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...vil War, the major cause of death in America was tuberculosis, an airborne disease for which there was no known cure. ...rnal organs and feed the ashes to family members in an attempt to ward the disease off.

...f a sample of 100 children described as malevolent ogbanje had sickle cell disease (SCD); while 68 families had death-related names.

...s surmised that it was most likely an escaped hyena or a canid affected by disease.

The keukegen is a disease spirit which lives in damp, dark places and causes people in the house to g

...snake or dragon. Ajatar is said to be the mother of the devil. She spreads disease and pestilence, any that look at her become ill, and she suckles serpents.

Gualicho were not worshipped but feared. They were blamed for every disease or calamity, and all evil happenings were said to be caused by them. Gualic

Tlaloc’s underworld included those killed by lightning, drowning and disease. |align="center"|<small> Lightning, drowning and disease<br>Floods<br>Droughts Rain<br>Goggle Eyed<br>Fangs</small>

...d inscribed on gnostic gems, and amulets for protection against poison and disease, that date from the first century onward.

...g missing." The clutch, or even the merest touch of Alû would give one the disease.

...revengeful demon found in Ilocano folklore that causes the fatal nocturnal disease known as “bangungot” (nightmares).

...they knocked upon will die. Visits usually occurred after an outbreak of a disease. To ward off the kumakatok, residences of Luzon and Visayas painted white c

...eing erected during the height of plagues or mass outbreaks of poverty and disease. Icons such as Christian crosses, and other elaborate decorations usually m

...mbodied souls of dead men and women who are both vampires and spreaders of disease.

...re might be a turtle or some mutant experiment from the Plum Island Animal Disease Center before noting that Larry Penny, the East Hampton Natural Resources D ...from the nearby government animal testing facility, the Plum Island Animal Disease Center.

...it. "two-mouthed woman") is a woman afflicted with a curse or supernatural disease that transforms her into a yokai. ...hisake-onna and the yama-uba, women afflicted with a curse or supernatural disease that transforms them into yokai. The supernatural nature of the women in th

...beast prescribed that its own image be used as a talisman to ward off the disease, and since then the hakutaku has been worshipped as a guardian spirit of he

...redicts someone's death, but in the form of the animal, it predicts cattle disease. Generally it is believed that Drekavac can not be killed or pass on until ...ulture's scalp, the face of a drekavac is oily and hairless. The filth and disease of its carrion diet slip off its blood-slick skin. Recently Drekavac got an

...size of the rat population comes an increase of the chance of outbreak of disease — for example, the Black Death, which is spread by the rats’ fleas. * In Lars von Trier's film Epidemic, the rat king is an omen for the upcoming disease.

...utral evil. A night hag has an array of magical powers, and can trasmit a disease called "demon fevor" by biting a victim. Night hags are also able to torme

...Ganapathi by offering green grass. Nandi was then relieved of his dreaded disease. His health improved and by the grace of Parvathi he was redeemed.

...The [[Lamme]] ([[Lamashtu]]), the [[Lammea]] ([[Labasu]]), who cause disease in the body.<br>

...e used as [[familiar]]s and reared in intention to harm an enemy, causing disease, madness or death. This kind of activity is also called ''Saka''.and once d

...r lover of plague in the Ruwenzori rather than surviving in exile from the disease and the lover.

...nken and blue where the gjenganger had pinched them, and this often led to disease and death for the afflicted person. The pinch was often administered when t

...5, Lupo died in prison from an AIDS related illness. He had contracted the disease shortly before his killing spree and he claimed that finding this out was w

...in Monstrous.com states that it might be a degenerated tribe affected by a disease known as hypertrichosis universalis, causing hair as long as 10 to 15 inche

...against the stump. Poison, suffocation, extreme cold, aging, drowning, or disease cannot kill the Vampire, as the creature is already dead. The only substan ====Disease====

...mare''; Old English ''mare'' ("[[goblin]]", "incubus"); Latin ''morbus'' ("disease") and Latin ''mors'' ("a corpse").

...e-people have spit, or done what is worse, it is attacked by some grievous disease which can only be cured by giving it to eat a handful of St. John’s wort,

...drinking vessels, are not subject, they say, to convulsions or to the holy disease [epilepsy]. Indeed, they are immune even to poisons if, either before or af

Ekimmus are extremely vengeful toward the living. They may cause disease and inspire criminal behavior in the living. Sometimes '''ekimmus''' attach

...onic plague, Chagas disease, dengue fever, filariasis, leishmaniasis, Lyme disease, malaria, rabies, sleeping sickness, St. Louis encephalitis, tularemia, typ

Miengu are said to cure disease and act as intermediaries between worshippers and the world of spirits. For ...st regions, victory in the pirogue races, and protection from epidemics of disease.

