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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.

...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 ...that crosses their path for the misfortunes they themselves endured during life.

==Life== ...t impossible for her to wear anything below her waste. Her age and time of death are unknown.

==Life== ...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

...ry. They searched his locker, and found painting depicting death and gore. After his arrest, Staniak readily confessed to the six murders, as well as an add ...was later overturned when he was ruled insane. He was instead sentenced to life in an asylum.

...''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:

'''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.

...derive from PIE *men-, "to think". Cognates include Ancient Greek menos ("life, vigor") and Avestan mainyu, "spirit". [[Category:Death deities]]

...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.

==Life== ...cal damage. Because his skull was never closed, he wore a helmet until his death.

...al life. He is a tempter, distracting humans from practicing the spiritual life by making the mundane alluring or the negative seem positive. ...u-mara, or Mara as death, in the sense of the ceaseless round of birth and death.

...''', 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 ...ere feared and said to seduce women and kidnap people who ventured outside after dark. Hupias were also associated with bats and said to hide or sleep durin

==Life== ...pecialties were in sixth sense training and Chi Ma (Death Touch) training. After several years of extensive training Su Kong became the first Grandmaster of

==Early life== ...the latter accusing the former of dragging their heels and not taking the death of a homosexual man seriously enough.

==Early Life== ...y, at least in comparison to those of many other serial killers. His early life was not without some trauma, however; a thin and sickly child, he became a

==Early Life== ..., however, that he had killed six prostitutes in Austria in the first year after his release.

While imprisoned, Panzram wrote an articulate autobiography about his life and his descent into crime. Many of the claims he made in it are unverified ==Early life==

...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

...ght to be completely or nearly incorporial, "wind" spirits that sucked the life out of children and the sleeping. *by dying a violent death such as murder, drowning, or any other unsavory death or leaving a corpse mutilated or unburied.

...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

.... People seeing him will assume that the deceased has been brought back to life. It will search for food and new owner at night and goes around haunting pe ...nded by its master, even to harm his enemies. It can also possess or cause death to other people if so ordered.

==Early life== ...n Neuruppin near Berlin in 1863. Not a great deal is known about his early life, except that he was something of a [[sadism|sadist]] who soon picked up a n

...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 ...rls who have died on their wedding days, who almost snatch away the hero's life-breath, but must disappear at the break of dawn. These wilis have been adap

...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.

...rewolf]] or, more commonly, the spirit of a wicked person who came back to life to terrorize the living. ...more easily. Sometimes, like a [[vampire]], the Aufhocker would drain the life of people that it attacked, leaving them weak, exhausted, and unable to def

...nd start afresh. She gave him a lethal dose of Digitalis, collected on his life insurance and used the cash to open a smart dress shop. Later on, in Novemb 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

...patron of pregnant women, she was also linked to childbirth, marriage and death. Her role is similar to Lakhsmi, a Hindu goddess. ...Dēkla takes care of the children, and Kārta is in-charge with the adult's life. The three goddesses were called the three Laimas since they have similar d

...ls to death or fouling the rivers could find themselves married to her for life, both this one and the one to follow.

...Bratkovychi. Another family of five and two witnesses were killed not long after in the same village. When police imposed a security cordon around Bratkovyc ...estigation, an innocent man was arrested and [torture murder|torture]]d to death for Onoprienko's crimes.

...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 ..."Enkidu," Gilgamesh vows, "since a man cannot pass beyond the final end of life, I want to set off into the mountains, to establish my renown there."[4]

...tence, it damns the unfortunate individual to become a Vampire after their death. Thus, the Vampire propagates its own kind. ...ong time. In ancient times, people recognized that blood is the source of life. To take another’s blood was to absorb the other individual’s strength

==Life== ...lla. Lauther put her on his show and hired a woman to help her father look after the little star, now known as ''the Little Hairy Girl''. Percilla's father

...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 ...various attempts to kill Prahlad. During a particular attempt on Prahlad's life, King Hiranyakashyapu called upon his sister Holika for help. Holika had a

==Life== ...t looked at me and smiled. She was not afraid and not nervous. Ten minutes after Nadir died, Juraci also died." The twins were buried in a white coffin on A

...skulls shows she is the Tibetan form of Kali, she who transforms death to life, wrath to auspiciousness. ...), the power of rejuvenation and long life through obtaining the elixir of life by way of an alchemical process;

...with poison arrows. Stepping on an Abatwa by accident is also said to be a death sentence. In real life, the Abatwa are an aboriginal African people also known as Twa, Bushmen or

...[The Vampire Chronicles]]'' novels written by [[Anne Rice]]. He began his life as a mortal man, and later became a vampire. He is the narrator and also p Perhaps the most pivotal moment in his mortal life was when he was nearly killed by a pack of wolves he was hunting in mountai

...er, the earth, sought the boon from Vishnu that her son should have a long life, and that he should be all powerful. Vishnu readily granted these boons. ...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

...vanced state of decay, but still somewhat recognizable to those it knew in life. The creature has sunken eyes, which glow a fiery red in the darkness. It ...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

...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.

'''Shony''' was a death bringing demon who reigned in the waters of the North Sea in the folklore o ...If by chance a drowning man was given help, Shony would take the rescuer's life and leave the drowning person to die on his own.

...ls to death or fouling the rivers could find themselves married to her for life, both this one and the one to follow.

...rant, was as plenty then as it’s now. This art o’ theirs was muckle sought after by the other folk that lived in the kintry; but they never would let out th ...must know that I wish for my son’s death, though I dinna like to take his life myself.

It is named after Jules Cotard (1840–1889), a French neurologist who first described the co ...er she believed she was eternally damned and could no longer die a natural death.

...the metaphorical thread of life of every mortal and immortal from birth to death (and beyond). ...Aisa'''), whose name meant ''She who cannot be turned'', cut the thread of life.

==Life== ...ained a close friendship with the bearded lady Grace Gilbert until Grace's death in 1924.

After being convicted of several minor crimes, he was sentenced to two years in a Soon after they became a couple, Brady and Hindley began to plan a series of bank robb

==Life== ...small boy with his equally hairy father, in Paris in 1873. After Adrien's death, Fedor became a ward of the Russian government, who appointed a man named N

Toole claimed to have committed his first [[murder]] at the age of 14. After being propositioned for sex by a traveling salesman, he ran over the salesm ...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

...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 ...devotee of Vishnu, while the second is to take three births as his enemy. After serving either of these sentences, they can re-attain their stature at Vaik

...to death becomes an itsumaden, which haunts whoever refused to feed it in life, crying ''Itsumademo! Itsumademo!''; "How long, how long?", how long will I

==Early Life== ...and was voted "Most Likely to Succeed" by his classmates. However, shortly after graduating from high school, one of Mullin's best friends was killed in a c

...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)

...thology, '''Mictlantecuhtli''' ("lord of Mictlan") was the skeletal god of death who ruled over Mictlan, the underworld, with his wife, Mictlancihuatl. ...alth and abundance, alluding to the close symbolic links between death and life.[2]

==Early life== ...tions imposed when Robinson was released on probation from a Missouri jail after being convicted of forging signatures on some documents. But he started com

...moan and that there would be half-seen movements in the darkness. And yet, after I had been frog-marched into the [[graveyard]], I should feel a thrill of f .... Seeing one's own ghostly double or [[doppelgänger]] is a related omen of death.

==Life== It is claimed that on their death they bequeathed five plots of land to the village, known as the Bread and C

...kenstein]]'' introduced a new variant of undead, the dead brought back to "life" by science, though Frankenstein's creature bears some similarity to a [[go ...g an intangible physical body that often mirrors the one the spirit had in life.

