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...l world, often guided there by a [[psychopomp]]. [[Death (personification)|Death]] itself may also be seen as personified entity, also belonging to the real
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...he Kali temples of Kerala. The story is also known as "Darika vadham", or "death of Darika".
In the story, Brahma granted immunity from death at the hands of any man to two of the fiercest Asuras (or demons) Darika an
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'''Ankou''' is a [[Death (personification)|personification of death]] mainly in Breton mythology.
...II, Zasalamel's first unlockable weapon is named Ankou. As Zasalamel seeks death, this is a fitting name.
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...r, come back from the grave. The Undead exist in a state between life and death, a limbo of eternal torment that can only be relieved by the lifeforce of t
...n a state (a limbo, if you will) between full-fledged life and everlasting death. Essentially, the Undead is a reanimated corpse, devoid of a soul.
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...agalog word for ghost, comes from the Spanish word ''muerto'', which means death. The Tagalog word for being visited by a multo is ''minumulto'', or ''dinad
...venge, it may return because of in improper burial or an unusually violent death or suicide. The ghost may be seeking a replacement so that it can live agai
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...rrible and overpowering effect on all who heard it. It generally foreboded death or fearful disaster. Sightings always occurred near crossroads or near a ri
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...''Ah Puch''' (Alternatively '''Ahpuch''' or '''Hun ahau''') was the God of death and King of Metnal, the underworld.
...ans and Central Americans believe that an owl's screeches signify imminent death, as the following saying, in local Spanish, indicates:
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...e end of the universe, including its secondary creator Brahma but they are death-defying or imperishable personalities. The only eternal being is Shiva (acc
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She is a winter goddess of darkness and death, and guardian to king arthur’s body.
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...murder]]ers who kill their victims by slowly [[torture|torturing]] them to death over a prolonged period of time. It is often a practice of [[serial killers
...the victim to a secluded place. There, the killer will put the victim to death by slow [[torture]], sometimes in very grisly ways.
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...l over the country. They searched his locker, and found painting depicting death and gore. After his arrest, Staniak readily confessed to the six murders, a
He was sentenced to death upon his conviction, but it was later overturned when he was ruled insane.
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...of them established between 1300-1800AD, claim this as a grand honoring of death, with symbolic altars dedicated to deceased loved ones. The craftsmanship o
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...red Scottish deerhound whose preternatural appearances are said to presage death to members of the Macdonald clan in the south Morar districts where the tra
...oncern the hound’s appearances to Morar MacDonalds who are on the point of death. One typical tradition concerns ‘an old Highland lady who lived in Glasgo
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...ting.jpg|thumb|250px|A criminal suspened in a gibbet and left to starve to death.]]
...f the criminal in a metal cage until they starved. It was a very prolonged death. One of the last cases of live gibbeting in England was in the 17th-century
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*If a sheep give birth to three black lambs, there will be a death in the family. (STRACKERJAN, Vol. I, P. 24.)
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Intulo is reviled by the tribes of S.Africa as the cause of death and mortality among mankind and is treated as such. To see the blue-headed
...f creation! Let every man, and every beast, both tame and wild, succumb to death!''
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...ion -aeth; meaning "skeleton, a thing of mere flesh and bone"; "spectre", "death-portent", "wraith".
The cyhyraeth is the disembodied moaning voice that sounds before a person's death. There are no sightings associated withe the creature, however the legend o
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*by dying a violent death such as murder, drowning, or any other unsavory death or leaving a corpse mutilated or unburied.
Ekimmus were said to be the bringer of misfortune and death to its victims and their households. Its howling in the night warned the li
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...ay see the "bullroarer" and live, and all women are obliged, under pain of death, to say that they believe Oro to be a powerful Orisha, and to act up to tha
...a country Oro is manipulated by the Ogboni Society. Criminals condemned to death are sometimes given to Oro, in which case they are ordinarily never seen ag
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'''Galla''' are the seven demons who guard Ereshkigal, the goddess of death and gloom in Kur, the Sumerian underworld.
...lover, celebrating instead of mourning her departure, she cast the eye of death on him. He was delivered into the demons' hands:
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...Death in Hell, was a demonic unicorn called Vassago, used for the Diva of Death in her hellwars.
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...erana. Luison was said to be the lord of the night and was associated with death.
fetid odor of death and decay. So frightening and repulsive was his appearance that his mere pr
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...cs of smallpox and cholera. They are the souls of those who died a violent death. Their greatest pleasure is to materialize by the bedside of a dying person
...re in life, will now haunt the house that was formerly theirs. Sacrifices, death dances, and festivals are all attempted to appease the Tase. If they do app
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...ly during death. Hantu Raya will resemble the look of its owner ever after death and go roaming. People seeing him will assume that the deceased has been br
...nded by its master, even to harm his enemies. It can also possess or cause death to other people if so ordered.
