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Lemures

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mongoosenounAny of several species of generalist predatory carnivores in the family Herpestidae; the various species range in size from rats to large cats. Indian mongooses are predators of venomous snakes, though other mongoose species have similar habits.
ruffedHaving a ruff.
manesnounThe souls or spirits of dead ancestors, conceived as deities or the subjects of reverence, or of other deceased relatives.
aitunounA ghost or spirit, often malevolent, in Polynesian mythology.
laresnoun(Roman mythology) The household deities watching over one's family and tutelary deities watching over some public places.
manianounExcessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.
demonnounAn evil supernatural spirit.
edimmunoun(mythology) In Sumerian religion, a class of utukku or spirits, envisioned as the ghosts of those who did not receive a proper burial.
morsnoun(Roman mythology) The god and personification of death; the Roman counterpart of Thanatos.
eidolonnounA phantom; a ghost or an elusive entity.
lavernanoun(chiefly US) A female given name from Latin, probably a latinized version of the earlier and much more popular Laverne.
lamianounA city in Greece.
laestrygonesnoun(Greek mythology) The Laestrygonians.
lethenoun(Greek mythology) The river which flows through Hades from which the souls of the dead drank so that they would forget their time on Earth.
libitinanounAn ancient Roman goddess of funerals and burial.
melusinenoun(mythology) A figure of European folklore and mythology (mostly Celtic), a female spirit of fresh water in a sacred spring or river, usually depicted as a serpent or fish from the waist down, and sometimes with wings.
astral spiritnounOne of numerous beings formerly believed to live among the heavenly bodies, variously seen as fallen angels or the spirits of dead men.
demonomistnoun(archaic) One in subjection to a demon or demons.
vetalanounA vampire-like being in Hindu mythology that inhabits corpses.
strigoinounIn Balkan folklore, the troubled souls of the dead rising from the grave.

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