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In J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, ghouls are comparatively harmless creatures that live in the homes of wizards, making loud noises and occasionally groaning; a ghoul resides in the attic of the Weasley family's home as the family's pet. Context implies that in the Harry Potter universe, ghouls are closer to animals than human beings.
Ghouls belong to the jinn attested in pre-Islamic Arabic poetry. [18] A famous poem narrates about a fight between Ta'abbata Sharra and a ghoul. [19] Belief in ghouls was not universally accepted in Islam, the Mu'tazilites denied their existence. [20] Al-Jahiz denounced Ta'abbata Sharra for boasting about his victory over the ghoul. [21]
A prime example is the story The History of Gherib and His Brother Agib (from Nights vol. 6), in which Gherib, an outcast prince, fights off a family of ravenous Ghouls and then enslaves them and converts them to Islam. [97] Horror fiction elements are also found in "The City of Brass" tale, which revolves around a ghost town. [98]
Jumbee, the generic name given to all malevolent entities, including demons and spirits; Lwa, a Voodoo spirit who acts as an intermediary between humanity and Bondye; Phantome, an immensely tall spectre stands at the crossroads on nights of the full moon with his legs wide apart; Soucouyant, a blood-sucking hag; United States
Edward Davis Wood Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American filmmaker, actor, and pulp novelist. In the 1950s, Wood directed several low-budget science fiction, crime and horror films that later became cult classics, notably Glen or Glenda (1953), Jail Bait (1954), Bride of the Monster (1955), Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) and Night of the Ghouls (1959). [1]
In Ghostbusters terminology from West End Games' role-playing game, The Grey Lady would be a Class 4 Free-Floating, Full-Torso, Vaporous Apparition, as she was human in appearance and later identified by the Ghostbusters. In Ghostbusters: The Video Game (2009), she is designated as a Class 4 Semi-Anchored Entity.
Ghouls are a fictional race of posthuman beings from the post-apocalyptic Fallout video game franchise. Within series lore, ghouls are originally humans, many of them survivors of a global nuclear holocaust, who have been severely mutated by the residual radiation, which greatly extends their lifespans but deforms their physical appearance into a zombie-like presentation.