- Ghast
The word ghast may either be a recent
back-formation , arising from either the word "", which came from Anglo-Saxon "gāstlīc" = "like aghost "; or the word "", from theMiddle English "gāstēn" to frighten. Or alternatively Lovecraft may have derived it directly from the Anglo-Saxon form of the word "ghost": "gāst".Ghast may also refer to:
* Ghasts are a race of creatures in
H. P. Lovecraft 'sDreamlands . This appears to be the earliest use of the term, from which the uses below seem to derive.
* Ghast is the third member of a demonic trio (along with Abnegazar and Rath) who were featured sporadically in the original Justice League of America comic book series.
* Ghasts are a stronger breed of ghoul in the "Dungeons and Dragons "role-playing game .
* In the gameRuneScape , Ghasts are evil spirits that rot food when the player is in the Mort-Myre Swamp. If no food is with the player, they draw "energy" (hit points) from the player.
* Ghasts are a type of un-dead foe which appear in the Stilshrine of Miriam in the 2006 Square Enix game "Final Fantasy XII "
* Ghasts are weak creatures, similar to ghosts, in Joseph Delaney's series of books,The Wardstone Chronicles .
* Ghasts are an attack-oriented infantry unit in the computer gameShattered Galaxy .
* Ghasts are dark-sidedundead units from the Myth series. They are the "premature" stage of the Wights, and attack with slashes containing the Wight paralyzing, illness-spreading pus.
* In the bookThe Golden Compass , it is noted in passing that "cliff-ghasts" live in Svalbard (chapter "Fencing": "...the cliffs a thousand feet and more high where the foul cliff-ghasts perched and swooped...").
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