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...d expression means a painful death, a peaceful expression means a peaceful death.
...an the elf enchants. She plots to murder her captor, even knowing that his death will only pull her deeper under his spell.
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'''Djall''' is a god of evil and death in Albanian mythology.
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...n April 27, 1998 by a three-judge panel in Lubukpakam. He was sentenced to death by firing squad, and executed shortly after the sentence was handed down.
...c.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/84093.stm Indonesian sorcerer sentenced to death] ''BBC News Online'' 27 April, 1998
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lamp oil intended as offerings, he was sent to Hell after his death, and his body was burned away.
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...had been sexually obsessed with elderly women ever since his own mother's death, began his criminal career by molesting and robbing them at random. He was
...having an affair with; he attempted suicide afterward, and was found, near death, by police officers lying near the body of his victim, Joan Violet Sinclair
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She is a winter goddess of darkness and death to Arthur's lord of summer, and guardian to king Arthur's body being one of
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...flies off to the land of dead spirits where it announces that the original death has been avenged.
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In Buddhist cosmology, Mara personifies unskillfulness, the "death" of the spiritual life. He is a tempter, distracting humans from practicing
...u-mara, or Mara as death, in the sense of the ceaseless round of birth and death.
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...the bamboo flooring of provincial houses, then they lick certain people to death.
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...''', spirits of the living. While a living goieza had definite form, after death the spirit was released as a hupia and went to live in a remote earthly par
...e/200103.html#ref22 Maria Poviones-Bishop. The Bat and the Guava: Life and Death in the Taíno Worldview]
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...and it is in the valley of the Thessalian river Pineios where she met her death at the hands of [[Aristaeus]], son of the god [[Apollo]] and the nymph Cyre
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Leonski confessed to the crimes and was convicted and sentenced to death at an American military court on November 4, 1942. He was hanged at --Hentr
*The 1986 film ''Death of a Soldier'' is based on Leonski.
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...s the form of a beautiful woman, to lure some unsuspecting passerby to his death or perhaps to madness. Sometimes she appears as a tall, handsome creole wom
...und in the dark wood until he either falls into a ravine or a river to his death or gets attacked by wild hogs.
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The '''Mongolian Death Worm''' is a cryptid reported to exist in the Gobi Desert. It is generally
The death worm is so feared among the people of Mongolia that many consider the mere
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...large dog. Malicious, violent men are often said to become pricolici after death, in order to continue harming other humans.
An infant suckling after being weaned will become a pricolici after death and will torment his/her relatives, especially the mother.
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...aged to dispatch this monster as well, by decapitating it. Upon seeing the death of his brother, Sumbha went after the Devi in a rage, but was ultimately cl
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...nto its eyes would force a person to approach the monster. In some stories death only follows if the person attempts to chase away the Shriker pacing him. W
...the peculiar shrill yell with which it warns the hearer of the approaching death of some near relative or dear friend.
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...aged to dispatch this monster as well, by decapitating it. Upon seeing the death of his brother, Sumbha went after the Devi in a rage, but was ultimately cl
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...daro''' is the the bad part or soul-substance of a man which remains after death as a ghost opposed to They are different from the figona or spirits which
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...Krishna, was destined to be killed by Krishna. In an attempt to avoid his death, Kamsa sent a series of demons to Gokula, where Krishna was staying with hi
...eeth fell. Soon, Krishna's arm suddenly started expanding. Keshi choked to death, as sweat flowed from his body, his eyes rolled and he struggled kicking hi
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...estigation, an innocent man was arrested and [torture murder|torture]]d to death for Onoprienko's crimes.
..., 1999, but because of Ukraine's intention to join the European Union, the death sentence was commuted to life in prison.
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...were drawn towards the pleasant notes, the shadhahvar would stomp them to death.
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...revenge-driven, chronically ill and engaging in repeated cycles of birth, death and reincarnation.
...as malevolent ogbanje had sickle cell disease (SCD); while 68 families had death-related names.
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*From Orcus' association with death and the underworld, his name came to be used for demons and other underworl
...puter game NetHack as a demon prince found in Gehennom who holds a wand of death. As an enemy of Satan and a king of the underworld, he is leader of one of
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...owers, he wrought great havoc in the Kaurava army. In particular after the death of Jayadratha, when the battle continued on past sunset, his powers were at
...ling him. This is considered to be the turning point of the war. After his death, the Pandava counselor Krishna smiled, as he considered the war to have bee
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..., apartments, and its own crematorium. He was captured in 1895 and wrote a death-row memoir in which he claimed a total of 27 murder victims, including men,
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...it., and then takes her form. The prince of course knew nothing about the death of O Toyo and so he loved the false O Toyo. But then he fell ill and began
...ment. But the cat is the animal most consistent in seeking revenge for its death.
