context1: The Shinigami are derived from the ancient Japanese myth of the Shikigami. Shikigami cannot be seen by most people, but according to the Heian period onmyōji who were said to control them, shikigami often looked something like a child-sized oni demon. Although invisible, shikigami supposedly could, at the onmyōji's command, <strong>take</strong> a variety of human or animal forms, <strong>possess</strong> or bewitch people, and even cause bodily harm or death.
context2: Captain Davy Jones now serves Lord Cutler Beckett, who <strong>possesses</strong> Jones' heart and forcibly controls him. The Dutchman accompanies Beckett's flagship, Endeavour in its mission to eradicate piracy. When the Dutchman attacks Sao Feng's ship, the Empress, it <strong>takes</strong> its crew captive (including Elizabeth Swann who is made captain by the dying Sao Feng).