Soul eater (folklore)

A soul eater is a folklore figure in the traditional belief systems of some groups, known for sucking or eating the souls of their victims.

Soul eaters can be related to witchcraft, zombies, and other similar phenomena. One Choctaw story about Nalusa Chito, also known as a Impa Shilup, features a soul eater with the ability to eat souls directly.

Some traditional religions, including that of ancient Egypt and the Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Natchez of North America, contain figures whose names have been translated into English as "soul eater".

The concept of the soul eater also exists in Greek mythology, These types of mythological figures, however, are spiritual and not human beings, and so are distinctly different from the soul eater as conceptualized by the Hausa and some others.

The traditional belief in soul eaters has been adopted by a range of modern horror fiction and fantasy writers, contemporary songwriters, and anime and video game creators.

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