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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).
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Kalavinka – a fantastical immortal creature in Buddhism, with a human head and a bird's torso and long flowing tail; Karura – divine creature with human torso and birdlike head; Kinnara – Half-bird musicians; Lamassu (Mesopotamian) – goddess with a human head, the body of a bull or a lion, and bird wings
A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...
Related to modern German leiche or modern Dutch lijk, both meaning 'corpse') is a type of undead creature. Various works of fantasy fiction, such as Clark Ashton Smith's "The Empire of the Necromancers" , had used lich as a general term for any corpse, animated or inanimate, before the term's specific use in fantasy role-playing games.
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the undead are a broad classification of monsters that can be encountered by player characters. [1]: 269–331 Undead creatures are most often once-living creatures, which have been animated by spiritual or supernatural forces. They range from mindless remnants of corpses such as skeletons ...
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
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 ).