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...and a monstrous, hairy face. "When he looks at someone, it is the look of death."[2]In various sources, his face is like that of the coiled entrails of men
As his death approaches, and Gilgamesh is oppressed with his own mortality, the gods rem
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...t symbolizes wisdom, justice and rectitude. It appears before the birth or death of a sage and is a creature of great stature and respect. It has such care
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...Toelken, Barre. Ghosts and the Japanese: Cultural Experiences in Japanese Death Legends, Utah State University Press, 1994. ISBN 0874211794
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...om.au/20030201/news/002.shtml] He was convicted of murder and sentenced to death on 28 November 1963, by the Perth Supreme Court. He was executed at Fremant
* John Button, who was jailed for 10 years for manslaughterin the death of his girlfriend, a conviction that was quashed in 2002 after evidence pro
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...as they prefer to use hit-and-run tactics whenever possible. Quasits, and Death Quasits, are also found in some roguelike games such as Moria, Angband and
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...eath god" or "God of Death") is a term to describe the personification of death in Japanese modern culture.
...t often). However, Shinigami may also be used more loosely to refer to any death deity.
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'''Desghidorah''' (also known as '''Death Ghidorah''') is a kaiju creature battled by Mothra in the 1996 film ''Rebir
[[Image:Death_ghidora.jpg|thumb|Death Ghidora vs Mothra]]
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...: it would be logical to assume that animals have a soul if they transcend death. Some theoricians argue that spectral animals are only residues i.e capture
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...is ''surman suuhun'' "into Surma's mouth", as if the victim was mauled to death by Surma.
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Abcán was said to have a bronze boat with a tin sail.In the story of the death of the goddess, Ruad, Abcán is the dwarf that ferries her from the other w
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The Boky Hound is said to howl whenever there is a death in the family.
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...arshana Chakra (discus). Before dying, the Asura requested a boon that his death anniversary should be celebrated by all people on earth. This day is celebr
...ted a boon from his mother, Satyabhama, that everyone should celebrate his death with colorful light. Thus this day is celebrated as the first day of Diwali
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...''ghosts' mountain''), is both the place where young virgin go after their death and the gathering place for mountain witches who were said to fly there on
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...the latter accusing the former of dragging their heels and not taking the death of a homosexual man seriously enough.
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...drive their enemies in other traps or an area which can allow them to rain death on anyone caught inside. They generally kill foes for food but are know to
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...Alpine pastures and buried it at the foot of a linden tree. To avenge the death of her friend, she summon all good men to the battlefield of Noshiq.
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...her away by appearing as his double, which was considered to be ominous of death.
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The drumming sound of the so-called"[[drums of death]]" is believed to herald the deaths of the heads of the Ogilvy Clan, the Ea
...impending in the family. The last time he was heard was shortly before the death of the last Countess (the Earl's former wife); and that is why Lord Airlie
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...ly invisible, though they sometimes appear as a light or fire prior to the death of someone.
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...it followed. In other stories seeing the creature is an omen of impending death or bad luck.
The Gytrash is usually a feared creature, due to its association with death, but it can also be benevolent, guiding lost travelers to the right road. I
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...thology, '''Mictlantecuhtli''' ("lord of Mictlan") was the skeletal god of death who ruled over Mictlan, the underworld, with his wife, Mictlancihuatl.
...tility, health and abundance, alluding to the close symbolic links between death and life.[2]
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...f age is called an Abiku as well as the spirit, or spirits, who caused his death.
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But Kognor, The god of death, Was angered by his ways, And so, He intervened. He possessed a young farmb
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...codiles with him. Once in the swamps, however, Panzram shot all six men to death, hacked them up and fed them to the crocodiles.
...trying to rob him. He also raped and killed two small boys, beating one to death with a rock and strangling the other with a belt.
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..., yet it is popularly believed that to touch him, even by accident, causes death.
...gainst Egungun is punished with death, and women are forbidden, on pain of death, to laugh at him, speak disrespectingly of him, or say he is not one who ha
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...wrong way, les lavandières de la nuit would break his arm or strike him to death.
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After his death he was deified as '''Fatuus''', and a small cult formed around his person i
...f Picus and Canens. He was then revered as the god '''Fatuus''' after his death, worshipped in a sacred forest outside what is now Tivoli, Italy, but had b
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If you whistle, and La Chusa returns the call, according to the myth death is near. You would know she was near from the sounds of her huge wings beat
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...paña is an announcer of death, its one mission is to visit the homes where death is due.