==Early Life== ...to rape them and cut their throats, and usually dismembered their corpses after killing them. Most of the corpses were found with signs of [[Torture murder

==Early life== ...September 1, 1995, Bernardo was convicted of the murders and sentenced to life in prison. Later, Bernardo was also declared a "Dangerous Offender", virtua

...t snake with the head of a parrot, lord of rivers and protector of aquatic life #[[Luison]], a dog-like human, lord of death and protector of cemeteries

...Texas) is a convicted [[serial killer]] awaiting execution on California's death row. ==Early life==

...try Lee for murder in the second degree. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without the benefit of parole. Currently Lee resides on death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.

...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 ...hat the dhampir has a weak, gelatinous skeleton. Therefore, the dhampir’s life will be short and filled with discomfort and pain.

...death like execution, accident, or suicide or leaded an unholy or immoral life. This kind of reincarnation does not arise out of birth from a womb, etc, b They are also said to enter a human body and make sicken it until death.

The victim was usually a relative who had caused their [[death]], or not properly observed the burial ceremonies, or who kept the deceased Female vampires could return, lead a normal life and even marry but would exhaust the husband, as if it were an [[Incubus (d

...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

*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

...struggle for life. Hindley later told police that Brady had found the shoe after burying the boy, and had burnt it in their home in Hattersley, Manchester. ...fore she herself was taken into custody. Brady then strangled the child to death with a piece of white string, before burying his body. Hindley stood above

The two men drove around night after night, searching for their victim – always within the parameters set by M ...an end, and pulled on the rope whilst the terrified child pleaded for his life. Morss was fulfilling his evil fantasy of looking into a blonde boy's eyes

...ions'' ('''Am-heh''' in Egyptian), ''Eater of hearts'', and ''Greatness of Death''. ...rnal restlessness. The Egyptians believed the body was the key to eternal life (hence mummification); with the body devoured the afterlife would be misera

...oth]] corresponding to the Sephirot ''Netzach'' in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. "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

...son could become a ''vrykolakas'' after death due to a sacrilegious way of life, an excommunication, or a burial in unconsecrated ground, but especially by Some believed that a werewolf itself could become a powerful vampire after being killed, and would retain the wolf-like fangs, hairy palms, and glowin

...The creature was given life by being allowed to suck the vital essence or life force from its creator's sexual organs. It was then placed into the sea to ...he soul of a dead person, which became restless because the breach of some death taboo. It scared game away from the vicinity. Thus, the shaman had to help

...taking of life too, in what is seen as a great and eternal cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. He sometimes carries a bow. ...th an erect phallus. The phallus is itself a symbol of the power to create life. Another symbol of his sexual prowess and virility is the occasional presen

...οῖρα) literally means a part or portion, and by extension one's portion in life or destiny and as a personification "the deity who assigns to every man his * '''Clotho''' ('kləʊθəʊ, Greek Κλωθώ — "spinner") spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle. Her Roman equivalent was ''Nona'', (the

...men were murdered in their apartments, strangled with articles of clothing after being sexually assaulted. Without any sign of forced entry into their dwell ...unrelated crimes of robbery and sexual offences. DeSalvo was sentenced to life in prison in 1967. He was murdered six years later in the prison infirmary.

...sts, so they will have what they need to survive and move on to their next life. ...ly, the Hungry Ghost Festival became an important part of Chinese Buddhist life.

:"In all his life, to whatsoever wight. * John Milton (1626), On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough, verse vi

...years, the myths surrounding John 'Babbacombe' Lee's story have taken on a life of their own. "The judge, in passing sentence of death, remarked how calm Lee's demeanour had been throughout the trial.

...erit will be rewarded good future lives, or even revival in their previous life. Men or women who committed misdeeds will be sentenced to torture and/or mi ...nt in Naraka, the nether world, situated somewhere in the southern region. After this time they may return to Earth in new bodies.

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

...ward, and the left hand downward; the position of the hands means life and death, or creation and destruction.

...e churel always drinks from young men, beginning with the one she loved in life. She keeps them enthralled, draining them of their vitality, until they pre

...or animal forms, possess or bewitch people, and even cause bodily harm or death. However, a shikigami is also very dangerous for its summoner. A shikigami ...igami. One character in some versions is a shikigami of Akari that took a life of its own.

...hich relates infantide to the killng of an infant in the first year of its life to by its mother. More usually, and in in criminology, it includes various ...dren and the children of other unwanted groups are targeted by government 'death squads'. In these circumstances, the children are treated as '''vermin''' r

...journalist and atheist dissenter, William Godwin. Her mother died ten days after her birth and her father, left to care for Mary and her older half-sister, ...who would always be, despite disillusionment and tragedy, the love of her life. Percy, too, was more than satisfied with his new partner in these first ye

...is victims. He was convicted on 15 sample charges in 2000 and sentenced to life imprisonment. He committed suicide in 2004 at HMP Wakefield, West Yorkshire ==Early life==

...that the "wild man" was a prince who'd been sold into slavery as a child. After reaching Texas, he and a companion had escaped, but the companion had died from exposure after a few years. It's said that the Wild Man of the Navidad was eventually sold

...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

...ot the screenplay used in the eventual film version. The story is somewhat after the fashion of [[Nigel Kneale]], whose [[Quatermass]] stories had influence ...arge part the story of a police investigation, albeit by a policeman whose life is overshadowed by a supernatural presence. ''The Spear'' deals with a neo-

...ollowing a ruling by the judge that all statements made by Jane before her death, which incriminated Edmund, were hearsay and therefore inadmissible as evid ...last groans of her life as she lay dying and people avoided Kidbrook Lane after dark until finally the lane was built upon and Jane disappeared.

...Raven, ''The Killing Frost'', second in command. Was revealed that started life as Jacqual Frosti, Jack Frost, etc, is prejudiced against [[Seelie]] Court ...sy and death" by Sage, 2nd hand has been seen when he killed Siun (Goblin) after Kitto hacked Siun to pieces. In Merry's dream, it is shown that Rhys will g

...orers. The coroner established that each of the victims had been hacked to death with a machete-like weapon [http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,910481 ...en, was the real killer. Corona was convicted again and returned to prison after the strategy failed to persuade the court that he was innocent [http://www.

...d waiting for him and nothing wrong. Neighbors, who try to tell Mak of the death of his wife and to warn him that he is living with her ghost, meet with gri After discovering her husband's leaving, Nak pursues him. Mak sees his wife's gho

...on), Leanan Sidhe is an opposite of her Manx counterpart Lhiannan Sidhe, a life-giving spirit inspiring artists, mostly poets and musicians. ...of Ireland'' she grew restless and carried them away to other worlds, for death does not destroy her power.

...why Onam is celebrated by wearing new clothes and resolving to lead a new life of truth, piety, love, and humility.

...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 ...etimes it only seeks justice and the punishment of those who wronged it in life, but at other times it is a simple killer. Its appearances are linked to th

...the killings, Ridgway was arrested on suspicion of murder for four deaths after DNA evidence linked him to multiple victims. The four victims named in the ...ated that his lawyers were closing a plea bargain that would spare him the death penalty in return for his confession to a number of the Green River murders

...ed in New York City, and attended Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University. After quitting university, he began shooting mostly short films and commercials. ...[[Stephen King]], an anthology of tongue-in-cheek tales that were modeled after 1950s horror comics.

==Early Life== ...the killings, Ridgway was arrested on suspicion of murder for four deaths after DNA evidence linked him to multiple victims. The four victims named in the

...d as a wandering spirit from a being no longer living, having survived the death of the body yet maintaining the mind and consciousness. ...g has for obvious reasons been strongly linked with the very occurrence of life. A similar significance has been attributed to human blood. ''Spirit'' in t

...ot. Heracles could do nothing to aid his friends as the poison drained the life from both their bodies.

...out these horses, yet most people are afraid to pass a place they frequent after it is dark. ...o was told by a wise woman if he ever let it see the water it would be the death of him. For years it was a faithful horse, but one day he brought it in sig

...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 In the book, Louis does feed on mortals early in his life as a vampire. When Lestat first takes him hunting, he feeds on a slave. La

...h by the state of Florida in 1992. She ultimately received five additional death sentences. She was put to death via lethal injection in 2002.

