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Ghouls

A ghoul is a monster or evil spirit in Arabic mythology, associated with graveyards and consuming human flesh.The term was first used in English literature in 1786, in William Beckford's Orientalist novel vathek,which describes the ghūl of Arabic folklore. In modern fiction, the term has often been used for a certain kind of undead monster. By extension, the word ghoul is also used in a derogatory sense to refer to a person who delights in the macabre, or whose profession is linked directly to death, such as a gravedigger or graverobber.