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Other name(s) Liche: In fantasy fiction, a lich (/ ... Related to modern German leiche or modern Dutch lijk, both meaning 'corpse') is a type of undead creature.
A lich appears in Judges Guild publications The Book of Ruins page 20, The Final Refuge of Allmark. A lich is also the fate of one of the wizards among other forms of undead in Judges Guild module Citadel of Fire. The Lich King is an Icon (a powerful NPC archetype) in 13th Age. [40]
Lich (Dungeons & Dragons), the original application of the term for undead sorcerers; Lich (comics), a Marvel Comics character; The Lich, a fictional character, the titular character from the eponymous episode "The Lich" of the animated TV show Adventure Time
Ilich, Ilyich, or Ilitch (Russian: Ильич) is a common Russian patronymic meaning "son of Ilya". In some Hispanic countries it is also used as a given name, honoring Vladimir Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov). Ilich or Ilitch (Macedonian or Russian: Илич, Serbian: Илић) is also a separate non-Russian Slavic surname.
The word lych survived into modern English from the Old English or Saxon word for "corpse", mostly as an adjective in particular phrases or names, such as lych bell, the hand-bell rung before a corpse; lych way, the path along which a corpse was carried to burial (this in some districts was supposed to establish a right-of-way); lych owl, the screech owl, because its cry was a portent of death ...
A type of lich, a creature in fantasy fiction Demilich (band) , a Finnish death metal band Demilich ( Dungeons & Dragons ) , a type of lich found in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game
The use as a personal name is recorded as early as the 15th century on Novogrodian birch bark manuscripts. [12] In The Tale of Igor's Campaign a similar sounding term is used, recorded being inscribed on coins, deriving from the Turkic for 'captive' or 'slave'. The same term also appears in the Ipatiev Chronicle, meaning 'captive'. [13]
Likho is not a real proper name, but a noun meaning bad luck in modern Russian and Ukrainian, and the odd number in Polish (obsolete). [1] Several proverbs utilize this term such as the Russian "Не буди лихо, пока оно тихо" and the Ukrainian "Не буди лихо, поки воно тихо", literally translated as "Don't wake likho until it is quiet", similar to "Don't ...