''Meritursas'' means octopus in Finnish, named after Iku-Turso. However, it is more common to see the alternative ''Mustekala'' ...ge, or alternatively, the bearded one), ''Tuonen härkä'' (the ox of Tuoni, Death), ''tuhatpää'' (thousand-headed), ''tuhatsarvi'' (thousand-horned). It wa

...ing invisible arrows or beating its prey to death with a club. The Baykok, after paralyzing or killing its prey, then devours the liver of its victim. ...h the Baykok occasionally uses a heavy war club to bludgeon its victims to death, the creature prefers a bow that fires invisible arrows, which are tipped w

According to the legend, 16 years after his death, Jure would arise from his grave by night and terrorise the village. The vi ...ed to pierce its heart again, but the stick could not penetrate its flesh. After some exorcism prayers, the most valient of them, Stipan Milašić, took a s

In the 9th century ''Tripartite Life of Saint Patrick'' the deity is called Cenn Cruach, and his cult image cons Jocelin's 12th centure ''Life and Acts of St. Patrick'' tells much the same story. Here the god is called

...hue found work in the shop of one James Crookshanks; Zona met him not long after his arrival in town. The two fell in love and soon married, despite objecti ...Knapp had been treating her for "female trouble" for two weeks before her death, but whether she was pregnant or not is unknown.

...By assuming the gorgoneion, Perseus put on as a mask the power of life and death personified by Medusa, the cosmic queen. ...y, blood taken from the left side of a Gorgon could bring the dead back to life, yet blood taken from the right side was an instantly fatal poison. [[Athe

...s guards, is on temporary loan to Meredith after the recent attempt on her life. The powers that they stir up affect some serious changes in the land of fa ...Raven, ''The Killing Frost'', second in command. Was revealed that started life as Jacqual Frosti, Jack Frost, etc, is prejudiced against [[Seelie]] Court

[[Image:John Wayne Gacy 2.jpg|thumb|John Wayne Gacy's 1968 'mugshot' after being arrested on charges of sodomy]] == Life ==

...es to arrange a bargain with Zeus to exchange Chiron's immortality for the life of Prometheus who had been chained to a rock and left to die for his transg ...and wondered how such a little thing as an arrow could have caused so much death and destruction. In that instant, he let slip the arrow from his hand and i

==Early life== ...lled six college girls in this way, and would often go hunting for victims after arguing with his mother, a domineering woman who had emotionally abused him

...are sometimes depicted as vampiric, although are more commonly feeding on life force, rather than blood. Unlike vampires however, light is commonly descri ...''Shades'', a shade is a teenage/young soul taken by a darker world before death, and then experimented on, turning the soul into a shade.

...selected ''Joseph Paul'' in honor of Paul Joseph Goebbels and ''Franklin'' after US founding father, Benjamin Franklin. ...mmending them on their verdict, claiming that if he had not been given the death penalty, he would probably escape again.

...lade, but the weapon was too blunt, so Brady strangled the crying chlld to death with a piece of string before burying his body, face down, in a shallow gra ...arrangement was different. Myra drove off on her own to select a child for death. She chose a blonde-haired, blue eyed boy, just 4 days passed his 12th birt

...n's Ravens, appears. He announces that the Queen never sent the Sluagh out after Meredith, and that in fact the Queen meant her no harm. As prove of this he ...s. Cel, previously his mother's sole heir, makes several attempts upon her life. It is in order to gain support that Merry makes alliances with others such

...e linked by King Arthur and the role that each of them had in his life and death. [[Category:Celtic mythology]] [[Category:death]]

...e crawled from its belly. Raiko and his retainers claim total victory only after having made sure every last one is slain. Raiko was wielding a sword named ...In this tale the Tsuchigumo is captured by Raiko. He vows to save Raiko's life three times. In the end he keeps his word. The last time he rescues Raiko h

...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.

...llows as a means of exacting vengeance on its master for its predecessor's death. ...). The account is quoted by D. A. Mackenzie in SCOTTISH FOLK LORE AND FOLK LIFE.

...maniu''' or atai which is an animal counterpart to a person with which his life is bound up. ...which have many characteristics typical of shapeshifter tales, such as any death or injury affecting both forms at once.

...e biography with [[supernatural]] tales of incidents involving the saint's life from less reliable sources. More than 130 sources have been identified for ...itude of people with them. Thus was the city of Rome delivered from double death, that was from the culture and worshipping of false idols, and from the ven

*Touching the serpent or even looking at it, or a glance from it, can cause death. ...ss. Sisiutl masks were often hinged, allowing the serpent ends to simulate life-like serpentine writhing movements. Sisiutl masks were decorated with fleck

On the contrary the Irish [[Leanan Sidhe]] is more favourably regarded, as a life giving spirit, the inspiration of poets, but both names mean the ''fairy sw ...a Lhiannan wants a man, she doesn’t draw his blood off, but she sucks his life force instead.

*After the Angelus parents do not allow their children to play outside the house d ...ver utter a word or a sound for in this occasion it may actually save your life.

...ly shown either impaled on Shiva's trident, or in skeletal form as Bhringi after submitting to Shiva, who drained his blood during the conflict. ...woman who is like a mother unto me, let that be the hour appointed for my death.

...ties that the Mummy possessed in life (like magic) are usually retained in death. Many of the Mummy’s abilities depend on who the Mummy was in life. For example, the Mummy of a pharaoh or high priest may be able to assume

...sanity plea was rejected by a jury, and he was sentenced to 15 consecutive life terms in 1992 (a 16th was later added for the 16th murder). He was murdered ...d Hicks over to his house after picking up the 19 year-old hitchhiker, and after drinks, he killed him because he "didn't want him to leave".

...who put a spear through Christ's side. The novel tells his life before and after the event, from a pagan son of a member of Roman nobility, through him bein ...The Requiem'', Longinus is rumored to have been transformed into a vampire after piercing Christ's side and founded one of the vampire covenants, the ''Lanc

...they could be defeated by calling their name; this, in fact, would be the death of them. ...o all the versions listed here, and many if not all of them were developed after the Christianizing of the Northern countries, as were similar stories of fa

...ruction, Life out of Death. The ouroboros eats its own tail to sustain its life, in an eternal cycle of renewal. It is also an emblem of immortality. Its e ...ing Herraud gives a small lindorm as a gift to his daughter Þóra Town-Hart after which it grows into a large serpent which encircles the girl's bower and bi

...the Questing Beast had been borne of a human woman, a princess who lusted after her own brother. She slept with a devil who had promised to make the boy lo ...worldly pursuits, and he finally slays the creature during the Grail Quest after he, Percival and Galahad have chased it into a lake. The Questing Beast app

==Early Life== ...gedly because of something a psychic told her, she ended the relationship. After this rejection, Knowles went on a murderous spree across northern Florida.

==Life== ...ainst it as it was believed that the operation would certainly lead to the death of at least one of the twins. He notes that these twins were the first to b

...sochistic themes. She was married to poet Stan Rice for 41 years until his death in 2002. Rice was born and spent most of her early life in New Orleans, Louisiana, which forms the background against which most of

==Early life== ..., three days before his 21st birthday in 1995, but they separated not long after, although they had to wait four years before obtaining a divorce as Huntley

...rth by flood. Afterwards, Manabush was unable to bring his brother back to life, so Moqwaio became ruler of the underworld. Moqwaio is portrayed as a good ...ncluded to give him for a companion his twin brother, whom they brought to life and called Naq'pote (which signifies an expert marksman). He was formed lik

...the Shedeem were the offspring of Adam. After he had eaten of the Tree of life, Adam was excommunicated for one hundred and thirty years. "In all those ye ...ind: they eat and drink; they marry and have children; they are subject to death. it may be added, they have the power of assuming any form they please.

