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Onryō
In traditional beliefs of Japan and in literature, onryō (怨霊, literally "vengeful spirit", sometimes rendered "wrathful spirit"〔) refers to a ghost (''yurei'') believed capable of causing harm in the world of the living, harming or killing enemies, or even causing natural disasters to exact vengeance to redress the wrongs it received while alive then takes their spirits from their dying bodies.
The term overlaps somewhat with , except that in the cult of the ''goryō'', the acting agent need not necessarily be a wrathful spirit.〔
==Origin of onryō==
While the origin of ''onryō'' is unclear, their existence can be traced back to the 8th century and was based on the idea that powerful and enraged souls of the dead could influence or harm the living people. The earliest ''onryō'' cult that developed around Prince Nagaya who died in 729;〔 and the first record of possession by the ''onryō'' spirit affecting the health is found in the chronicle ''Shoku Nihongi'' (797), which states that "'s soul harmed Genbō to death" (Hirotsugu having died in a failed insurrection, named the "Fujiwara no Hirotsugu Rebellion," after failing to remove his rival, the priest Genbō, from power).〔For a source that identifies Hirotsugu as ''onryō'', see:〕〔A source that gives Hirotsugu as first example on record of "etiological possession" is 〕
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