Undead Undead Corporal reanimation is the theoretical concept of reanimating a dead organism, imbuing it with bereft attributes of life, enabling it to move and interact freely as it did when the organism was alive. It is merely a concept and has never been proven to work or shown to in any case. ...more on Wikipedia about "Corporal reanimation"
The draug is a sinister, malevolent being of Nordic origin, often linked to legends of the Icelandic draugr, that is often identified with the spirits of mariners drowned at sea. In Scandinavian folklore, the creature is said to possess a distinctly human form, with the exception that its head is composed entirely of seaweed. In other tellings, the draug is described as being a headless fisherman, dressed in oilskins. ...more on Wikipedia about "Draug"
Mania may refer to two different mythological figures. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mania (mythology)"
Maschalismos was the name for the practice of physically rendering the dead incapable of rising or haunting the living in undead form. It comes from the Greek word and was also the term for procedural rules on such matters in later Greek customary law. ...more on Wikipedia about "Maschalismos"
Necromancy ( Latin necromantia, Greek νεκρομαντία nekromantía) is the alleged divination by which a person raises the spirits of the dead or, in some cases, merely their corpses. The word derives from the Greek νεκρός nekrós "dead" and μαντεία manteía "divination". It has a subsidiary meaning reflected in an alternative and archaic form of the word, nigromancy, (a folk etymology using Latin niger, "black") in which the magical force of "dark powers" is gained from or by acting upon corpses. A practitioner of necromancy is a necromancer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Necromancy"
A necropolis (plural: necropolises or necropoleis) is a cemetery or burying-place, literally a "city of the dead". Apart from the occasional application of the word to modern cemeteries outside large towns, the term is chiefly used of burial grounds near the sites of the centers of ancient civilizations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Necropolis"
Undead is a collective name for all types of supernatural entities who were once alive in the normal sense, died, and then continued to exist in the world of the living, in forms spiritual (as ghosts) or corporeal (as animated corpses). Undead of different varieties are featured in the legends of most cultures on earth and in many works of fiction, especially fantasy and horror fiction. ...more on Wikipedia about "Undead"
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