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...ease, the person who died first was labeled to be the cause of the group's death. Another belief was that if a person's name was not removed from his burial
...nother lesser known ability of the Nachzehrer is the power it had to bring death by causing its shadow to fall upon someone. Those hunting the Nachzehrer in
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...e divine fire combined with shattering lightning. Five years following her death, Pipa Jing would finally be revived once again after Daji gathered the esse
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...the other Outer Gods, causing madness is more important and enjoyable than death and destruction to Nyarlathotep. It is suggested by some that he will destr
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..., a man that follows the laws of the admapu can also become a Pillan after death.
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...Falelima there was a powerful devil who had a long tooth. After Nifoloa's death the tooth grew longer and ultimately grew under the Earth to all parts of t
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.... Seeing one's own ghostly double or [[doppelgänger]] is a related omen of death.
...world, they often suffer at the capricious whims of their male lovers. In death they become strong. Goryō are vengeance ghosts from the aristocratic class
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...ing's Harry Potter.Hagrid's pet Hippogriff,named Buckbeak,was sentenced to death because of its damage done to Draco Malfoy,one of the story's antagonist.
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...of a living person who is experiencing a crisis--such as an accident or a death--is seen or heard.
...red. Most of these crisis apparitions occur at a moment of great crisis or death when a person is in some form of danger or pain. The person in crisis is n
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...en notice too late that she is not a natural woman and are then stomped to death. Other stories and traditions describe the sighting of Deer Woman to be a s
...in). All are females who at times, function as sirens leading men to their death.
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Up until the Civil War, the major cause of death in America was tuberculosis, an airborne disease for which there was no kno
In some cases, all of the exhumed remains were burned to ward off the death of family members. Sometimes the bones were rearranged. Heads and leg bones
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According to Pamela Allardice, they were feared more greatly than death itself. She describes Alû as "a horrid phantom of a leprous man with an ar
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...It’s an evil spirit that acts like a human by day, observes the sounds of death at night and inhabits in large trees near cemeteries. When it stole corpses
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...ple who see the Padfoot die of fright, and at other times it is an omen of death. If a person attempts to beat off the Padfoot, the creature will attack and
...the Rev. J. C. Atkinson, of Danby, speaks of the Padfoot as a precursor of death; as sometimes visible, sometimes invisible, but ever and anon padding light
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...ruary 23, a 25-year-old woman named Patricia Docker was found strangled to death in a doorway in Glasgow. The previous night she had been out partying at a
...Ballroom. The following day she was found in an old building, strangled to death with her own stockings. Witnesses said that they saw the victim leaving the
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...personality. Since then, the two were never seen apart. After its master's death, it is said that Matsukaze ran off and was never seen again.
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...ls asleep on the job after drinking, the Poleki might even strangle him to death. To win the favor of the polevik one could place two eggs and a cock in a d
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...visits are feared by many because it is usually believed to be an omen of death. Either the eldest child or the ill member of the house they knocked upon w
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...s traditionally believed that a person could become a ''vrykolakas'' after death due to a sacrilegious way of life, an excommunication, or a burial in uncon
...uspected body as soon as possible, so that the it may be freed from living death and its victims may be safe.
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imminent death.
certain death. Hellhounds commonly live
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...impse corresponds in action, appearance, character, birthdate, and time of death to a human that lives in our world. If a human travels to the Realm of the
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...ather on the highway at midnight to lure young men and dance them to their death. In Serbia they were maidens cursed by God; in Bulgaria they were known as
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...hat those who hear the sound of the Caoineag’s mourning are doomed to face death or great sorrow.
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...world, they often suffer at the capricious whims of their male lovers. In death they become strong.
...Toelken, Barre. Ghosts and the Japanese: Cultural Experiences in Japanese Death Legends, Utah State University Press, 1994. ISBN 0874211794
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...etched, and forcing them to the ground. It would then maul the traveler to death or change its weight, crushing him. Sometimes it would stand on its hind le
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Eurystheus was greatly angered to find that Heracles had managed to escape death on the previous two labours, and so decided to spend more time thinking up
...e doing), is a key player in the myth discussing the origin of Scorpio and death of Orion, and so has an association with this area of sky. The direction of
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...e local inhabitants of its master's village, especially after the master's death.
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...y then established their vast underground cities. When the inland sea (now Death Valley) which connected the ocean in ancient times dried up, they had no wa
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...k mythology]], '''Thanatos''', meaning "death") was the personification of death (Roman equivalent: [[Mors]]), as well as a minor figure in Greek mythology.
