spiritual being, supernatural being - an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events

control - a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance

evil spirit - a spirit tending to cause harm

banshee - (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death

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 spirit, familiar - 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, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, spectre, specter - a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"

presence - an invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby

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 spirit, zombie - (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body