - (mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird
    • zombi, zombi spirit, zombie, zombie spirit - (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body
    same as: spirit

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