...ded in chaining Thanatos up with his own shackles, thereby prohibiting the death of any mortal. Eventually Ares released Thanatos and handed Sisyphus over
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...lived in the forest, highly respected in Germanic society and after their death the people kept honouring them at their graves. Their spirits still haunt t
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On October 13, 1972, Mullin went out and battered a homeless man to death with a baseball bat. He was to claim that the victim was Jonah from the Bib
...Mary Guilfoyle, 24, whom Mullin picked up hitch-hiking. He stabbed her to death, sliced open her stomach and dumped her corpse at the side of the road. He
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...ed Air traffic controller who had taken up wildlife photography. After his death in 1980, a reel of Super 8 film showing the creature was allegedly found am
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...the forest, like burning down trees or indiscriminately putting animals to death or fouling the rivers could find themselves married to her for life, both t
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...Rose for Mary'' (2003) suggested that DeSalvo was not responsible for her death. For example, DeSalvo confessed to sexually penetrating her, yet the foren
* ''A Death in Belmont'' Sebastian Junger ISBN 0393059804
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...Toelken, Barre. Ghosts and the Japanese: Cultural Experiences in Japanese Death Legends, Utah State University Press, 1994. ISBN 0-87421-179-4
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...t impossible for her to wear anything below her waste. Her age and time of death are unknown.
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...reature emerged into the open, where all of the people hacked the beast to death.
The monster sighed as it bled to death, and to this day the moaning winds of the region are still attributed to th
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...fulfill the promise to set the ghost free, he/she will meet with a tragic death.
'''Diao Si Gui''' 吊死鬼- Ghost of people who were hanged to death in an execution or suicide, often appearing as being hanged by a rope and w
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...ources of evils. In some texts, '''Ker''' is the single goddess of violent death(Kêr or Kêres Danatoio).
...ii. 326) pronounces to be muriai, and may be a natural, sudden, or violent death. (Od. xi. 171, &c., 398, &c.) Epidemic diseases are sometimes personified a
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...er she believed she was eternally damned and could no longer die a natural death.
...k'', the main character's surname is Cotard, reflecting his obsession with death and the deterioration of his body.
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...a coma. For three years, Gaura carried her unconscious twin, until Ganga's death in 1952 at Bangalore's Victoria Hospital. Thirty minutes later, Gaura compl
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...one of the members of pagan trinity together with thunder god Perkūnas and death god Peckols. He was also depicted on the Flag of Widewuto as as a young, me
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...of faery land, whose touch causes an incurable illness, leading to certain death. Not even Biddy Early, the greatest of the fairy doctors, could cure his st
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...fs, the soul of a dead person will stay on the earth for 40 days after the death. When the ties aren't released after 40 days, the body is said to jump out
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...ough Paullus' brain / It rushed, nor stayed; for in the wound itself / Was death...".
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They are also said to enter a human body and make sicken it until death.
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...efforts to kill his son Prahlada (a devotee of Vishnu) and his subsequent death at the hands of [[Narasimha]]. His tale depicts the futility of desiring po
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...have been in poor health when the midwife left, causing suspicion when his death was announced a day or two later. The child Thomas has no gravestone, a mat
...by the sixteenth Earl that the entrance had been bricked up after Thomas's death.
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...murders, sometimes at the behest of a secret [[cult]] called "The Hand of Death" Lucas would recant his confessions, saying he made such statements only t
...year-old Tallahassee, Florida, resident Ada Johnson, and received a second death sentence; on appeal, however, both sentences were commuted to life in priso
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After the death of the body, the ghost-man goes to ''Ipo-oku'', "the Land of the Dead" (''I
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...In earlier times the bodach was more formidable; the bodach glas foretells death in Walter Scott's Waverley (1814).
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This was granted. After his death he became the dragon Apalala and made his home in a pond in Udhyana (an old
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...described as an evil wizard (strigon) or shaman, then a vampire after his death.
Generally the kudlak was most dangerous after death when he become a vampire, and steps were taken to prevent the return of suc
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When the hounds were seen hovering on a house, it would foretell death or misfortune to its inhabitants.
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...rtedly included headache and bloodshot eyes, followed by delirium and then death. Parker never identified the source or nature of its poison, but hypothesiz
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...a''' (Sanskrit: होलिका) was a demoness in Hindu mythology who was burnt to death with help of God Brahma by Prahlad. She was the sister of King [[Hiranyakas
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...sity of the Ngarl creatures have been told to result in the gruesome firey death of sleeping, cornered or anyone else not able to move out of the fireball's
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...usually asks the well-known tribute to him - the soul which often includes death also - after Devil has done something for the squire, the man has to drown
...known the way to the Hell and have been going there once a week. After the death they were usually hidden away in tombs so the Devil could not come and take
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*In yet another myth, it is used as a poison, bringing instant death to anyone who touches it.
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...known as Yomotsu-hisame (泉津日狭女) considered as symbols of the corruption of death.
