Five Grand Elemental Spirits

The Five Grand Elemental Spirits (五大精霊) are said to be created by the Great Spirit itself. They include the Spirits of Fire, Earth, Rain, Thunder, and Wind.

About
These five powerful elemental spirits are derived from the Great Spirit itself, and like it, constitute a collective of souls. They can be controlled by their respective Elemental Warrior or a shaman of extraordinary power, like Asakura Hao. The power of the Five Grand Elemental Spirits is unmatched by any other spirit, except for the Great Spirit itself. They have the ability to consume other souls and spirits in order to further enhance their own power.

Spirit of Fire

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The Spirit of Fire's primary medium for its Over Soul is the oxygen in the atmosphere which allows Hao to manifest the Spirit of Fire with incredible speed. Using Onmyōdō magic, Hao can alter the nature of the Spirit of Fire into any of the five elements (fire, water, wood, metal, and earth). It can shower the enemy with magma with a temperature exceeding 1200°C, and can also launch a large amount of fire into the air as a defensive move.

After Hao becomes Shaman King, it becomes the guardian ghost of Lyserg Diethel.

Spirit of Thunder

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The Spirit of Thunder follows the way of Taoism. It is capable of creating numerous black thunder clouds around itself to strike the opponent with powerful lightning up to a charge of 1,500,000,000KW and a voltage of 100,000,000V. It can also generate magnetic fields which it can use as a defensive move.

It later becomes the guardian ghost of Tao Ren.

Spirit of Earth

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The Spirit of Earth gives life to plants and creates metal. It can generate gravitational forces to attract any object towards itself making it a very effective defensive move even protecting from large meteors.

It later becomes the guardian ghost of Asakura Yoh.

Spirit of Rain

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The Spirit of Rain can create an unlimited amount of holy water. It can create large massive icicles and by combining its power with the power of the Spirit of Wind it can even make violent freezing winds.

It later becomes the guardian ghost of Usui Horokeu.

Spirit of Wind

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The Spirit of Wind represents the eagle warrior, an Aztec symbol, that slices the wind with its wings. It has an incredible speed and can attack with the slicing wind itself and whatever debris is thrown away by the wind. The power of the wind produced by the Spirit of Wind peaks at 120m/s, with a pressure of 900HPA.

It later becomes the guardian ghost of Chocolove McDonell.

Anime/Manga Difference
In the 2001 anime series, it is mentioned that the Spirit of Fire is one of the essences of the world's largest. However, others were never described, so the Spirit of Fire is the only one of the Five Grand Elemental Spirits to appear in the 2001 anime series.

Trivia

 * The lining pattern on their chest and or stomach are kanji character related to each spirit's element.