791 documented Modern and Internet supernatural beings from the Evil Eye grimoire, including 380 lesser and 197 minor spirit in power tier.
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Ittan-momen (一反木綿, "one bolt of cotton") are Japanese yōkai traditionally described in Kagoshima folklore as a white, flying strip of cloth (reported roughly 10.6 m by 30 cm) that appears at dusk and night, wrapping around faces and necks to suffocate or carry victims away. The motif functions chiefly as a local cautionary tale and has been reimagined in modern popular culture.
A modern Anglophone urban legend and meme about a Chevrolet Impala fitted with a JATO unit that achieves extreme speeds and crashes spectacularly; circulated widely on Usenet, email lists, hacker zines, and popular media and subsequently debunked by authorities and experimenters.
A late-19th-century maritime wonder tale circulated in newspapers claiming a whaler named James Bartley was swallowed whole by a sperm whale and later found alive in its stomach; later investigation and archival evidence cast significant doubt on the historicity of the incident. The story functions culturally as a 'modern Jonah' sea yarn rather than as an account of a supernatural being.
Jeff the Killer is a user-created horror character that originated within online creepypasta culture in October 2008. Presented across stories, images, and role-play, he functions as an Internet-born urban legend and meme — a violent human antagonist circulated through fan fiction, image edits, and social-media posts rather than a figure from traditional folklore.
Jen is attested in the provided sources only as a personal given name and as the name of various fictional characters; there is no evidence in the supplied materials that 'Jen' functions as a distinct supernatural deity, spirit, or folkloric entity.
The Jersey Devil (also Leeds Devil) is a regional legendary creature or cryptid of South Jersey and the Pine Barrens, framed variously as the monstrous offspring of a Leeds family matriarch or as a folkloric personification of local social disputes. It is best known in popular accounts as a flying, hoofed biped that emits a blood-curdling scream and figures in both oral legend and cryptozoological catalogues.
Jessica Jones is a modern fictional character from Marvel Comics: a woman whose exposure to radioactive chemicals granted her limited superhuman powers. She is portrayed as a former costumed hero who becomes a private investigator and a narrative focus for stories about trauma, recovery, and street-level superheroics in New York City.
A class of supernatural beings from pre-Islamic Arabian religion later integrated into Islamic theology; jinn are created, morally accountable entities distinct from humans and angels, often unseen but capable of taking visible forms and interacting with people in varied ways.
Jobar (Arabic: جَوْبَر, romanized Jawbar) is primarily a historic village/neighbourhood on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, noted for its long-standing Jewish synagogue and gardens; in a few modern, derivative contexts the name has been applied to fictional or rhetorical 'monster' figures, but those uses are uncorroborated in the supplied sources.
The supplied sources do not document a supernatural or priestly entity named Johanan; instead they treat Yohanan/Johanan as a Hebrew male given name (יוֹחָנָן / יְהוֹחָנָן) meaning "YHWH is gracious." Modern media references to individuals named Johanan (e.g., Johanan Diaz) appear in archive listings but do not present the name as a mythic being.
John Fare is a modern art‑world legend: a fictional or legendary performance‑artist figure whose circulated narrative depicts staged robotic surgery and progressive self‑amputation as artworks. The tale originated in late‑1960s print, was heavily embellished in early‑1970s retellings, and has since been reused by artists, galleries, and subcultural publications as a conceptual device to probe bodily sacrifice, authenticity, and martyrdom in avant‑garde practice.
John Zegrus was a mid-20th-century detained traveler and alleged document forger whose counterfeit passport and unverifiable biography in Japan (1959–1960) inspired later urban legends about a visitor from a nonexistent country ('Man from Taured') and other speculative retellings.
Johnny Cage (Jonathan "John" Carlton) is a fictional character from the Mortal Kombat video game franchise: a Hollywood action-film star and skilled martial artist who serves as one of Earthrealm's champions in inter-realm tournaments and wars. Though a mortal human in the fiction, his narrative repeatedly intersects with supernatural forces that kill, resurrect, or manipulate him.
Juan Tamad (Tagalog for "Lazy Juan") is a stock character in Philippine folklore known for extreme laziness. Portrayed usually as a child (sometimes a young man), he appears in short comic or moralized tales that exemplify sloth through absurd behavior and its social consequences.
Kalantiaw is a named pre‑Hispanic ruler presented in early 20th‑century Philippine publications as the author of a penal code dated 1433 and associated with Panay (Aklan). Modern scholarship, beginning with William Henry Scott's research in the 1960s and later formal recognition by Philippine historical institutions, classifies Kalantiaw and the Code of Kalantiaw as twentieth‑century forgeries originating in materials promoted by José E. Marco and others.
