Soul Manipulation

The power to manipulate souls. Sub-power of Life-Force Manipulation. Variation of Spirit Manipulation. Not to be confused with Spiritual Force Manipulation.
==Also Called==
*Animakinesis/Psychíkinesis
*Soul Bending/Control/Stringing
*Anima/Psyche/Immortal Essence Bending/Control/Manipulation
*Soulekinesis
==Capabilities==
Users can freely create, shape, and control the soul/souls, the incorporeal and immortal essence of a living thing, souls are usually most obviously present in sentient beings. At some level all biological organisms have souls, and even non-biological entities (such as natural objects like rivers and mountains) possess something that is analogous to a soul.
Most users have to learn to control their own soul first and expand from there, some may be able to learn how to tap into the essence of everything living.
==Applications==
*Astral Manipulation
*Disembodiment Inducement
**Doppelgeist
*Exorcism
*Expanded Presence
*Matter Manipulation by controlling its soul 
*Personal Soul
*Possession
*Reanimation
*Resurrection
*Reincarnation
*Soul Absorption
*Soul Attacks
*Soul Banishment
*Soul Channeling
*Soul Conversion
*Soul Creation
*Soul Destruction
*Soul Energy Solidification
**Spiritual Constructs
***Soul Creature Creation
***Soul Shield Construction
*Soul Exchange
*Soul Forging
*Soul Genesis
*Soul Healing
*Soul Immunity
*Soul Materialization
*Soul Merging
*Soul Morph
*Soul Mutilation
*Soul Projection
*Soul Reading
*Soul Recreation
*Soul Removal
*Soul Resonation
*Soul Restoration
*Soul Retention
**Soul Carrier
*Soul Sealing
*Soul Shapeshifting
**Other Soul
*Soul Sharing
*Soul Speed
*Soul Splitting
*Soul Summoning
*Soul Transferal
*Soul Transfiguration
*Soul Trapping
*Strong Soul
==Techniques==
*Afterlife Marking
*Soul-Bound Armor
*Soul-Bound Entity
*Soul-Bound Power
*Soul-Bound Weapon
*Soul Bestowal
*Soul Empowerment
*Soul Link
*Soul Portal Creation
*Soul Replication
*Soulnado Generation
*Spirit Healing
*Spiritual Adaptation
*Spiritual Aura
**Spiritual Pressure
==Variations==
*Absolute Soul Manipulation
*Animal Soul Manipulation
*Dragon Soul Manipulation
*Dark Soul Manipulation
*Esoteric Soul Manipulation
*Pure Soul Manipulation
*Soul Embodiment
**Soul Lordship 
* Soul Staring
*Soul Magic
*Spiritual Animal Manipulation
*Spiritual Element Manipulation
*Spiritual Force Manipulation
*Spiritual Temperature Manipulation
*Spiritual Twilight Manipulation
*World Soul Manipulation
==Associations==
*Death-Force Manipulation
*Immaterial Manipulation
*Life-Force Manipulation
*Life and Death Manipulation 
*Spirit Manipulation
==Limitations==
*Soul Immunity
*Cannot affect soulless beings as they have no soul to manipulate.
*May be dangerous/ineffective if the target's soul is stronger than that of the user.
*May be limited to manipulating the soul of either oneself or others.
*Users of Eternal Soul and Soul Anchoring cannot be manipulated.
==Known Users==
See Also: Soul Power.
===Anime/Manga/Manhwa===
===Comics/Cartoons===
===Folklore/Mythology===
*Hades (Greek Mythology)
*Hel/Hela (Norse Mythology)
*God (Judaism & Christianity)
*Enma (Shintoism)
*Izanagi (Shintoism) 
*Izanami (Shintoism)
*Ōkuninushi (Shintoism)
===Literature===
*Helda (Beauchamp Family Series)
*Mana Lord (Children of Mana)
*Sauron (Middle-Earth)
*Nico di Angelo (Percy Jackson & the Olympians)
*Maxine Navarro/Soulstorm (Teen Titans Graphic Novel Series)
===Live Television/Movies===
*Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
*Chucky (Child's Play)
*Soulites (Mutant X)
*Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)
*Darth Nihilus (Star Wars)
*Kallig (Star Wars)
*Death (Supernatural)
*Lord Marshals (The Chronicles of Riddick); After visiting the Underverse
*Helena (Witches of East End)
===Video Games===
===Web Original===
*Yaldabaoth (SCP Foundation)
*The Ambassador of Alagadda (SCP Foundation)
*The Hanged King (SCP Foundation)
*SCP-001 - TwistedGears/Kaktus Proposal - The Broken God (SCP Foundation)
*SCP-001 - Tufto's Proposal - The Scarlet King (SCP Foundation)
*The Brothers Death (SCP Foundation)
*Archons of Yaldabaoth (SCP Foundation)
*Klavigar Orok (SCP Foundation)
*Entity 33 - "The King" (The Backrooms)
*Za'lgatoth/Zalgo (Creepypasta)
==Known Objects==
==Gallery==
Soul Manipulation Collage.jpg|Various Users of Soul Manipulation.
Nakamura Eri.png|Due to her superior talent in Necromancy, Eri Nakamura (Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekaisaikyou) can directly control the souls of the dead and reanimate them as her undead puppets.
Griffith Soul Manipulation (Berserk).png|Griffith/Femto (Berserk) in his new status, can manipulate souls in order for them to say their last goodbyes to their loved ones.