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...od of Death. Film Noir buff. Was called Gwynfor "white lord of ecstasy and death" by Sage, 2nd hand has been seen when he killed Siun (Goblin) after Kitto h
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...ein are not so popular as in Wales, however, as they predict misfortune or death. They announce the doom of a miner by knocking three times distinctly, and
...Bohemia, the Wichtlein have been seen in great numbers. They announce the death of a miner by knocking three times, and when any misfortune is about to hap
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...with poison arrows. Stepping on an Abatwa by accident is also said to be a death sentence.
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...the carbuncle from the vouivre, a crime which is frequently punishable by death or madness.
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...of Ireland'' she grew restless and carried them away to other worlds, for death does not destroy her power.
...were feasting in his banquet hall and most of his people were starving to death. The country despised Eugene and would not listen to him when he was suppos
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...omics title ''Toe Tags'' with a six-issue miniseries titled ''The Death of Death''. Based on an unused script that Romero had previously written as a sequel
# ''Toe Tags'' #1-6 (''The Death of Death''; DC Comics), 2004 - 2005
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...himself, it forewarned of death, and if he was weeping it was said to be a death in the family. If he was laughing, good times could be expected, and if he
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...'members' of the gang. This would lead to hundreds of people receiving the death penalty for only a few thefts in total. The reason of the law enforcers and
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...y [[spirituality|spiritual]] and experiential, beyond this world, or after death. This article is about current generic and widely held or reported concepts
**by having died and then been sent back to this life ([[near-death experience]]s)
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He apparently left her money in his will - perhaps he signed his own death warrant via this bequest because Marie's funds were getting rather low. Her
...back." Convicted, Marie Becker was sent to prison for life, there being no death penalty in Belgium at that time. She died in prison sometime during World W
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...Tsunsdi. It is considered back luck to see them and is always a portent of death. However, twins can see them and frequently speak with them.
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...on those who wronged it while it was still living or caused the creature’s death. Although there have been some accounts of this creature being benevolent
...enant doesn’t interact with the living. If cornered, it will fight to the death. It knows that, wherever the traitor hides, it will find them eventually a
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The underlying idea of eluding death by means of arcane study and black magic can be traced to Middle Eastern fo
...f a powerful dark wizard or a demon, ''Koschei the Deathless'', who evades death by having his fiery soul placed in the eye of a magical needle. The needle
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...Their heads touch the sky, their "terror is awesome" and their "glance is death".
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...Texas) is a convicted [[serial killer]] awaiting execution on California's death row.
...n victim was a 79-year-old woman whom he sexually assaulted and stabbed to death during a burglary of her home on June 28th, 1984. On March 17, 1985 Ramirez
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...died, it is not possible to know if they were in Camden at the time of her death.
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'''Shony''' was a death bringing demon who reigned in the waters of the North Sea in the folklore o
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...the forest, like burning down trees or indiscriminately putting animals to death or fouling the rivers could find themselves married to her for life, both t
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*Animated human skeletons are known to be personified death in Western culture since the Middle Ages.
*Death as one of the biblical Four horsemen of the [[Apocalypse]] has been depict
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...do promise so.’ Then said the Pech ‘You must know that I wish for my son’s death, though I dinna like to take his life myself.
...quest; but, as he had promised, he caused the lad to be immediately put to death. When the auld man saw his son was dead, he started up wi’ a great stend,
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...Toltec mythology]] [[Category:Psychopomps]] [[Category:Animal]] [[Category:Death]]
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...tyr play ''Cyclops'' the minor god Silenus claims to have dealt Enceladus' death blow, but this was perhaps intended by the author as a vain drunken boast,
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...cumb to panics. At the end of the tale, Monkey tricked him that led to his death.
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...te direction (the backward feet are found in ancient traditions to signify death, entry into the land of no return). Even thought it was difficult she was f
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...ks changed his plea. He was found guilty and [[death sentence|sentenced to death]]. His last words were: "Tell me, after my head has been chopped off, will
*US death metal band Macabre named a song after the serial killer, “The Vampire of
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...between Oak Street and Milton Street of Chicago's Little Italy (known as "Death Corner"). In March 1911, he reportedly murdered four people within a 72-hou
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It is also said that a person allowed to starve to death becomes an itsumaden, which haunts whoever refused to feed it in life, cryi
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...Toelken, Barre. Ghosts and the Japanese: Cultural Experiences in Japanese Death Legends, Utah State University Press, 1994. ISBN 0874211794
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They are Welsh phantom dogs seen as a death portent.
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...family, whose spirit appears to give warning of an approaching disaster or death.
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Centuries after his death, Edward the Confessor was assigned a coat of arms containing five golden ma
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...o again the suspicion that to see a Galley Trot was an omen of approaching death.
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...cal damage. Because his skull was never closed, he wore a helmet until his death.
