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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 ...
Undead is a paranormal romance book series that is written by MaryJanice Davidson and published through Berkley Books.The series was first launched in 2004 with the publication of Undead and Unwed, and as of 2016 there are fifteen books in the series, [1] and several accompanying short stories. [2]
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