11 Scary Evil Monsters From World Religions. Religion teaches its followers lessons through parables about kindness and love and doing the right thing. But if all that fails, there’s always the threat of a scary monster to drive the point home. 1. Dybbuk Found in Jewish folklore, the Dybbuk is the spirit of a dead sinner who, instead of continuing on to the afterlife, decides to hide out by inhabiting the body of a living person, where they can either live quietly or, more frequently, pester and torture the victim. Luckily, they can’t just hang out in anybody.
Nelvana. Japanese ghost stories: the yokai without a face « Takeshita Demons: Cristy Burne. Kuchisake-onna. Kuchisake-onna (口裂け女?
, "Slit-Mouthed Woman") is a figure appearing in Japanese urban legends. She is a woman who was mutilated by her husband, and returns as a malicious spirit.