Ichigo Kurosaki Fullbring Bankai.jpg|With his powers as a Fullbringer, Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach) can manipulate the souls that reside in anything, allowing him to control their movement or even alter its physical characteristics.
Aura Michibane (Bleach Brave Souls).png|Aura Michibane (Bleach) is an exceptionally powerful Fullbringer, freely able to reconstitute any matter at will, even that of her own body.
Willow.png|Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Tumblr eabf6ae6bf0cb6d4ef8ff7b0871da0e8 68d70878 1280.gif|Aion (Chrono Crusade)
Jedah.Dohma.jpg|Jedah Dohma (Darkstalkers)
Dark Knights Dark Nights Metal DC Comics Batman Barbatos.png|Barbatos (DC Comics) can control the soul of others and enslave them.
Chernabog (Fantasia) souls.gif|Chernabog (Disney’s Fantasia)
Hades God of War III.png|Hades (God of War)
Kratos Nemean Cestus.png|Kratos (God of War)
Valerie in a cardboard-1.jpg|Valerie Tepes (Highschool DxD) can use Longinus Sephiroth Grail to summon and communicate with the souls of dead.
Al Simmons - Spawn ectoplasm.jpg|Al Simmons/Spawn (Image/Spawn)
File:Silver Chariot Requiem (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure).gif|Chariot Requiem (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo) has complete control over the souls of living beings...
Silver Chariot Requiem's Complete Alteration of All Life JoJo.gif|..., altering them to cause violent transformations, swapping the souls of different people,...
File:Chariot Requiem's Powa 1.gif|...and even controlling other Stands, the manifestation of a person's soul.
Mahito uses Soul Multiplicity.png|Mahito's (Jujutsu Kaisen) cursed technique - Idle Transfiguration allows him to distort the souls of those he touches.
LOK Kain.jpg|Kain (Legacy of Kain) is able to split his soul into different fragments, with these fragments attached to the soul of the original body, he can revive the dead and turn them into vampires, he can also remove and seal souls for different uses.
Soul Gem.jpg|The Soul Gem (Marvel Comics) gives its user infinite control over souls both alive and dead.
Ermac (Mortal Kombat).png|Ermac (Mortal Kombat)
Quan Chi (Mortal Kombat).png|Quan Chi (Mortal Kombat)
Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat).png|Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
Hagoromo Otsutsuki (Naruto) Yin-Yang Release.jpg|Using his Rinnegan power over Samsara, Hagoromo Otsutsuki (Naruto) can summon souls from the afterlife and control them via a combination of the Ningendo/Human and Gedo/Outer Path.
Pain Human Path (Naruto) Soul Absorption.gif|The Rinnegan (Naruto) granted Nagato/Pain various soul-based powers, including removing souls from his victims to kill them with the Ningendo/Human Path…
Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique.PNG|…summon souls of recently deceased people with the Gedo Art of Rinne Rebirth Jutsu/Outer Path - Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique…
Gedo Rinne.png|…returning them back to their corpses to restore them to life.
Big Mom Kills Moscato.png|The Soru Soru no Mi grants Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece) the ability to communicate with and manipulate human souls.
Caramel creates Pandora.jpg|The previous Soru Soru no Mi user Carmel (One Piece) infused a fragment of her soul into an inferno…
Pandora homie.png|…to create Sun Homie Pandora.
Brook's Soul Extraction.PNG|Brook (One Piece), the Soul King, gained the power of the Yomi Yomi no Mi which allows the user's soul to come back to life after dying once, remain alive until their body is sufficiently damaged, and to use several other soul-based abilities.
Demongo.jpg|Demongo (Samurai Jack)
Darth Nihilus.jpg|Darth Nihilus (Star Wars)
Nightsisters.png|Through the use of Magick, Nightsisters (Star Wars) are capable of influencing the souls of the living and the dead. Being capable of possession, communing with Ghosts and summoning Zombies.
Vandalieu.png|Due to his Death-attribute magic, Vandalieu (The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time) is capable of manipulating souls and can communicate with the souls of the death without needing the【Spiritualist】job.
Yuyuko 25.png|Yuyuko Saigyouji (Touhou Project), the ghost princess of Hakugyokurou.
Tele.jpg|Sans (Undertale) manipulating the soul and its gravity.
File:M-bison-14.png|M. Bison (Street Fighter series)
File:Andy Soul Chains.jpg|Andy (Undead Unluck)
File:Brother-Dr. Voodoo.jpeg|One of many powers Brother Voodoo (Marvel Comics) often uses is the power to manipulate and control soul. He can track people by using their souls and can create a barrier around someone in order to prevent their soul from entering their body. He also has shown to be able to transfer soul back to their body and has sent Deadpool's spirit to an astral plane with a gesture. And not only that, he was even capable of performing a ritual so that he and his brother's soul can be merged, and capable of exorcising and banishing demons that were possessing some corpses.
File:Draco)Versus.png|Draco (Versus), via Mogui, has the to absorb souls. Any soul that he absorbs, he can then resummon and use to fight for him. As an added bonus, any soul that he absorbs Draco has the ability to take their power, strength, speed, or durability, and add it to his own. Draco can also summon Mogui.
==Videos==
Silver Chariot Requiem
Requiem's Stand Ability -Part 1--2
One Piece- The Power of Big Mom Soul Soul Fruit-2
Word Study Nephesh - "Soul"
Sauron VS Lich King (Lord of the Rings VS World of Warcraft) - DEATH BATTLE!-2
Ghost Rider VS Lobo (Marvel VS DC) - DEATH BATTLE!-2
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