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The concept originated in  pre-Islamic Arabian religion,[1] associated with graveyards and the consumption of human flesh. Modern fiction often uses the term to label a certain kind of monster.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4By extension, the word ghoul is also used in a derogatory sense to refer to a person who delights in the macabre or whose occupation directly involves death, such as a gravedigger or graverobber.[2]Table of ContentsEtymology[edit]Folklore[edit]Islamic theology[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]Etymology[edit]Ghoul is from the Arabic \u063a\u064f\u0648\u0644 gh\u016bl, from \u063a\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064e gh\u0101la, “to seize”.[3] In Arabic, the term is also sometimes used to describe a greedy or gluttonous individual. See also the etymology of gal and gala: “to cast spells,” “scream,” “crow,” and its association with “warlike ardor,” “wrath,” and the Akkadian “gallu,” which refer to demons of the underworld.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4The term was first used in English literature in 1786 in William Beckford’s Orientalist novel Vathek,[4] which describes the gh\u016bl of Arabic folklore. This definition of the ghoul has persisted until modern times with ghouls appearing in popular culture.[5]Folklore[edit]  In Arabic folklore, the ghul is said to dwell in cemeteries and other uninhabited places. A male ghoul is referred to as ghul while the female is called ghulah.[6] A source[who?] identified the Arabic ghoul as a female creature who is sometimes called Mother Ghoul (\u02beUmm Ghulah) or a relational term such as Aunt Ghoul.[7] She is portrayed in many tales luring hapless characters, who are usually men, into her home where she can eat them.[7]Some state[who?] that a ghoul is a desert-dwelling, shapeshifting demon that can assume the guise of an animal, especially a hyena. It lures unwary people into the desert wastes or abandoned places to slay and devour them. The creature also preys on young children, drinks blood, steals coins, and eats the dead,[8] then taking the form of the person most recently eaten. One of the narratives identified a ghoul named Ghul-e Biyaban, a particularly monstrous character believed to be inhabiting the wilderness of Afghanistan and Iran.[9]It was not until Antoine Galland translated One Thousand and One Nights into French that the Western concept of ghouls was introduced into European society.[citation needed] Galland depicted the ghoul as a monstrous creature that dwelled in cemeteries, feasting upon corpses.Islamic theology[edit]Ghoul are not mentioned in the Quran, but in hadith. While some consider the ghoul to be a type of jinn, other exegetes of the Quran (tafsir) conjectured that the ghouls are burned devils. Accordingly, the shayatin (devils) once had access to the heavens, where they eavesdropped, and returned to Earth to pass hidden knowledge to the soothsayers. When Jesus was born, three heavenly spheres were forbidden to them. With the arrival of Muhammad, the other four were forbidden. The marid among the shayatin continued to rise to the heavens, but were burned by comets. If these comets didn’t burn them to death, they were deformed and driven to insanity. They then fell to the deserts and were doomed to roam the earth as ghouls.[10]In one[which?]hadith it is said, lonely travelers can escape a ghoul’s attack by repeating the call to prayer (Ezan). When reciting the Verse of the Throne, a ghoul might decide to convert to Islam. The ghoul could appear in male and female shape, but usually appears female to lure on male travelers to devour them.[13]Al-Masudi reports that on his journey to Syria, Umar slew a ghoul with his sword.[13] According to Tarikh al-Tabari, the rebellious (maradatuhum) among the devils and the ghouls have been chased away to the deserts and mountains and valleys, a long time ago.[14]See also[edit]References[edit]^ El-Zein, Amira (2009). Islam, Arabs, and the intelligent world of the jinn. Contemporary Issues in the Middle East (1st\u00a0ed.). Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. p.\u00a0139. ISBN\u00a09780815650706. JSTOR\u00a0j.ctt1j5d836. Retrieved 3 May 2022.^ Al-Rawi, Ahmed K. (2009). “The Arabic Ghoul and its Western Transformation”. Folklore. 120 (3): 291\u2013306. doi:10.1080\/00155870903219730. ISSN\u00a00015-587X. JSTOR\u00a040646532. S2CID\u00a0162261281.^ Robert Lebling (30 July 2010). Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar. I.B.Tauris. pp.\u00a096\u2013. ISBN\u00a0978-0-85773-063-3.^ “Ghoul Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Ghoul”. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2011-03-23.^ Al-Rawi, Ahmed K. (11 November 2009). “The Arabic Ghoul and its Western Transformation”. Folklore. 120 (3): 291\u2013306. doi:10.1080\/00155870903219730. S2CID\u00a0162261281.^ Steiger, Brad (2011). The Werewolf Book: The Encyclopedia of Shape-Shifting Beings. Canton, MI: Visible Ink Press. p.\u00a0121. ISBN\u00a09781578593675.^ a b Reynolds, Dwight F. (2015).  Reynolds, Dwight F (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Modern Arab Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p.\u00a0260. doi:10.1017\/CCO9781139021708. ISBN\u00a09780521898072.^ “ghoul”. Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Retrieved January 22, 2006.^ Melton, J Gordon (2010). The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead. Canton, MI: Visible Ink Press. pp.\u00a0291. ISBN\u00a09781578592814.^ “Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica”.^ a b B\u00f6ttcher, Annabelle; Krawietz, Birgit, eds. (2021). Islam, Migration and Jinn: Spiritual Medicine in Muslim Health Management. The Modern Muslim World (1st\u00a0ed.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. p.\u00a029. doi:10.1007\/978-3-030-61247-4. ISBN\u00a0978-3-030-61246-7. ISSN\u00a02945-6134. S2CID\u00a0243448335. Retrieved 3 May 2022.^ Abedinifard, Mostafa; Azadibougar, Omid; Vafa, Amirhossein, eds. (2021). Persian literature as world literature. New York, NY: Bloomsbury. p.\u00a038. ISBN\u00a09781501354229. Retrieved 3 May 2022.       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