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Mari-Morgans may lure men to their death by their own sylphic beauty, or with glimpses of underwater gardens with bu
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The case stirred much discussion in Germany, not only about the death penalty but also about the correct approach towards mentally ill offenders,
*American death metal band Macabre have made two songs about him: "Fritz Haarmann, the Butc
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...King of Goblins, Merry's ally. Was ally of Merry's father previous to his death.
* ''Rhys/Cromm Cruach'' - Raven, former God of Death. Film Noir buff. See [[Crom Cruach]].
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...rth, wants to cause trouble, or died unjustly and wishes to avenge its own death. It wanders the place of its burial, unable to find rest, terrorizing passe
[[Category: Death]]
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...brother's death that threw him into depression and cursed him to long for death. The movie makes Lestat seem older than he really is, but in the book Louis
...to kill Lestat she "rapes" him, by feeding on him while he is bleeding to death from multiple wounds she inflicted. Afterward she shows signs of the mind
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...hen pleaded guilty in Harrisonville, Missouri and did not receive a second death sentence from a Missouri court. Robinson could be the first person executed
...e-mail. Whoever this person may be, he/she is a suspect for murder in the death of 56 women (so far) contacted through the Internet.
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...y by José E. Marco (1877-1963) who claimed to have discovered it in 1913), death penalty will be imposed to those who will kill this bird.
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...es of the sea Vourukasha a tree and two birds who are immortal and without death. Every year a thousand new branches spring up from that tree and all kinds
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...make the spirit obedient. The ghost-dog is then used as weapon to scare to death the enemies of the dog's master. Inugami are, by any account, terrible and
...as an inugami. The spirit did as she wished, but in return for its painful death it haunted the old woman.
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...nd biology, '''infanticide''' is the practice of intentionally causing the death of an infant (pre-pubescent child) of a given species, by members of the sa
...dren and the children of other unwanted groups are targeted by government 'death squads'. In these circumstances, the children are treated as '''vermin''' r
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*Bourget, Steve: ''Sex, Death, and Sacrifice in Moche Religion and Visual Culture'', Austin, University o
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...ho is a virtuous demon. Vrinda curses Vishnu for his part in her husband's death; the curse is broken when Parvati plants three seeds in Vrinda's ashes whic
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...o foul-smelling that to breathe in its presence brings disease and instant death, spreading plague and rot across the land.
...were known to overwhelm people, trap them underground, and torture them to death.
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...e when she left her skin and sprinkling it with salt, for she will burn to death once they try to put it back on.
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*Death Trance
*Death Dream
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...the spirits of greedy, selfish or impious individuals who are cursed after death to seek out and eat human corpses. Jikininki are preta of the 26th class in
...r custom, no one of us may remain in this village during the night after a death has taken place. We make the proper offerings and prayers; -- then we go aw
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...l, making him vomit black shadow matter. it formed into Kognor, the god of death. the one possessing Rhadeil's body. Rhadeil's corpse shrunk down to a child
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"The judge, in passing sentence of death, remarked how calm Lee's demeanour had been throughout the trial.
...Parliament he could not expect a man to 'twice face the pangs of imminent death'.
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...systems. Some of his specialties were in sixth sense training and Chi Ma (Death Touch) training. After several years of extensive training Su Kong became t
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...use while dancing the [[sidhe]], feed upon them, sucking their blood until death.
...the shieling, and found the bloodless bodies of his companions, sucked to death by the dreadful baobhan sith.
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...ge, or alternatively, the bearded one), ''Tuonen härkä'' (the ox of Tuoni, Death), ''tuhatpää'' (thousand-headed), ''tuhatsarvi'' (thousand-horned). It wa
...father of diseases with Loviatar, the blind daughter of Tuoni, the god of death. The Scandinavian giants thurs had the ability to shoot arrows which caused
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...]]s and reared in intention to harm an enemy, causing disease, madness or death. This kind of activity is also called ''Saka''.and once dressed can be dire
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Convicted of murder, Grossman was sentenced to death. Before his sentence could be carried out, he hanged himself in his cell, h
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...by Set, symbolic of the lunar month, and the new moon, the bull was put to death with a great ceremony.
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...m with a painting of the animal, made by her nephew and shortly before his death in 1912, Dahlberg donated the painting to a local museum. During an exhibit
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...ao (秦 叔寶), Cheng Zhijie (程 知節) and Yuchi Jingde (尉遲 敬德). Their souls after death are said to possess the body of the new heroes of Tang Dynasty and Liao Dyn
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...ter being unfilial to his parents, he was recast as an Ox head demon after death.
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#[[Luison]], a dog-like human, lord of death and protector of cemeteries
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...s the creature’s prey with fear, making them easier to subdue. The prey’s death is slow and extremely painful, the Adlet’s strong, bone-crushing jaws red
...sually flee. However, if this is not the case, prepare for a fight to the death.