Other people believe that if modern medicine can’t cure a certain disease then the illness may be caused by a Nuno’s curse. In this case, the victi

Attacks of the disease can be triggered by drugs (e.g., barbiturates, alcohol, sulfa drugs, oral c ...uch as lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma or Sjogren's disease.

...infant death syndrome and miscarriage. She preyed on adults, too, bringing disease, sterility, nightmare, not to mention sucking blood from young men. ...rarily picked. Lamashtu's less lurid exploits include poisoning water with disease, spreading nightmares, killing plants, and causing tetanus and fever.

...der her servants to skin him alive if he would fail to find a cure for her disease.

...es. Gentlemen take a dose of this snake so that they will never have heart disease or illnesses of the belly. The snakes of Bigsnake country are green, or yel

...into a vile liquid so foul-smelling that to breathe in its presence brings disease and instant death, spreading plague and rot across the land. ...o a liquid giving out a rancid, putrid stench, which smote with contagious disease

Aboleths do not die of age, and so live on indefinitely barring violence or disease.

...l. His breath was venom, falling like blight on vegetable, and with deadly disease on animal life." ...tronsay - the island where kelp was first burned in Orkney - with a deadly disease known as ''Mortasheen''.

...ning their essence and converting it to wealth. Pi Xiu also guards against disease caused by these same evil spirits.

...remain for the rest of their lives. In 1923, Judith fell gravely ill with "disease of the brain and lungs". Helen remained well at first, but soon developed a

...oating them with [[anthrax]], and so Sekhmet was also seen as a bringer of disease, to be prayed to so as to cure such ills by placating her. The name "Sekhme

...tinguished between the souls of people who died normal deaths (of old age, disease, etc), heroic deaths (e.g. in battle, sacrifice or during childbirth), or n

...h epidemic sickness, such as whenever a group of people died from the same disease, the person who died first was labeled to be the cause of the group's death

...lieve that those whose blood the Penanggalan feeds upon contract a wasting disease that is almost inescapably fatal. ...radition, Penanggalan's entrail discharge, in addition to being caustic or disease carrying, spoils the earth where it drops in quantity, causing the growth o

.... The expedition was unsuccessful, and furthermore suffered greatly due to disease and skirmishes with natives; of the 20 members of de Loys' group, only four

...e, the Craquehhe may be capable of spreading a virulent, highly contagious disease when it attacks. This plague will kill any who may have survived the reven

...efore spilling hot water on the ground, or else grave retribution, such as disease, accidents or killed livestock, was to be expected. Vættir had their own m

...], '''Annwn''' was essentially a world of delights and eternal youth where disease is absent and food is ever-abundant.

...it transpired that the brownie believed clothing unhealthy and a cause of disease so, again, left in a huff.

...and suck blood from innocent victims, steal properties from others, cause disease etc. In some indigenous communities the position of the Nagual is an integr

...where she is taken up by a huge wave to disappear into the Ocean. The skin disease mentioned in most of the myths about Nyai Loro Kidul might possibly refer t

...lieve that those whose blood the Penanggalan feeds upon contract a wasting disease that is almost inescapably fatal.

...id=1175430197&sr=11-1 Homayun Sidky, ''Witchcraft, Lycanthropy, Drugs, and Disease. An Anthropological Study of the European Witch-Hunts.'']

...mned to die by the fangs of the Vampire. The creature can kill by causing disease to sweep through a given area, or it can spread misery by raping virginal y

...luding gambling, love, [[divination]], cursing one's enemies, treatment of disease, employment, and [[necromancy]]. As in many other folk religious, magical,

...ents being interpreted as prophecies. His breath was also believed to cure disease, and his presence to bless those around with virility, and so he was given

...ed in film and vampires, the undead existence is passed on like a curse or disease. With [[liches]], the [[necromancy]] powers of undead are sought after by

..., as oni were originally invisible spirits or gods which caused disasters, disease, and other unpleasant things. These nebulous beings could also take on a va

...r the disc tray. The entity is also mentioned in the band's song "Angel of Disease".

...ant’s decaying flesh and fetid breath are capable of inflicting a terrible disease, causing those infected to waste away and die within a few days’ time.

