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While Haunter's long tongue is a recurring theme among many yōkai, its vampiric licking might have come from the Dila, a Philippine spirit that licked the life energy of sick people until they died, or from some variants of the {{wp|akaname}}. | While Haunter's long tongue is a recurring theme among many yōkai, its vampiric licking might have come from the Dila, a Philippine spirit that licked the life energy of sick people until they died, or from some variants of the {{wp|akaname}}. | ||
Some of Haunter's traits, such as its {{t|Poison}} type and extremely light weight, seem to be based on {{jwp|Fuyūrei}}, floating spirits said to be able to spread diseases. | Some of Haunter's traits, such as its {{t|Poison}} type and extremely light weight, seem to be based on {{jwp|浮遊霊|Fuyūrei}}, floating spirits said to be able to spread diseases. | ||
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