...oron did not die from his fall but remained lame and blind in consequence. After this, he wandered lonely through the Aleian field, avoiding the paths of me ...rom this instance of Bellerophon being unconsciously the bearer of his own death warrant, the expression "Bellerophontic letters" arose, to describe any spe

...used it in place of an arrowhead to kill his brother. Gluskap fell to his death, but he summoned his own magic and was reborn again. Believing that it was Gluskap had fashioned the fishes from dirt. Then he breathed life into them to populate the rivers and the sea. The first few fishes that he

...by the male buffalo. Stricken by grief, the she buffalo chose to go to her death on the funeral pyre prepared for her husband. Before that took place howeve ...slain by a male. Not seeing women as a threat that might ever imperil his life, he was confident that such a boon would effectively grant him invincibilit

...e initial attack, there will be other factors contributing to the cause of death and so break the chain of causation. Subject to the local statute of limita ...hin the definition of murder and so rejects the idea of a single mandatory life sentence. For those interested, the Report also lists all the main European

...are either reconsumed into the miasmatic form or escape to some monstrous life elsewhere. ...ed [[satyr]]-like being. A changed worshiper is also endowed with immortal life.

..., an apparition of a living or once-living being, possibly as a portent of death). ...s considered to be a double of an existing person and omen of his imminent death.

==Early life and crimes== ...t I stripped her naked. How she did kick—bite and scratch. I choked her to death, then cut her in small pieces so I could take my meat to my rooms. Cook and

...va. Vayu or the Lord of the wind is an example of an important deva. Also, Death is personified as the deva Yama. ...blows; from fear of Him the sun rises; from fear of Him Agni and Indra and Death, the fifth, run." In actuality, Brahman is the only Ultimate Reality, and a

...sts of people who have met a violent or tragic death. They like a peaceful life, and they can wreak destructive vengeance on people who annoy them. Origina

...hter's hand in marriage to whoever rid them of the beast. Legend says that after marrying the princess the knight settled in Lyminster and his gravestone, t ...oy, called Jim Pulk or Jim Puttock, said in some versions to be from Wick, after the Mayor of Arundel offered a reward. He killed the dragon by cooking it a

...ences, Serling suffered from nightmares and flashbacks for the rest of his life. Though he was rather short (5'4") and slight, Serling was also a noted bo ...d at least five packs of cigarettes a day, which likely contributed to his death in 1975.

...emit a radioactive heat beam from his mouth called his uranium heat beam, after exposure to Godzilla and a radioactive waste disposal site. Rodan is also s ...in Kitamatsu along with a swarm of prehistoric insects called Meganulons. After devouring several people and reducing Sasebo to ruins, one Rodan is maimed

...case sparked massive public outrage, contributed to the suspension of the death penalty in Britain in 1965 (it was later abolished outright). The case rema ==Early life==

...monster or demoness. Hecate sent Empusa to harass travelers. It scared to death or ate anybody that travelled along the paths or roads it inhabited. ...from Aristophanes Frogs 294; Aristophanes Ecclesiazusae 1094; Philostratus Life of Apollonius of Tyana 2.4 & 4.25; Suidas s.v. Empusa) :

Morrigan is associated with sovereignty, prophecy, war, and death on the battlefield. She is generally considered a war deity comparable with ...or the Disir also appear as crows and were worshipped as goddess of war or death.

...Kroll's family moved to North Rhine-Westphalia. He began killing in 1955, after his mother died. Around 1960, Kroll went to Duisburg to find work as a toil * February 8, 1955 - Irmgard Strehl, 19, rape d and stabbed to death. Her disemboweled body was found in a barn in Lüdinghausen

...e two boys should be detained for "very, very many years to come". Shortly after the trial, Lord Taylor of Gosforth, the Lord Chief Justice, ordered that th ...002 the position of Home Secretary lost its power to set minimum terms for life sentences entirely).

...ch based on rumor, for sexual cruelty led to the term "sadism" being named after him. == Life ==

...are reanimated corpses that hop around, killing living creatures to absorb life essence (气/氣qì) from their victims. ...d when a person's soul fails to leave the deceased's body, due to improper death, suicide, or just wanting to cause trouble.

...first film, Mothra has been depicted in various stages of the lepidopteran life cycle: Mothra's mammoth egg is decoratively colored in blue and yellow wave ...colored wings. Mothra's life cycle—particularly the tendency of an imago's death to coincide with its larvae hatching—echoes that of the Phoenix, resembli

...was in all likelihood innocent of the crime for which he was sentenced to death." [http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGAMR510032000] ...of author Sarah L. Knox, "as one of the world's worst serial killers, even after the debunking of the majority of his confessions by the Attorney General of

...rld War II. He is suspected of killing more than sixty victims during his life. ==Early life==

Usually a dhampir would wait until there was a death in a village. ...nce fear, grief and superstition took hold in a village following a recent death, the dhampir would "come to the rescue

...at living creatures in the hope of obtaining their life-force for himself. After being confined to an asylum, he considers eating a human hospital orderly, ...this promise when one of his colleagues steals The Eternal Light after his death.

...from all the plants in the world and is explicitely tied to the "Water of Life." Together with the great fish [[Karn]], the Simurgh protect the Tree of Ma ...flames (much like the phoenix). The simurgh is associated with the Tree of Life and present in many old tales of the creation. He is benevolent, protective

...or: he taketh awaie monie out of everie kings house, and carrieth it backe after 1200. yeares, if he be commanded, he is a horssestealer, he is thought to b ...or: he taketh awaie monie out of everie kings house, and carrieth it backe after 1200 yeares, if he be commanded, he is a horssestealer, he is thought to be

After his film ''Nightbreed'', which was widely considered to be a flop, Barker r ...The Vein'', ''Dread'', ''Son of Celluloid'', ''Revelations'' ''The Life of Death'', ''Rawhead Rex'' and ''The Yattering and Jack''; and Dark Horse Comics' '

...their souls travel to the plane that closest matches their perspective in life, to be reincarnated as a new being. * Marut — Seek out those who would cheat death

...business, Neilson became obsessed with the discipline and routine of army life. He had relished his statutory national service when he was a teenager and, In 1974, Neilson targeted a sub-Post Office in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. After tying up the sub-postmaster's 18 year old son, he confronted the sub-postma

...ishers have printed many books entitled ''Necronomicon'' since Lovecraft's death. <br>''And with strange æons death may die.''

...ed States between 1974 and 1978. His total number of victims is unknown. After over a decade of vigorous denials, Bundy eventually confessed to over 30 mu ...many of his victims, in addition to mutilating and molesting their bodies after their deaths.

...ggle all of the living body of its victim down into its stomach. But then, after some more time, the Yara-ma-yha-who drinks water and spits up its victim, w ...ff to some distance where it then sits and watches its victim for signs of life. But the creature will then eventually need to seek a bush and fall asleep.

...fair a dame, the darling of her prince's heart, to die suddenly, bitten to death by a cat! Then the cat, having scratched out a grave under the verandah, bu ...to the imp's tyranny, while his guards slept helplessly around him. Night after night this was repeated, until at last three of the Prince's councillors de

...the inspiration for Destoroyah, since both go through four stages in their life cycles. Like Hedorah, Destoroyah is a composite life form formed from trillions of near-microscopic organisms and thus possesses

==Early life== ...l at school, but failed the entrance exam for the Moscow State University. After finishing national service in 1960, he moved to Rodionovo-Nesvetayevsky and

...erleth who attempted to categorize and expand the mythos after Lovecraft's death. During the latter part of Lovecraft's life, there was much borrowing of story elements among the authors of the "Lovec

...counter with the vanishing hitchhiker occurred on the anniversary of their death. ...elieved, were localised variations, while 'C' was supposed to have started life as a separate ghost story which at some stage became conflated with the ori

...''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.