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...during their lives, are destined to becomes instrument of evil (jumbie) in death. This phenonemon is widely believed in by people in the English-speaking Ca
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Currently Lee resides on death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.
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...ombies, skeletons, and ghouls. Regarding ghosts, the spirit lives on after death, forming an intangible physical body that often mirrors the one the spirit
...he undead as a means to deconstruct the binary opposition between life and death.
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.... Other sources refer to the rakshasas as children of the Vedic goddess of death, Nirriti, and her consort Nirrita.
...owers, he wrought great havoc in the Kaurava army. In particular after the death of Jayadratha, when the battle continued on past sunset, his powers were at
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...the metaphorical thread of life of every mortal and immortal from birth to death (and beyond).
...so far as to make them drunk in order to save his good friend Admetus from death.
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...ourse of several nights, continually draining the individual’s blood until death occurs from blood loss and sickness. If lucky, the victim is only dead. H
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...attacks in 2005 and in October 2008. Some of these attacks resulted in the death and hospitalization of some adults and a few children.
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...[2] or voice mimicry[1] to lure trespassers onto the trestle to meet their death before an oncoming train. Other stories claim the monster jumps down from t
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The victim was usually a relative who had caused their [[death]], or not properly observed the burial ceremonies, or who kept the deceased
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...Heracles wrapped his great arms around the lions neck and strangled it to death. Once the huge monster was dead, Heracles set about skinning the beast, but
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...lieve that contacting such a spirit can cause illness (Ghost Sickness), or death. It is also believed that a chindi can be used to cause harm upon someone e
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...ne of the [[undead]], a creature that was once human but now exists beyond death without a soul, doomed to kill and feed on the living for its own sustenanc
...rrifying yet is that, no matter how badly the Craquehhe was injured before death, it will walk and seek out living prey all the same. The Craquehhe has bee
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...tially a nocturnal spectre, and its appearance is regarded as a portent of death. Its Welsh form is confined to the sea-coast parishes, and on the Norfolk c
...in Dgèrnésiais). His appearance, usually in the Clos du Valle, foretells death of the viewer or someone close to him. There are also numerous other unnam
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...d or scared, it may coil around their nose and mouth, attempting to induce death by suffocation. Ittan momen enjoy flying and being worn, but only by those
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This exotic creature is blamed for the death of at least seven people and several animals, including livestock. The kill
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:Her hand is a net, her embrace is death
...in their cribs or in the womb. Thus she was responsible for sudden infant death syndrome and miscarriage. She preyed on adults, too, bringing disease, ster
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...ions'' ('''Am-heh''' in Egyptian), ''Eater of hearts'', and ''Greatness of Death''.
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"Netzach is the openness of natural love. The Harab Serapel are the Ravens of Death who reject even their own. The outer form is Theumiel, 'The Fouled Substanc
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...often coming to earth to harvest souls of decrepit humans and animals near death.
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...e linked by King Arthur and the role that each of them had in his life and death.
[[Category:Celtic mythology]] [[Category:death]]
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..., including leading peasants astray, making them sick, or tickling them to death. He is also known to hide the axes of woodchoppers.
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...ise of a warrior who told him he came from a land where old age, sickness, death, decay, and falsehood were unknown (the [[Underworld|Otherworld]] was also
...teways to the [[Underworld|Otherworlds]], where the soul journeys to after death. Manannán is the guardian of these gateways between the worlds. He is the
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* John Milton (1626), On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough, verse vi
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...l them under the waves. There the monster drowns them or strangles them to death.
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...lka could die in her arms, and in some versions her laugh could also cause death (compare with the [[Irish mythology|Irish]] [[banshee]]). She corresponds t
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...ked her with a machete, striking her in the stomach. As the mother bled to death, she cursed Melissa by saying that from then on she would have to avenge al
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Most at risk of becoming one of these demons after death were thought to be midwives, old maids, unmarried mothers, pregnant women w
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...rtraying a pack of [[ghost|spectral]] hounds riding in the air foretelling death or disaster.
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...rom women who had laboring sickness (meroyan) as a result of suffering the death of their children and who themselves died afterwards.
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...''Bean Sidhe''' ("woman of the mounds") is a spirit or fairy who presage a death by wailing. She is popularly known as the '''Banshee'''.
...g which corresponds to the triple aspects of the Celtic goddess of war and death, namely Badhbh, Macha and Mor-Rioghain.
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...ts them out of shame and because if a family member is responsible for the death of a tlahuelpuchi the curse will be passed down to them. The curse cannot b
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...ward, and the left hand downward; the position of the hands means life and death, or creation and destruction.
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