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The mummy genre has its origins in the 19th century when Ottoman-controlled Egypt was being colonized by France and, subsequently, by Victorian Britain.The first living mummies in fiction were mostly female, and they were presented in a romantic and sexual light, often as love interests for the protagonist; this metaphorically represented the sexualized Orientalism and the colonial ...
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Fictional mummies (10 P) S. Fictional skeletons (29 P) ... Pages in category "Fictional undead" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total.
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).
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The more recent use of the term lich for a specific type of undead creature originates from the 1976 Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game booklet Greyhawk, written by Gary Gygax and Rob Kuntz. [ 2 ] Often such a creature is the result of a willful transformation, as a powerful wizard skilled in necromancy who seeks eternal life uses rare ...
Mummies Alive! is an animated series from DIC Productions L.P. and Northern Lights Entertainment. It originally aired for one season in 1997. [ 2 ] The show was part of a general trend of "mummymania" in 1990s pop culture .
Corporeal undead refers to mythical or legendary undead creatures who have a body or some substantial form. This is opposed to incorporeal undead, who "exist" but are not composed of matter ( e.g. ghosts ).