Kameosa is a modern and media-attested label associated with the idea of a jar or vessel animated in the conceptual family of tsukumogami (objects that acquire spirits). The provided sources do not establish a clear classical folkloric entity named Kameosa; the term appears primarily in contemporary art discussion and popular-media adaptations that draw on the tsukumogami motif.
Kamoebas is a giant, turtle-like kaiju introduced in Toho's 1970 film Space Amoeba; depicted as a spiked, reptilian menace that is one of several island animals transformed or controlled by an alien organism known as the Space Amoeba. It functions in media as a physical, cinematic threat rather than a folkloric spirit.
Kapitan Boom (originally Captain Boom in comics) is a Filipino comic‑book superhero created by Mars Ravelo and illustrated by Ric Ravelo, first appearing in United Komiks (PSG Publishing House) in 1966. The character functions as a mass‑media crime‑fighting hero with a secret civilian identity (Lance Mercado) and was later adapted for Philippine television under the localized name Kapitan Boom.
A name attested in modern popular compilations as “Karash Han, the god of darkness.” The provided research corpus contains no independent traditional ethnographic description of a deity called Karash Han; the only well-attested traditional underworld figure in the set is the Turkic Erlik (Erlik Khan).
A named spirit persona in Victorian Spiritualism (1870s) presented by Spiritualist mediums — most famously Florence Cook — as a materialized female spirit figure during physical séances; the manifestations provoked high‑profile investigations and public controversy over whether they were genuine spirit materializations or deliberate fraud.
Killer Shrike is a comic-book supervillain identity in Marvel Comics, primarily embodied by Simon Maddicks. A soldier-turned-corporate special agent and mercenary, he dons powered armored equipment (including an implanted anti-gravity generator and wrist-mounted power blasters) and serves as a recurring mid-tier antagonist in stories involving Spider-Man and other Marvel heroes; he first appeared in The Rampaging Hulk #1 (Jan 1977).
A modern urban-legend narrative in which a concealed human attacker hides in the rear passenger area of an automobile, discovered or exposed when another driver or attendant warns the lone driver (often by flashing high beams) or when she stops and is checked. The tale functions as a late-20th/21st-century cautionary story about solitary travel rather than a supernatural entity.
King Lune is attested in the supplied sources only as the name of a fictional king recorded in character lists/databases. The available materials do not provide a narrative role, descriptive details, or any folkloric or ritual information about him.
King Triton is a fictional character from Disney's The Little Mermaid franchise, portrayed as the monarch of the underwater kingdom Atlantica and the father of Ariel and her sisters. He functions in the Disney narrative as a powerful, authoritarian yet caring patriarchal ruler and a commercial/media property appearing across film, television, stage, theme-park attractions, and merchandise.
Kitana is a fictional royal warrior character from the Mortal Kombat multimedia franchise. Presented in-universe as an Edenian princess/royal who becomes a recurring combatant in inter-realm conflicts and tournaments, she is best known for fighting with a pair of steel fans and for signature finishing moves introduced in Mortal Kombat II (1993).
The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is a real, living species of large monitor lizard endemic to several Indonesian islands. In ethnolinguistic material recorded from the Komodo language the animal is called sebae ('twins'), a name that encodes a local belief tying island people and dragons through a shared spiritual motherhood; beyond this naming note the supplied sources treat the animal primarily in biological, conservation, and museum terms rather than as a spirit or supernatural agent.
A large reptilian creature reported in New Zealand tradition and colonial-era accounts, described in sources as a monitor-like lizard variously treated as an unusually large native reptile or as a creature of local lore. Reported in Māori testimony to European visitors (including Cook-era reports) and in 19th-century sightings, the Kumi occupies a cryptozoological/folkloric position rather than a confirmed zoological species in the cited materials.
Kunekune is a modern Japanese urban-legend apparition, first circulated online, described as a slender white, paper- or fabric-like humanoid that continuously wriggles in open fields on hot summer days. It functions as an Internet-born contemporary folk apparition rather than a traditional ritual spirit, with debate in sources about mundane explanations such as scarecrows, wick drains, fog, or heat-induced hallucination.
Kung Jin is a modern fictional character from the Mortal Kombat video game franchise (debuting in Mortal Kombat X, 2015). He is presented as a Shaolin-trained archer and relative of Kung Lao who joins a new generation of Earthrealm defenders; he is a human narrative character created by NetherRealm Studios, not a traditional spirit or folkloric entity.
Kung Lao is a fictional Shaolin monk and human warrior character from the Mortal Kombat video game franchise, introduced in Mortal Kombat II (1993). He is presented as one of the last descendants of the Great Kung Lao, a protector of Earthrealm and ally of Liu Kang, notable for his wide razor-brimmed hat used as a weapon and for participating in inter-realm Mortal Kombat tournaments.
