Ghosts/Poltergeists - These beings are usually stuck between the worlds of the living and the dead. They usually have unfinished business of some sort, or just have no desire to pass on. They can be benevolent or manevolent depending on what they've left behind and the way they lived their life before they died. Poltergiests tend to stick around to cause harm and distress to the living.
Hunters/Slayers - These are mortal beings who have made it their life mission to stop the supernatural. Usually it is a job passed down through generations, though it isn't unheard of for someone touched by the negative side of the supernatural to want revenge and train to become a hunter. They are usually very intelligent beings who have a full range of knowledge on how to use various artifacts of supernatural power. Slayers are hunters who specialize in the elimination of vampires.
Kitsune - A kitsune is a shapeshifter, and usually when it reaches the age of 100 years, it learn the ability to take on a human form. Thus, they have to be a fox for a hundred years before it can shapeshift from a fox to a human and back again. It is also said that a kitsune can duplicate other human beings, in other words shapeshift into the look-a-likes of different people.
Kitsune can be either male or female, and usually take the form of young Japanese girls, beautiful women and older men.
Kitsune are believed to possess superior intelligence, long life, and magical powers. They are a type of spiritual entity, and the word kitsune is often translated as fox spirit. However, this does not mean that kitsune are ghosts, nor that they are fundamentally different from regular foxes. Because the word spirit is used to reflect a state of knowledge or enlightenment, all long-lived foxes gain supernatural abilities.
There are two common classifications of kitsune. The zenko (善狐, literally good foxes) are benevolent, celestial foxes associated with the god Inari; they are sometimes simply called Inari foxes. On the other hand, the yako (野狐, literally field foxes, also called nogitsune) tend to be mischievous or even malicious. Local traditions add further types. For example, a ninko is an invisible fox spirit that human beings can only perceive when it posseses them. Another tradition classifies kitsune into one of thirteen types defined by which supernatural abilities the kitsune possesses.
Physically, kitsune are noted for having as many as nine tails. These kyūbi no kitsune (九尾の狐, nine-tailed foxes) gain the abilities to see and hear anything happening anywhere in the world. Other tales attribute them infinite wisdom (Omniscence).
Other supernatural abilities commonly attributed to the kitsune include possession, mouths or tails that generate fire or lightning (known as kitsune-bi; literally, fox-fire), willful manifestation in the dreams of others, flight, invisibility, and the creation of illusions so elaborate as to be almost indistinguishable from reality. Some tales speak of kitsune with even greater powers, able to bend time and space, drive people mad, or take fantastic shapes such as a tree of incredible height or a second moon in the sky. Other kitsune have characteristics reminiscent of vampires or succubi and feed on the life or spirit of human beings, generally through sexual contact.
Jinn - jinni, plural jinn, also called genie, arabic jinnä«, in arabic mythology, a supernatural spirit below the level of angels and devils. ghul (treacherous spirits of changing shape), 'ifrit (diabolic, evil spirits), and si'la (treacherous spirits of invariable form) constitute classes of jinn. jinn are beings of flame or air who are capable of assuming human or animal form and are said to dwell in all conceivable inanimate objects-stones, trees, ruins-underneath the earth, in the air, and in fire. they possess the bodily needs of human beings and can even be killed, but they are free from all physical restraints. jinn delight in punishing humans for any harm done them, intentionally or unintentionally, and are said to be responsible for many diseases and all kinds of accidents; however, those human beings knowing the proper magical procedure can exploit the jinn to their advantage.
there are male and female djinn, and they do marry and have families. the family relatives are bonded together in clans that are ruled by a king. djinn children seem to be very curious about humans, and will often appear as fairies, gnomes, elves, and other creatures prominent in mythology. although djinn children are taught by their parents to fear humans, their curiosity often gets the better of them, and occasionally they will attempt to interact with human children.
islamic law forbids humans to marry djinn, but according to legend it has been done in the past. the offspring of such a union are said to be physical in form, but are sociopaths that do not know right from wrong. in iran and iraq crazed serial killers are thought to be the result of a union between a djinn and human. it is also said that the children of this unholy union have great intelligence, strength, and charisma, as well as incredible powers of mind control, which comes from their djinn half.
Shinigami - gods or supernatural spirits that invite humans toward death in certain aspects of Japanese religion and culture. Shinigami have been described as monsters, helpers, creatures of darkness, and fallen angels. Many cultures describe Shinigami as Death incarnate. The death spirit’s job is to invite mortal humans to death, which sounds much more polite than having your soul reaped by a tall skeleton in a robe.
Shinigami are invisible to everyone except a rare few who have some sort of connection to death or who are close to dying themselves. On top of this, it seems that even when Shinigami are seen, they never have the same look or shape. This means you won’t necessarily recognize one if you should see it.
Zombies/The Undead - Beings that were once living, but for one reason or another, won't fully commit to being in the ground. Causes of zombies can be dark magick (necromancy) or viruses. They can be permanently exposed of through beheading.
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