...er Eastern European countries. They were frequently blamed as the cause of death in cases of epidemics. *'''strigoi vii''' are live witches who will become vampires after death.

...hey are often associated with an individual family line, as a harbinger of death. When one of these ghosts is seen it indicates that someone in the family i ...ee tucked under her arm, her head! She is dressed in her old wedding gown. After she looks around sadly, she realizes her husband has not returned for her,

...ching adulthood Zeus managed to force his father to disgorge his siblings. After their release the six younger gods, along with allies they managed to gathe Despite modern conotations of death as "evil", Hades was actually more altruistically inclined in mythology. Ha

...che and the development of civilization as a whole, the personification of Death as a living, sentient entity is a concept that has existed in all known soc In the United States death is usually shown as a skeletal figure wearing a midnight black gown with a

'''Seduced by Moonlight''' begins shortly after the events of ''[[A Caress of Twilight]]''. Kurag, Goblin King, is insistin ...also a potent artifact in its own right. It was known as the ''happy ever after'' ring as it permitted sidhe to find their perfect mates.

...ture is believed to have originally been a princess of the moon. Tiring of life in the heavens, this lunar maiden descended on a snowfall to investigate th ...menacing; the snow woman of Niigata Prefecture causes people to freeze to death and tears the livers out of living children, in Iwate and Miyagi she can pu

...eres of life, the Azaka govern agriculture, the Ghede govern the sphere of death and fertility. Each of the lwa is associated with a particular Roman Cathol

...orn on American soil, fearing the continuous assassination attempts on her life thinly disguised as duels, flees the [[Unseelie]] Court in a final act of ...In the books, Jefferson gave the [[Unseelie]] and [[Seelie]] courts asylum after the European courts exiled them - however, as a caveat, Jefferson said that

[[Erzsébet Báthory|Elizabeth Báthory]], (in Nádasdy, after the marriage) was born in 1560. Hungarian countess, she’s worldwide known Various legends about her life, including the idea that she bathed in or drank the blood of servant girls,

...violent or tragic events in the building's past such as murder, accidental death, or suicide — sometimes in the recent or ancient past. Amongst many cultu ...ounds, feelings of dread, illness, and the sudden, apparently inexplicable death of all the occupants, can be attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning. Sympt

...nd to local news outlets, boasting of the crimes and knowledge of details. After a long hiatus, these letters resumed in 2004. ...wife are the parents of 2 adult children, Brian and Kerri. Both were born after the BTK murders started.

...may never be known if he committed more than two [[murder]]s. Besides the death of his brother in 1944 under puzzling circumstances, between 1947 and 1957 ...ty, Augusta became increasingly strict, once dousing him in scalding water after she caught him masturbating in the bathtub.

...ts generally follow a life-fertility-death cycle for Cernunnos, though his death is now usually set at Samhain, the Gaelic New Year Festival usually taking

== Early life == ...couple were informed that she would not be able to have children. Shortly after this, his wife returned to a teacher-training course. When she completed th

...ry that like repels like, it is highly likely that the Vampire, reeking of death and decay (overall, not just the revenant’s breath), will be utterly repu ...s, werewolves, sorcerers, witches, giants, and those that live a “charmed” life. When a sorcerer’s familiar is injured or dies by a silver bullet, the c

...or becoming encantados themselves, and inflict illness, insanity, and even death. ...the dolphin men that she refused to marry anyone else for the rest of her life and became an old spinster.

...to see a basilisk and survive. Looking at it, according to legend, brings death. The basilisk was depicted in a few illuminated manuscripts in the Middle A ...k's mortal stare. To the medieval Christians it represented sin and sudden death.

...Consequently, he was convicted through forensic evidence and sentenced to death. Haigh was executed by hanging on August 10, 1949. ==Early life==

...le] in Latvia. It was first mentioned in chronicles in the late 1680s, and after some time it gained the fame as a unlucky, haunted place. ...opular excursion place, where people go in winter to experience real manor life and a taste of baron's supper by candlelight.

...Zero to destroy Tokyo. They were challenged by Godzilla and Anguirus, and after a long fight the two space monsters were driven away. ...their god, Megalon, in a battle against Godzilla and the robot Jet Jaguar. After receiving a broken arm at the hands of Jet Jaguar, Gigan fled to space, lea

...ing willing to sacrifice everything for his master’s safety, including his life. Such individuals inevitably lose their minds, due to the Vampire’s powe ...and call. They will obey each and every single command, even if it means death. This ability is present in folklore, but isn’t commonly mentioned.

...stat and how he became indoctrinated, unwillingly, into the vampire way of life. His story ebbs and flows through the streets of New Orleans, defining cruc ...ry, the book took off as Anne wrote it, spinning the tragic and triumphant life experiences of a soul. As well as the struggles of its characters, Intervie

...ee tucked under her arm, her head! She is dressed in her old wedding gown. After she looks around sadly, she realizes her husband has not returned for her, ...the battlements. Unable to endure her suffering, she threw herself to her death from the tower. The ghost of the White Lady has been seen a number of times

...g was in June [[1959]]. [[Friedrich Jurgenson]] ([[1903]]&ndash;[[1987]]), after playing back a recording of [[birdsong]] in the [[Sweden|Swedish]] countrys ...or [[Signal-to-noise ratio]], believing that they are more "sensitive" to "life energies". Poor quality [[A/D]] and [[Digital-to-analog converter|DAC]]s on

[[Image:Johnsdeath.jpg|left|thumb|250px|An artist's drawing of John Bell's death, originally published in 1894. In the foreground one can see a couple of me John Bell Sr., later in life, suffered frequent facial seizures, often rendering him speechless. John Be

#He develops an exciting fantasy of sex with a corpse, sometimes after exposure to a corpse.</blockquote> ...ression of a biologically fixated death instinct, but the consequence of a life without being really alive.

...hat dwarfs may have originated as nature spirits or beings associated with death, or as a mixture of concepts. ...entially mean that dwarfs formed humans, and that the three gods gave them life.

...iscovered by occultist [[Montague Summers]] in 1920. It describes Stumpp’s life and alleged crimes and the trial, and includes many statements from neighbo ...tumpp had one of the most lurid and famous [[werewolf]] trials in history. After being stretched on the rack, he confessed to having practiced [[black magic

...and identity to Salim, effectively fulfilling Salim's wish for a different life. ...rl in the early 15th century, when she wished for a great power and a long life from a genie, which she referred to as an "Ifrit", she herself was turned i

...anger of a friend or relative is considered very bad luck, often heralding death or serious illness of the doppelganger's original. In Norse mythology, a va ...relayed Percy's claims to her that he had met his own doppelgänger. A week after Mary's nearly fatal miscarriage, in the early hours of 23 June, Percy had h

...be the patron of lost souls (and consequently orphans). Rather than god of death, he had become god of dying, and consequently funeral arrangements. It was ...to those of Anubis. Thus the true visage of the jackal-headed god was as a death-mask to behold; in some sense Anubis may be thought of as a speaker for the

...mploy of King Richard II in and around Windsor Forest. He saved the King's life when he was attacked by a cornered white hart, but was mortally wounded him ...hire and north-west Surrey) and specifically the Great Park ever since his death. Further details have entered local folklore from supposed sightings. He ap

...et severed and were allowed to bleed to death, and the women and children, after watching the men die, were burned alive. (This recalls, in essence if not i ...ly left the clan and settled in Girvan, where she planted the Hairy tree. After her family's capture, the daughter's identity was revealed by angry locals

...elled Retz). He was an intelligent child, learning fluent Latin. After the death of his parents c.1415, Gilles was put under the tutelage of his godfather, ...he fact that two of several previous marriage schemes were thwarted by the death of the intended bride.

