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Ghoul

A demon in Islamic lore who feeds on the flesh of human beings, especially travelers, children, or corpses stolen out of graves. Ghouls are nocturnal creatures who inhabit graveyards, ruins, and other lonely places. Sometimes they are desribed as dead humans who sleep for long periods in secret graves, then awake, rise, and feast on both the living and the dead. Ghouls also personify the unknown terrors held by the desert, and may be compared to the lamia and Lilith night terror demons. In classical mythology, lamia are monsters who feed on the flesh and blood of the young. Lilith, traditionally the first wife of Adam, is the wife of the Devil, whose children are the djinn demons.

In Islamic lore, there are several varities of ghouls, but the most feared is a female type that has the ability to appear as a norma, flesh-and-blood woman. Such a creature marries an unsuspecting man, who becomes her prey.