v_public_adversarial_beings: 52

Demons, adversarial figures, and hostile entities across traditions.

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rowid	entity_id	canonical_name	tradition	category	primary_domains	short_note
52	ENT_ISL_GHUL	Ghul	Islamic	Adversarial being	shape-shifting; desert; deception; devouring travellers	The ghul (English 'ghoul'), a shape-shifting desert demon of pre-Islamic Arabian and classical Islamic lore that lures and devours lone travellers, classed among the jinn but of marginal, debated status in orthodox cosmology.