...wo crew members, and is slowly mutating into a plant-like extraterrestrial life form. ...creature in a laboratory, and realises that it has the ability to end all life on Earth if it spores. A television crew working on an architectural progra

...tion posits that the Lamia may have been a seductress, as in Philostratus' Life of Apollonius of Tyana, where the philosopher Apollonius reveals to the you ...Λάμια" ("the child has been strangled by the Lamia"), explains the sudden death of young children (ibid). As in Bulgarian folklore and Basque legends, the

...y becomes alive. Thus the saying "Shiva without Shakti is Shava." Kali ('''Life Energy''' or Shakti) and the body together are called Shiva. Thus the sayin ...skrit word 'kala' meaning 'time' - time in this form being a euphemism for death - or 'devourer of time.' It also means 'black' or 'black female,' in contra

...n oilskins. This trait is common in the northernmost part of Norway, where life and culture was based on the fish, more than anywhere else. ...gainst the very existence of the undead. However, decapitation only works after the creature has been wrestled to the ground and defeated. Therefore, deca

...rily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom''. (King James Version) ...stianity and spent his wandering days proselytizing and leading a hermitic life.

...' (Gylfaginning 36), “Odin sends the valkyries to every battle. They allot death to men and govern victory. Gunnr and Róta two valkyries and the youngest n ...orld, '''Ragnarök'''. In Valhalla the valkyries also “serve drink and look after the tableware and drinking vessels” (Prose Edda Gylfaginning 36).

...iliar to viewers even casually acquainted with the genre: the dead come to life and attack the living in order to feed upon their flesh. It was filmed in E ...nd the side of the car is smashed against a tree. The man continues to run after the car, so Barbra gets out of the car and runs away, arriving at an abando

...of beating flax. When this sound grew especially loud, it was a portant of death or misfortune. ...er. He haunts the ruins of old castles and cairns which he guards with his life.

...passers-by in an attempt to replace her dead children. Alternately, right after she drowns her children, La Llorona realizes what she has done and, consume ...man in a new life together and drowned her children in the Missouri River. After a few months, the suitor grew tired of La Llorona and left her for another

...Gnostics]] including the [[Cathars]] hell was none other than this present life on earth. ...ell, but rather a sort of [[Purgatory]] where one is judged based on their life's deeds. The [[Kabbalah]] describes it as a "waiting room" (commonly transl

[[Image:RichardTrentonChase.JPG|frame|250px|Richard Trenton Chase's mugshot after being apprehended for the murder of six people, 1978]] ...n after being taken to a hospital for blood poisoning, which he contracted after injecting rabbit's blood into his veins.

* In ''Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah'', after being converted into a cyborg, Mecha-King Ghidorah was able to fire a spira ===Life force absorption===

The phoenix symbolizes immortality, resurrection, and life after death. In that aspect it was often placed on sarcophagi. ..., or an egg found among the ashes and would embark on another 500 years of life. The bird was also said to regenerate when hurt or wounded by a foe, thus b

...second chance by Saint Peter at the gates to Heaven, but leads such a bad life that he ends up being doomed to wander the Earth. The [[Devil]] provides h :''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The death-fires danced at night;''

...] novels, have chosen to stop reading her work altogether. She added that "life is too short to read books you don't like," and acknowledged that the books * ''Death of a Darklord'' (TSR's ''Ravenloft'' series.)

...d appearance was in the sequel, ''Friday the 13th Part 2'' (1981). Jason's death as a boy is retconned in this film, and he exacts revenge on the girl who d .... Tommy eventually lures Jason back to the lake that supposedly caused his death as a boy. Chained to a boulder on the lake floor, Jason is left to die.

...corpses that hop around, killing living creatures to absorb quintessence (life force energy) (qì) from their victims. ...aid to have a strong sexual drive which led them to attack and rape women. After a period of growing stronger, chiang-shihs would gain the ability to fly, g

...eaded. Hecate and her hounds were overseers of cyclical time, guardians of life and the awakening of vegetation. ...'slips of yew'. Yew berries carry Hecate's power, and can bring wisdom or death. The seeds are highly poisonous, but the fleshy, coral-colored 'berry' surr

...known to sing sailors to their deaths, like the [[Siren]], or squeeze the life out of drowning men, while trying to rescue them. ...Alexander the Great's sister, Thessalonike, turn into a mermaid after her death [http://www.mpt.org/programsinterests/mpt/alexander/guide/teachers_guide.pd

...scellany in 1745. Vampires had already been discussed in German literature.After Austria gained control of northern Serbia and Oltenia in 1718, officials n ...yth became full of blood lust after slaughtering humans and was only sated after drinking alcohol colored as blood.

...perish in horrific circumstances. He had also lost faith in the human race after witnessing the inhumanity one individual could enact upon another. He had l ...to regain some of his humanity when he recollects his memory of his former life and tries to protect Kirsty and Tiffany from the insane Channard Cenobite.

* [[Seductress Ghosts]] - The ghost of a woman or man who initiates a post-death love affair with a living human. ...that are examples of unfullfilled earthly hungers being carried over post-death. They are different from other classifications of yūrei due to their whol

...nent member of the group, as he is their High Priest. He currently lies in death-like sleep in the sunken city of [[R'lyeh]] somewhere in the Southeast Paci ...lhu seeks no reward for serving their "god" such as eternal paradise after death. They serve only to bring the Great Clearing Off and will no doubt be serve

...o appear three nights after a child's birth to determine the course of its life. They were usually described as cold, remorseless old crones or hags (in co ...s and having fairy powers, was in fact an "earthly knight" and, though his life was pleasant ''now'', he feared that the fairies would pay him as their tie

...quote>These monsters had big appetites for the snack foods they were named after. Each time the Muppet narrator, a human-looking fellow, fixes himself a tra ...otato chip. This time, the puppet was called Arnold, the Munching Monster. After the three ads were produced, Henson had the opportunity to renew the contra

...of the characteristic Dionysian atmosphere, infused with the unquenchable life of the god. ==God’s life==

...in the river, and Winter, a work of the Daevas," "the locust, which brings death unto cattle and plants," "plunder and sin," "the ants and the ant-hills," " After this, the world will be restored, the dead will arise, and life and immortality will come.

...is also called ''Pooky Night'' in some parts of Ireland, presumably named after the Puck, a mischievous[spirit. Halloween's theme is spooky or scary things particularly involving death, magic, or mythical [[monster]]s.

...ces of heaven, the second bring fertility to the world by by summoning the life giving rains, and the third take it upon themselves to preserve the mineral The nāgas also carry the elixir of life and immortality. One story mentions that when the gods were rationing out t

After her marriage, Elizabeth was established as mistress of the Nadasdy estate a ...ous young men as lovers. She even ran away with one of these, but returned after a very short time to her husband. She also spent time visiting her aunt, no

...]], [[food]], [[holidays]], [[occupations]], excessive [[scrupulosity]], [[death]], [[luck]], and/or [[Spirit]]s. [[Urban legend]]s are also sometimes clas *Veyne, Paul. 1987 ''A History of Private Life: 1. From Pagan Rome to Byzantium''.

...m, passed down [[tradition]]ally, and linked to the spiritual or religious life of a community, endorsed by rulers or priests. Once this link to the spirit ...1948) outlined the basic ideas he would continue to elaborate on until his death in 1987. His theories, popularized in a series of books and videos, are mor

...lock" by ''Wilbur Smith'', the Egyptian slave Taita becomes "The Warlock", after spending years in the desert, studying and praying. ...e of Corruption. The Lotus Clan studies the Forbidden Path, which is about death and corruption. Since being a warlock means mastering this path, they are i

First known by a name that was blotted out in Heaven's "book of life," but associated with [[Lucifer]], the morningstar, he was a proud archange ...s almost overwhelming; something that Adam's reason is unable to overcome. After Eve eats from the Tree of Knowledge, he decides to do the same, realizing t

...calendar, the giver of maize corn to mankind, and sometimes as a symbol of death and resurrection. Quetzalcoatl was also the patron of the priests and the t ...sing his own blood, from a wound in his penis, to imbue the bones with new life.

