Rakshasa

Rakshasas are based on Hindu mythology and are nasty creatures. They eat human flesh and sleep on a bed of dead insects and are great at shapeshifting. A rakchasa cannot enter a house without first being invited. The one in Supernatural appeared as a clown at the fair who would follow children home, get the child to let them into the house and then eat the parents. In this episode, we learned that Sam is afraid of clowns, spawning the popular lines, "Well, at least I'm not afraid of flying." "Planes crash!" "Yeah, and apparently clowns kill!"

Rakashas can be killed with a bronze knife. Sam killed the rakshasa in the funhouse by breaking off a bronze organ pipe and stabbing it.