Major Categories
Animals | Ghosts | Kami | Legendary People | Oni | Phenomena (Possessions, Mysterious Fires, Fireballs, Rituals) | Sacred Beasts | Shape-Changers | Tsukumogami
Subcategories
Children | Chimeras | Cryptids | Disease-related Yōkai | Dragons | Kappa | Kitsune | Mermaids | Priests | Tengu | Urban Legends | Tanuki | Women | Zatō
Yōkai Related to Animals
amphibian (frog, newt, salamander, toad) | baboon | badger | bat | bear | bird (chicken, crow, heron, pheasant, sparrow) | boar | cat | cattle | colugo | crustacean (crab, lobster, shrimp) | deer | dog | elephant | fish (eel, pufferfish, shark) | fox | horse | insect (ant, moth) | lion | mollusk (clam, conch, cuttlefish, octopus, sea snail, slug, snail,) | monkey | otter | rabbit | rat | reptile (crocodile, gecko, snake, turtle) | sea cucumber | sea lion | sheep | spider | squirrel | tanuki | tapir | tiger | weasel | whale | wolf
Yōkai Related to Foods
alcohol | fruit (apple, melon, pear, persimmon) | kinako | konnyaku | meat | milk | mochi | salt | tofu | vegetable (azuki, corn, eggplant, pumpkin, taro)
Yōkai by Habitat
aquatic | beaches | bridges | brothels | castles | cliffs | fields | forests | graveyards | heaven | houses | mountains | rivers | ruins | shrines | the sky | swamps | temples | toilets | trees | the underworld | waterfalls | wells
Yōkai Related to Objects
backpack | backscratcher | book | box | broom | brush | card | cart | clothing (hat, shoes) | cup | dice | doll | door | fan | flag | folding screen | grater | hammer | incense | jug | kettle | lantern | mirror | musical instrument (bell, biwa, gekkin, gong, koto, shamisen) | pillar | pillow | plate | scissors | shells | umbrella | wall | wheel
Yōkai with Religious Context
Ainu religion | Buddhism | Kōshin | Shintō | Shugendō | Taoism