After these reliefs, there is a gap of about a millennium, and it is only from ci ...nder, Ki = Earth, Gal = Great). Ninlil, suffering the trauma of her rape, after roaming the world followed him to the underworld, vowing vengeance upon the

...one awake in the cold Christmas night, pondering the mysteries of life and death. This poem featured the first painting by Jenny Nyström of this traditiona

...s a Finnish hard-rock band, who became famous internationally in year 2006 after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in Athens, Greece, though in Finland th * Lordi first appeared after the formation of the trio: Lordi (vocals), Amen (guitar) and G-Stealer (bas

...elationship with Moldavia: he spent several years there after his father’s death; he left with his presumed cousin Ştefan (Stephen the Great) to Transylvan '''The life of Vlad III'''

...time. Manson was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder. He is serving a life sentence but will be up for parole in 2007 at the age of 73. Manson has alw ==Early life==

...wider view is established. Thus, when the Biblical principle that blood is life is found among the Yorubas of the west coast of Africa, the parallel is int ...d upon some particular experience, but the reason given, that the Angel of Death walks about openly in time of plague, and sneaks near the houses at other t

...v Ripper" and "Hannibal Lecter", a name given to him by the Russian public after the character in the popular American film [[Silence of the Lambs]], which *[[Beverley Allitt]] - an ''[[Angel of Death]]''; Paediatric nurse who killed four patients and injured at least nine ot

Early life A few days after his birth, the baby was adopted by Nathan and Pearl Berkowitz, a Jewish cou

..., riding his black buffalo. Garuda noticed that the gaze of the Master of Death briefly fell upon the bird, but then he continued on his way into the abode Since a mere glance from Lord Yama presages death, Garuda's heart was filled with pity for the tiny bird. He gently picked i

...d as an unhappy monster, a symbol of the 'terrible mother'; the monster of death bringing extreme bad luck and the perversion of the intellect, womanhood, a ...nscription on a stele in the Great Sphinx dates it from one thousand years after the carving of the Sphinx, It was erected in 1400 BC, probably by Thutmose

...often been hypothesized, although there is currently no solid evidence of life there at present. Some scientists have theorized that there is evidence of ...rowing scientific knowledge snuffed out any remaining hope for intelligent life on that cold and inhospitable world. All along, however, a number of indivi

...person can be revived by a in '''[[Necromancer|Bogor]]''' or '''Mambo'''. After resurrection, it has no will of its own, but remains under the control of t ...(LD50 of 1mg), it is said to be able to leave a person in a state of near-death for several days, while the person continues to be conscious. The second po

...urls a bucket of blood into the poor resident's face. This is a portent of death. ...et, and appears mostly in the Undercity section of Vagrant Story|Lea Mondé after you defeat him in the Wine Cellars.

Although mummification existed in other cultures, [[Immortality|eternal life]] was the main focus of all Ancient Egyptians, which meant preserving the b ...the nose with hooks, then discarded. It was also drained through the nose after being liquefied with the same hooks.

...happily adopt for himself. He objected to the labelling of what he saw as life's most worthwhile and enjoyable activities as "sinful". ...e left by his father. Throughout this period, he maintained a vigorous sex life, which was largely conducted with prostitutes and girls he picked up at loc

Another factor influencing political life was the means of succession to the Wallachian throne. The throne was heredi On receiving news of Vlad Dracul’s death the Turks released Vlad III and supported him as their own candidate for th

...age of Borley, Essex, England, which gained a reputation for being haunted after a series of residents reported unsettling phenomena. ...ch by the Reverend Henry Dawson Ellis Bull in 1862, and he moved in a year after being named rector of the parish. The large brick building was built in a s

...ommon but not required. Dead are buried in conical tombs immediately after death and buried with hands crossed. ...only in their caste system, but also in various taboos affecting everyday life. Some of these, such as those on exogamy or on insulting or offending men o

...0s. The television program Freaky Links staged a similar photo, giving new life to the "Thunderbird Photograph" legend. The image is said to depict six wes ...visit from Thunderbird, never forget that it ended long days of hunger and death. For on the prairie near their village are big, round stones that the grand

...ere over. The boulder was said to be “always moist’, because it contained “life substance’. The Cailleach Beara is ever-renewing and passes through many ...inland. When she is finished, her plaid is white and snow covers the land. After throwing away this, her symbol of fertility and authority, the Cailleach he

The names of the four yugas of time—Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali—are named after “dice throws” from a game of dice popular during the Vedic period. Thei .... But he rejected her advances because his guru had told him to never lust after another man’s wife. He prayed to Agni who returned him home safely.

...liot Place, Blackheath from 1881 until he was dismissed shortly before his death in 1888. ...was murdered. Recent research shows that between the Kelly murder and his death, he had been involved as legal representation in a court case. Inspector Fr

...ed iron rod into the skull which reduce its size to that of a small child. Life and obedience are breathed into the tokoloshe by means of a secret powder b Whatever means are used to create a tokoloshe, the price includes the death of a relative within a year. The witch keeps the tokoloshe docile by cuttin

...n some of God's wisdom and power. One of these powers was the creation of life. No matter how holy a person became, however, the being they created would ...rd "emet" from the golem's forehead to make the Hebrew word "met", meaning death. (According to legend, the Golem of Prague's remains are stored in a coffin

...nches tall, and did the work usually associated with a [[golem]]. However, after a short time, the homunculus turned on its creator and ran away. The recipe ...e semen ejaculated by hanged men (during the last convulsive spasms before death) fell to the ground, and its roots vaguely resemble a human form to varying

...influencers can stop the hearts of goats and hamsters long enough to cause death. According to Ronson, on the personal instructions of Donald Rumsfeld post ...lness in world figures, such as [[George W. Bush]]'s loss of consciousness after [[choking]] on a [[pretzel]] in January, [[2002]], have been ascribed to ps

...ened to be wearing at the time of burial, and the creature itself reeks of death and grave dirt. The Vampire’s eyes are fiery red, and the creature’s e ...usly, the Vampire bears a striking resemblance to the individual it was in life. The creature tends to be gaunt and wiry in build, belying the Vampire’s

...man has no specific appearance. He is sometimes equated with specific real-life persons, such as serial killer [[Albert Fish]]. The term ''bogeyman'' is al ...role in the springtime ceremonies. The figure is the symbol of winter and death, so in Sechseläuten ceremony in the City of Zürich, where a figure of the

...named Gaius Cassius Longinus, one of the conspirators responsible for the death of Gaius Julius Caesar. Another "Longinus" is credited with the authorship .... At the time some were skeptical, but others were convinced. In any case, after much digging in the cathedral, Peter Bartholomew took a hand and, in a few

...e to reach a trance-like experience that transcends the worlds of life and death, to achieve the power over reality in the form of written language.

.... While ''Dracula'' is famous today (due in large part to its 20th century life on film), it was not an important or famous work for Victorian readers, bei Shakespearian actor and friend of Stoker's Sir Henry Irving was a real-life inspiration for the character of Dracula, tailor-made to his dramatic prese

...nathon, Jonathon, hear me!" It can be inferred that this scene was cut out after Mrs. Stoker filed a lawsuit against F.W. Murnau. ...uerade, featured a clan of vampires known as Nosferatu, which were modeled after Schreck. They are lead by Dædalus, portrayed by Jeff Kober.

