Tây
Tà yêu (recorded as 'Tây') is a Vietnamese folk term for a harmful wandering spirit, part of the demonic class of Vietnamese folk religion alongside ma (ghosts) and quỷ (demons). The record describes the tà yêu as the spirit of a foreigner who died abroad, haunting crossroads, borders, and sites of death, often confused and lost. The belief ties to ancestor worship and proper burial.