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The undead are beings in mythology, legend, or fiction that are deceased but behave as if they were alive. A common example of an undead being is a corpse reanimated by supernatural forces, by the application of either the deceased's own life force or that of a supernatural being (such as a demon , or other evil spirit).
A lich's most often depicted distinguishing feature from other undead in fantasy fiction is the method of achieving immortality; liches give up their souls to form "soul-artifacts" (called a "soul gem" or "phylactery" in other fantasy works), the source of their magic and immortality. Many liches take precautions to hide and/or safeguard one or ...
Owuo, Akan God of Death and Destruction, and the Personification of death.Name means death in the Akan language. Asase Yaa, one half of an Akan Goddess of the barren places on Earth, Truth and is Mother of the Dead
Carbuncle () – one of its many descriptions is a greenish-red fiery light reminiscent of fireflies; Karkinos () – Cancer the crab; Gold-digging ant () – Reported by Herodotus to live in either Ethiopia or Indian subcontinent
Mahaha - Undead humanoids with long fingernails as claws. Maha-pudma (Hindu mythology) – Giant elephant that holds up the world; Mahuika (Māori mythology) - Māori fire goddess; Mairu (Basque mythology) – Megalith-building giant; Mājas gari (Latvian mythology) – Benevolent house spirit
A Vision Serpent, detail of Lintel 15 at the Classic Maya site of Yaxchilan. Vadātājs – Spirit that misleads people; Vahana – Divine mounts; Vaibhavi – Deadly snake
Revenants feature prominently in tabletop games and video games as either resurrected beings, as forms of the undead or as general character class archetypes. Most notable games include Doom, Dungeons and Dragons, Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare, Phasmophobia, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Guild Wars 2 and the eponymous Revenant.
Undead is a collective name for supernatural entities that are deceased yet behave as if alive. Undead or The Undead may also refer to: Fictional characters