...become a credible cause for disease, sickness in animals, bad luck, sudden death, impotence and other such misfortunes. Witchcraft of a more benign and soci ...the devil, and he comes to them in the dead man's likeness, as if he from death arises, but she cannot cause that to happen, the dead to arise through her

...t on for a few centuries, but soon the angels pined for the human females. After lusting, the fallen angels instructed the women in magic and conjuring, mat ...d granted ten percent of the disembodied spirits of the Nephilim to remain after the flood as demons, to try to lead the human race astray (through idolatr

...erience to write the short story ''The Mangler''. The campus period in his life is readily evident in the second part of ''Hearts in Atlantis''. After finishing his university studies with a Bachelor of Arts in English and obt

...azel's teachings created such iniquity that [[God]] decided to destroy all life on Earth with a great flood, sparing only Noah, Noah's family, and seven pa ...e goat for Azazel free shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may reenter the camp" (16:26).

...Showing good behaviour in prison, he was released on parole in April 1992, after having served slightly more than three years. Upon releasing Dutroux, the p After his release, he was able to convince a psychiatrist that he was disabled, r

...d in later editions. "Sadism" was taken from what Krafft-Ebing knew of the life and writings of the De Sade (important parts of Sade's work, such as ''The ...though not grounded in formal research and sometimes far removed from real-life sadomasochism, strongly influenced popular views of the subject in the mid-

...water-resistant coat similar to a seal, they are ideally suited to marine life, though still retain the unmistakable Drop Bear physique of four legs, broa ...laws and teeth in a frenzy of violence. Once the victim has been mauled to death, the dropbear will then eat its fill and move on to a new tree, leaving the

...corded. Full-sized famous men could be elevated to the rank of elves after death, such as the petty king Olaf Geirstad-Elf. The smith hero [[Völundr]] is i ...ncestors, we might assume that it had to do with the ancestor cult and the life force of the family.

...most stories, however, Anansi is a crafty and cunning trickster who makes life more enjoyable for himself (or more difficult for others) by fooling humans ...longs to the Guede family of loa.The Guede family represent the concept of death and fertility.It's for this reason that many people call Anansi a Guede Lwa

...; Yer. Shek. 49b) or, in the older [[Haggadah]], [[Samael]] ("the angel of death"), who kills by his deadly poison, and is called "chief of the devils". O ...ter rebelled against God, headed by [[Lucifer]] (who became known as Satan after his rebellion against God). And later the 200 angels known as the Grigori,

...f anxiety, including the routine tension and stress that appear throughout life. ...thoughts, impulses, or images are not simply excessive worries about real-life problems

Earth, associated with Death. Goblins are also associated with fire, or have the ability to create said ...at they (Kobolds and Wichtlein) just imitate the miners to fool them. As a death companion he is sometimes accused to cause underground fires or warn for th

...rrection Day (''yaum-ul-qiyama'') is to deceive Adam's children (mankind). After that, he will be put into the fires of Hell along with those whom he has de ...humankind. In essence ha-satan has no power unless humans do evil things. After God points out Job's piety, ha-satan asks for permission to test the faith

...panied by a guardian angel (Y26.4, 55.1), which acts as a guide throughout life. They originally patrolled the boundaries of the ramparts of heaven (Bd6.3, ...soul has to strive for and emulate, and ultimately becomes one with after death (Y16.7, 26.7, 26.11, 71.23, Yt22.39) (See Dhalla, History of Zoroastrianism

...eres of life, the Azaka govern agriculture, the Ghede govern the sphere of death and fertility. In Dominican Vodou, there is also an Agua Dulce or "Sweet Wa ..., or the "met tet", may or may not be the most active spirit in a person's life in Haitian belief.

...k in a rotating dome, a gunstalk containing a projected energy weapon (or "death ray"), and a telescoping [[robot]] arm. Usually, the arm is fitted with a d ...pposed to be the superior race of the universe, why don't you try climbing after us? Bye bye!" The Daleks generally make up for their lack of mobility with

...ed the Enmyo Jizo Kyo, but this was likely written in the Edo period, long after the tengu's image was established. At least one early story in the ''Konjak ...ghosts of priests, nuns, ordinary men, and ordinary women, all of whom in life possessed excessive pride. The god introduces the notion that not all tengu

...'" by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, ...in alliance with the Blacks. This exile, which lasted the rest of Dante's life, shows its influence in many parts of the Comedy, from prophecies of Dante'

...higher prelate), with the express permission of the local bishop, and only after a careful medical examination to exclude the possibility of mental illness. Popular interest in exorcism boomed after release of the horror movie ''The Exorcist'' in 1973 and ''The Exorcism of

...ater in The Two Towers, Merry and Pippin are presented with meat by an orc after a fight occurred in which the Uruk-hai killed several orcs; the narration i ...ers. Other versions (including notes made both early and late in Tolkien's life) have Orcs as 'parodies' or false-creations of Morgoth's that are animated

...demons. Hauntings are usually related to a specific place or tragic way of death. ...turned from her vacation. There are no records of any further infestations after that.

...nger for sailors was not the creature itself, but the whirlpool it created after quickly descending back into the ocean. However, Pontoppidan also described ...the following an army of lesser fish, and for this reason, fishermen plumb after his resting place ... Gradually, Kraken ascends to the surface, and when he

...riginal sense of the word ''troll'' appears to have lived on for some time after the Old Norse literature was documented. This can be seen in terms such as ...ightning bolts to kill them. Though Mjolnir was supposed to return to Thor after throwing, these hammers could later be found in the earth (actually Stone A

...pressible, and certain 'psychological' schools—spiritual schools following after Carl Jung, and philosophical schools derived from Husserl—concern themsel ...but these faiths generally hold that [[righteousness]] is possible during life. Christian mystics seek this state, variously, through intense prayer, asc

*'''Ba’atun''' - vicious, white-winged primate-like creatures that find death and destruction as their constant companions. Their origin is surrounded in ...of achieving their goals. They are horrible conquerors, subjugating other life forms ruthlessly, and causing pain wherever they go. Their lack of individu

After having been set the task, Hercules went to [[Eleusis]] to be initiated into Cerberus’ three heads relate to the threefold symbol of the baser forces of life. They represent the past, the present and the time yet to come.

...mple. More arrests followed throughout France, and later throughout Europe after Pope Clement V annulled the French process and began papal proceedings. ...years were seized and executed by French authorities as relapsed heretics after proclaiming their and the Order's innocence. Other Templars in France face

...ong I was carried headlong, and at sunset I fell in Lemnos, and but little life was in me" relates the fall of [[Hephaestus]] from Olympus in the 'Iliad'' ...[[Eos]] rises; he reflects in his glances the rays of the sun— he the pale death of the Saracens, Nicephorus the ruler."'' [http://medieval.ucdavis.edu/20A/

*Shinigami - the "god of death", the Japanese name for the Western Grim Reaper *Tsukumogami - inanimate objects that come to life after a hundred years

Some believe that the dragon may have had a real-life counterpart from which the legends around the world arose &mdash; typically ...n myth Marduk, of the same period, conquers [[Tiamat]], the “mother of all life” portrayed as a serpentine dragon of the sea. But Marduk was only the la

...ald DeFeo, Jr. had shot and killed six members of his family at the house. After 28 days, the Lutzes left the house, claiming to have been terrorized by par ...November, and asked if this changed their opinion about wanting to buy it. After discussing the matter, they decided that it was not an issue.

...allucinations that would hinder the defendant's ability to elude detection after committing multiple murders, make this defense extremely difficult. ...ght. For example, [[Jeffrey Dahmer]] murdered his second victim nine years after his first, but his last eight victims were murdered in a span of just seven

...otive suddenly derailed and turned over. Four team members were crushed to death under the cars and another half dozen seriously injured. The expedition was ...cheat and steal (our film and supplies) and turn the porters against us." After criminal charges were filed against him, a Congolese court ordered Agnagna

...were women earning income as prostitutes. Most victims' throats were slit, after which the bodies were mutilated. The removal of internal organs from three ...ller terrorizing the residents of Whitechapel, nicknamed "Jack the Ripper" after the signature on a postcard received by the Central News Agency. Although t