A Malay‑world female revenant or vengeful spirit associated with women who died in childbirth or stillbirth; depicted as a pale, long‑haired woman in a blood‑stained white dress who preys on the living (men, pregnant women, women in childbirth, and in some variants virgins/young women). The figure appears across Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and neighboring areas and features in oral tradition and popular media.
Kussie (クッシー, Kusshī) is a modern local lake‑monster/cryptid associated with Lake Kussharo in eastern Hokkaidō, Japan. Presented in contemporary sources as a place‑linked folkloric creature, Kussie functions largely as a component of local identity and tourism rather than as a well‑documented traditional spiritual being.
La Vaca is not attested in the supplied sources as a supernatural being. In the provided materials the term appears as a Spanish toponym and lexical item: notably a small wetland in Bogotá (Humedal La Vaca / Techovita), an islet on Lake Nicaragua (Isla La Vaca), and as lexical occurrences in media or personal names. No folkloric, mythological, or supernatural attributes are documented in the sources provided.
Ix Uhu'l Chan Lem, conventionally nicknamed "Lady Eveningstar" or "Lady Ikʼ Skull" in modern scholarship, is a historical Maya noblewoman (704–751) attested as a wife of Itzamnaaj Bʼahlam III of Yaxchilan and proposed by some scholars to have served as a regent during an interregnum prior to her son Yaxun Bʼalam IV's accession in 752.
A purported large aquatic creature reported in and around Lake Van (eastern Turkey). The figure exists in modern popular reports (late 19th century accounts, a contested 1997 video, and local publicity such as a statue) and is linked in scholarship to older Armenian vishap (water-dragon) imagery that personifies sudden storms on the lake.
A late-1960s Fort Worth, Texas local legend of a part-man/part-goat creature reported around Lake Worth (Greer Island). The episode centers on a cluster of July 1969 sightings, newspaper reports, a widely circulated photograph, later claims of pranksters, and its subsequent incorporation into local festival culture.
Lamache is not attested in the supplied source set as a supernatural being; the string 'Lamache' appears only in modern secular contexts (surnames, fictional character names in films, stage/artist names, an institutional brand, and a biological genus variant). No folklore, cosmology, rituals, or spirit descriptions are present in the provided materials.
Laodamia (Ancient Greek: Λαοδάμεια) is a personal name borne by several mortal women in Greek myth whose stories sometimes intersect with gods, death, and brief post‑mortem visitations. Rather than a single supernatural class, Laodamia functions as an episodic figure in multiple genealogies and heroic narratives (e.g., a Lycian princess, the wife of Protesilaus).
Laothoe is a personal name attested for several distinct mortal women in ancient Greek mythic genealogies and, separately, a taxonomic genus name used in entomology; the sources provided treat these as distinct referents rather than a single supernatural entity.
In the supplied sources, 'larva' is presented in the modern biological sense as the distinct juvenile form that many animals undergo before metamorphosis. The materials do not provide Roman-era folkloric, supernatural, or ritual information about a class of spirits called Larvae.
Leda is a mortal Aetolian princess who becomes queen consort of Sparta by marriage to King Tyndareus. In Greek myth she is best known for the episode in which Zeus, in the form of a swan, approaches and couples with her; that union is etiologically important for producing children (notably Helen and the Dioscuri) whose identities and fates shape later mythic cycles.
A literary and cinematic trope that fuses traditional vampire motifs with eroticized female same‑sex desire. Originating in 19th‑century Gothic fiction and developed through 20th‑century cinema, the figure functions narratively to explore, sensationalize, or critique sapphic desire and female sexual transgression.
Lete is not attested in the provided sources as a supernatural being. The attested uses of the form 'Lete' are lexical and onomastic: a Basque toponym and surname, an ancient city (Lete in Mygdonia), a modern village in Nepal, an entry-word in the constructed language Toki Pona meaning 'cold' (with an associated glyph), an esoteric programming language (esolang) called Lete, an ICAO airport code (LETE for Morante Airfield), and a proper name applied to an exoplanet. No sources in the consulted corpus describe Lete as a spirit, demon, deity, or monster.
Lethus is not attested as a single traditional supernatural being in the supplied sources; the lexical form appears in multiple unrelated contexts: as a Greek mythic personal name (father of Pylaeus), as a taxonomic label in entomology, as modern personal/user names, and as a single modern fan-made fictional monster (the "Lethus Dragon" on a D&D wiki). No coherent folkloric ontology, rituals, or traditional powers are documented for an entity called Lethus.
