Lich (disambiguation)
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Lich was originally an Anglo-Saxon or Middle English word meaning body, corpse, or cadaver. It survives in such terms as lychgate, the traditional roofed gatehouse of British churchyards, where the deceased (and the pallbearers) rested before the burial service.
In the fantasy roleplaying game Dungeons and Dragons, a lich is a kind of undead sorcerer. The usage has spread to other roleplaying and computer games and to fantasy fiction in general. The old german sotires also tell of a monster called leiche, which is described as a man that returned from the grave, adept in black magic that has it's soul stored in a needle that is inside an egg, which is inside a duck, which is inside a chest, which is inside a vault, which is buried under a great oak in a tower at the middle of the Sea.
It can also refer to:
Places
- Lich, Germany, a town in Hesse
- LICH, Long Island College Hospital, in Brooklyn, New York
Fiction
- Lich (Dungeons & Dragons), the original application of the term for undead sorcerors
- Lich (comics), a Marvel comics character
- Lich, a recurring summon and boss in Final Fantasy
See also
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