Shiryō
{{Short description|Souls of the dead in Japanese}}
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{{nihongo||死霊|Shiryō}} are the souls of the dead in Japanese folklore. This contrasts with {{lang|ja-Latn|ikiryō}}, which are souls of the living.{{Cite book|author=新村出 編|title=広辞苑|edition=第4版|year=1991|publisher=岩波書店|isbn=978-4000801010|pages=1311頁|language=ja}}
Summary
Classical literature and folklore material has left many mentions of {{lang|ja-Latn|shiryō}}, and they have various behaviors. According to the {{lang|ja-Latn|Kōjien}}, they were considered {{lang|ja-Latn|onryō}} ('vengeful spirits') that possess humans and perform a {{lang|ja-Latn|tatari}} (a type of curse),{{Cite book|author=新村出編|title=広辞苑|edition=第5版|year=1991|publisher=岩波書店|isbn=978-4000801119|pages=1360頁|language=ja}} but other than possessing humans and making them suffer like {{lang|ja-Latn|ikiryō}} do, there are also stories where they chase around those who killed themselves, loiter around the place they died, appear to people they are close to and greet them, and try to kill those who they are close to in order to bring them to the other world.{{Cite book|author=今野円輔|title=日本怪談集 幽霊篇|year=2004|publisher=中央公論新社|series=中公文庫|volume=下|isbn=978-4122044654|pages=13–38頁|language=ja}}
In the {{lang|ja-Latn|Tōno Monogatari}}, there was a story in which a man died, and afterward, his {{lang|ja-Latn|shiryō}} appeared before his daughter and tried to take her away. The daughter became afraid, and she was able to get relatives and friends to come, but even then the father's {{lang|ja-Latn|shiryō}} appeared to try to take her away. After one month, he finally stopped appearing.{{Cite book|author=柳田國男|title=遠野物語|year=2004|publisher=角川書店|series=角川ソフィア文庫|isbn=978-4043083206|pages=153頁|chapter=遠野物語拾遺|language=ja}}{{Cite book|author=今野円輔|title=日本怪談集 幽霊篇|year=2004|publisher=中央公論新社|series=中公文庫|volume=上|isbn=978-4122044647|pages=194–195頁|language=ja}}
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