spirit, supernatural being
きっともののけの類だな
It must be some kind of spirit.
— かぐや姫の物語 (2013)
怖いのはもののけより人間の方だからね
People are scarier than monsters, after all.
— もののけ姫 (1997)
もののけか?
Are you a spirit?
この子がもののけに見えますか?
Does this child look like a spirit?