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A ghoul is said to be created on the death of a man or woman who savored the taste of flesh. They not only eat the dead, but also prey on the unwary living. Ghouls can paralyze their victims with a touch, though elves are immune. Aside from the standard variety, a number of other forms, like the abyssal ghoul, exist.
The concept of the ghoul originated in pre-Islamic Arabian religion. [1] Modern fiction often uses the term to label a specific kind of monster. By extension, the word "ghoul" is also used in a derogatory sense to refer to a person who delights in the macabre or whose occupation directly involves death, such as a gravedigger or graverobber. [2]
Revolta (Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School) Sukie Ridgemont (The Witches of Eastwick) Majo Rika (Ojamajo Doremi) Demelza Robins (Harry Potter) Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Madam Rosmerta (Harry Potter) Ruby (Supernatural) Rowena (Supernatural) Rumina (The Adventures of Sinbad) Alex Russo (Wizards of Waverly Place) S. Sadira
The most famous work appearing in the mythos is the Necronomicon. Many fictional works of arcane literature appear in H. P. Lovecraft's cycle of interconnected works often known as the Cthulhu Mythos. The main literary purpose of these works is to explain how characters within the tales come by occult or esoterica (knowledge that is unknown to ...
The Fool provides wit in this bleak play and unlike some of Shakespeare's clowns who seem unfunny to us today because their topical jokes no longer make sense, the Fool in King Lear ridicules Lear's actions and situation in such a way that audiences understand the point of his jokes. His 'mental eye' is the most acute in the beginning of the ...
The fool is a stock character in creative works (literature, film, etc.) and folklore. There are several distinct, although overlapping, categories of fool: simpleton fool, wise fool, and serendipitous fool. The six volume Motif-Index of Folk-Literature contains (in volume four) a group of motifs under the category "Fools (and other unwise ...
Clopin - King of the Gypsies and Master of Ceremonies at the Festival of Fools, from the Disney film The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He is a brightly-clothed jester who can be devious and unpredictable. Discord - a former antagonist from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. He is the powerful Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony, and has become reformed ...
Fool is a novel by American writer Christopher Moore, released on February 10, 2009. The novel takes its premise from the plot of Shakespeare's play King Lear , narrated from the perspective of the character of the Fool, whose name is Pocket.