Leucon (Ancient Greek: Λεύκων, Leúkōn) is a personal name attested across classical Greek myth and later usages rather than a singular supernatural entity. In the ancient sources it appears as multiple distinct referents: a mythic/genealogical male figure (son of Themisto), one of Actaeon's dogs, and a named hero in an Athenian oracle-account; the same lexical form is also used historically (Leucon I, Bosporan ruler) and in modern scientific and fictional contexts (e.g., the sponge anatomical term leuconoid and various fictional character names).
Leucosia is a name applied in the source corpus to multiple distinct referents: a possible name for one of the Sirens of Greek mythology (a sea-associated, singing female figure), a modern taxonomic genus of small 'pebble' crabs (family Leucosiidae), and several modern/pop-cultural uses. The supplied sources do not preserve a standalone ancient narrative or ritual corpus specifically attached to a Siren named Leucosia.
Liriope is primarily attested in the supplied sources as (a) a minor mythological figure — a nymph named in Ovid’s Metamorphoses as the mother of Narcissus by the river-god Cephissus — and (b) as a modern scientific name reused for genera in botany and zoology (and for an asteroid). The provided material does not document Liriope as an active, continuing supernatural agent with associated rituals or powers.
Liu Kang (劉康) is a fictional human martial-artist character created as the primary protagonist of the Mortal Kombat video game franchise. Within the series' internal fiction he is most commonly Earthrealm's chosen champion; across different game timelines he is portrayed variously as a living Shaolin-inspired champion, a reanimated corpse, an undead ruler of the Netherrealm in a rebooted continuity, and in Mortal Kombat 11 as a deified fire god.
A persistent anomalous large animal-like presence said to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands, popularly nicknamed 'Nessie'. It occupies a space between older Celtic water-beast motifs and a modern media-amplified cryptid and tourist symbol, with episodic sightings, disputed photographs, and sonar claims since the early 20th century.
A fictional creature created by Canadian horror artist Trevor Henderson, depicted as a horse-skull-headed entity with an apparently infinite, highly flexible neck. Unlike many horror creations, it is commonly portrayed in fandom sources as benevolent and protective toward humans.
A technical astronomical designation for a previously observed periodic comet that was not detected at its most recently predicted perihelion return. The status reflects observational, dynamical, or physical causes that prevented recovery rather than supernatural agency.
A loup garou is a human afflicted with or capable of transforming into a wolf or a wolf–human hybrid (a werewolf). Sources treat it as a folkloric condition or being tied to specific persons rather than a separate species; modern fiction often depicts transformations tied to the full moon and transmissible by bite or scratch.
A named infernal official in grimoire and modern occult tradition, presented in later sources as a high-ranking Prince or minister of Hell often associated with oversight of Hell’s government, finances, and secret material power on Earth. The figure appears primarily in the context of the Grand Grimoire tradition and subsequent occult reinterpretations and invocations.
Luke Cage is a fictional African-American comic-book superhero created for Marvel Comics in 1972. Portrayed as a formerly incarcerated man who gained superhuman strength and highly durable skin through an experimental procedure, he operates as a street-level hero—originally a 'Hero for Hire'—whose stories engage themes of race, class, and the criminal justice system.
Lycomedes is attested in the provided sources as a human figure from Greek myth — the king of the Dolopians on the island of Scyros during the Trojan War — and as a modern reuse of the name in biological taxonomy and as an online contact/handle. The supplied material contains no evidence treating Lycomedes as a supernatural spirit.
Lysithea is a name applied to multiple unrelated referents in classical myth, modern astronomy, biological taxonomy, and contemporary fiction. In Greek mythic genealogies she appears as a daughter of Oceanus and is listed among lovers of Zeus; separately, Lysithea is the name of an irregular satellite of Jupiter, a genus of red algae, and a modern fictional character in the video game Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
Maara is attested in the provided materials not as a traditional supernatural being but as a contemporary proper name: the title and central character of a 2021 Tamil film and its soundtrack, and as a modern personal/artist/place name in several publications. No folkloric cosmology, rituals, or mythic origin are documented for Maara in the supplied sources.
A modern, English-language label used in contemporary psychedelic discourse for visionary entities reported during DMT or ayahuasca experiences. The term appears across media, forum discussion, and artistic works rather than in a documented traditional cosmology.
Madam Koi Koi is a Nigerian urban-legend apparition — a vengeful, site-bound female ghost associated with boarding schools, known for the distinctive clicking of red high heels. Tales present her as a punitive presence that haunts dormitories, hallways and toilets at night and as a cultural warning about nocturnal transgressions and unresolved injustice.
Madame Morrible is a fictional experienced sorceress and administrator in Gregory Maguire’s novel Wicked and its stage and film adaptations; she serves as headmistress (novel) or Dean of Sorcery Studies (film) at Shiz and acts as a political agent allied with the Wizard of Oz, using institutional authority and, in some adaptations, explicit magical powers to further state aims.