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Obeah

African-derived magic. Shadowcatcher uses Obeah as malevolent sorcery, black magic, to bring harm to the living.


Obeahman or Obeahwoman

Shadowcatcher is a practitioner of Obeah. He possesses the occult powers and can control both the living and the dead. He can also summon duppies (jumbies) for assistance.


Okra (kra)

The spiritual part of humans, similar to a soul, in Akan society.


Ol’ Higue (Soucouyant)

The skin-shedding, blood-ingesting, female vampire. She appears as a reclusive old woman by day. By night, she sheds her wrinkled skin and turns herself into a ball of fire and flies across the dark sky in search of a victim.