Aitu (Māori)

Aitu (Māori)

Lesserwell-documentedMāoriPolynesianPolynesiaTonga
Origin
Appearance

Aitu spirits often take the form of plants or animals, blurring boundaries between the natural world and the spiritual realm.

Abilities

Regarded as trouble-making gods, associated with causing mischief and malevolent behavior. They embody the tension between the human world and the spiritual realm in Polynesian cosmology.

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The hopping vampire of Chinese folklore — a reanimated corpse in the stiffness of rigor mortis, driven to absorb the life force (qi) of the living. Fears light and cannot breathe.

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