PART ONE


ghoul (gōōl) noun [Ar. ghāla, also ghūl ]


-roughly from the verb transitive to seize, more accurately to take up suddenly


-feminine form ghalan, also ghalen (though this is an erroneous usage since by most mythological sources the ghāla is sexless)

-plural form unclear

-VARIATIONS: (chiefly European) goule, ghoule, and ghool; also (rare) ghowl


-SOURCE: pre-Islamic

—from “Rudiments of Terms,”

The Morakis Dictionary of World Myth





Go to sleep you whining, fat brat, or else,


tonight, you’ll be eaten by rats.



There’s a vampire in the basement,


There’re goblins in the walls,


a werewolf in the closet,


and ghouls in the hall.



—from “The Babysitter” by PHILIP STRAKER


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