@kara_dreamer i tend to filter much of these things through Japanese views of yokai, on which (to the best of my understanding) they are entities that behave in mysterious ways for mysterious reasons. I am fond of the story of "nurikabe" which appears, or used to appear, or appeared once, to a traveler on a dark road in the mountains; he was walking and, suddenly, there was a wall in the middle of the road, which couldn't be passed. he slept there, and on waking in the light of dawn, there was no wall and no barrier and he passed on. what was the goal of this action? nothing that is clear to us, but it is clear to the actor