...nourish them, resulting in a vastly increased risk of death by accident or disease. In some cultures, this is thought to have been an open and accepted practi

*Amazake-babaa - an old woman who asks for sweet sake and brings disease *Nebutori - a spook-disease which causes a woman to grow immensely fat and lethargic

...ny proper understanding of the causative factors in disease and the actual disease processes themselves, there was a tendency to see sickness as a result of d

...man can be transferred from him to an animal. In this process of removing disease or sin, the bad spirit is expelled from the human being and enters the form

Is it true then, Father Zeus, that people are not killed only by disease or wounds, but can be struck down by a distant enemy? The thought appals me

...hy Leon, a protagonist in both games, would have been sick with an unknown disease in ''RE4'' -- infection from a monster attack in ''Gaiden''. When RE4 was r

...e the symptoms of porphyria, are based on a severe misunderstanding of the disease. There is very little evidence to suggest that porphyria had anything to do ...e in popular fiction for the last century. Its portrayal of vampirism as a disease (contagious demonic possession), with its undertones of sex, blood, and dea

...ssly distinguishes between the expulsion of evil spirits and the curing of disease. Christ also empowered the Apostles and Disciples to cast out demons in His

...nnot stop thinking about. Common OCD obsessions include fears of acquiring disease, getting hurt, or causing harm to someone. Obsessions are typically automat ...empt to further relate the immense distress that those afflicted with this disease must bear, Barlow and Durand (2006) utilize an odd example. Strangely enoug

...lity. However, Heuvelmans goes on to suggest that over-hunting by humans, disease, or encroachment on territory can make any animal into a man-eater.

...t boons, including relief from pain, ease in childbirth, and the curing of disease and physical ailments.

...mned to die by the fangs of the Vampire. The creature can kill by causing disease to sweep through a given area, or it can spread misery by raping virginal y ...against the stump. Poison, suffocation, extreme cold, aging, drowning, or disease cannot kill the Vampire, as the creature is already dead. The only substan

...folklore) nasty when offended. In the stories, they often play the role of disease-spirits. The most common, though also most harmless case was various irrita ...hreatens to kill him if he does not join, but he rides off and dies of the disease she sent upon him, and his young bride dies of a broken heart.<ref>Keightle

...be offered as an expiatory sacrifice was released, that it might carry the disease back to the desert (Leviticus xiv. 7, 52). These demons were supposed to enter the body and cause the disease while overwhelming or "seizing" the victim (hence "seizure").. To cure such

...n flesh. The term "zombism" is sometimes used to refer to the condition or disease associated with being a zombie.

...d other venomous creatures. He also is said to bring or control storms and disease. His wings were said to be so enormous that they would block out the sun.

...d other venomous creatures. He also is said to bring or control storms and disease. His wings were said to be so enormous that they would block out the sun.

*'''Marrashi''' - disease spreader that resembles a winged gnoll (3E MM2)[?]

...ce. More commonly referred to as the Gray Wastes, the plane is a place of disease and corruption, with apathy and despair emanating from the very land. Whil

...notions, needless to say, did much to advance our understanding of genetic disease.

...ycanthropy being either a hereditary condition or being transmitted like a disease by the bite of another werewolf. ...d'' series with a female werewolf. She combined the elements of both the "disease" and hereditary condition. In the ''Otherworld'' series, one could become

*''Terranigma'' as Asmodeus, the disease that ravaged the surface world.

...ike sight, strength,etc. The ceremony was banned after members developed a disease of the eyes.

Kathy Lutz died of emphysema on August 17, 2004 and George Lutz died of heart disease on May 8, 2006. The couple divorced in the late 1980s, but remained on good

...ww.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/other/atlas/atlas.htm U.S. Centers for Disease Control "Atlas of United States Mortality"]

...body or possessions, malicious magic users can become a credible cause for disease, sickness in animals, bad luck, sudden death, impotence and other such misf

...s and trained animals do most of the work, allowing Martians to live long, disease-free lives of leisure under an autocratic monarchy and a communistic social

...balism of the Fore tribe in New Guinea which resulted in the spread of the disease Kuru is well documented and not seriously questioned by modern anthropologi ...e to turn into mindless zombies. It was often referred to as the "Cannibal Disease."

...sults of the newer studies led to calls to abolish sadism and masochism as disease categories, arguing that the truly pathological forms are adequately covere

...el goes on to say that when humanity was created, Hell was infected with a disease of sorts. Believing that God could never forgive their sins, many humans ca

...as the offspring of Naraka and Vedaná. The children of Mrityu were Vyádhi (disease), Jará (decay), Soka (sorrow), Trishna (greediness), and Krodha (wrath). T

...e universe assumed by astrology, the development of the [[germ theory]] of disease, that restricted the scope of applied magic and threatened the belief syste

...tal. The mortal holding the office of Death is protected from aging, fire, disease and other dangers by the cloak he wears. When not wearing the cloak, the of

...only one. Rather it is more likely that windigo psychosis was a cultural disease. The most commonly known cure for windigo psychosis is bear fat or bear gr

...condition of the mind, or that religious mania may have been the original disease"''.