That change may occur as a divine punishment for particularly debased people. In either case, the transformation is permanent and linked directly to the state of the soul or psyche. In others, he or she becomes a ghoul after dining on human flesh - a cultural taboo often linked to monstrous transformations. In some accounts, the person rises as a ghoul after death. Islamic tradition, for instance, classifies ghouls as yet another form of djinn (or jinn), supernatural and malevolent beings that rebelled against their creator Allah.Ĭausal ghouls: In other version of the myth, all ghouls are former humans who transformed into their current state due to wickedness or morbidity.
Creationist ghouls: In the older cycles of myth and folklore, ghouls are just one form of evil spirit in a cosmology already teeming with them.
