The madness and monstrosity lay in the figures in the foreground- for Pickman's morbid art was pre-eminently one of demoniac portraiture. These figures were seldom completely human, but often approached humanity in varying degree. Most of the bodies, while roughly bipedal, had a forward slumping, and a vaguely canine cast. The texture of the majority was a kind of unpleasant rubberiness.
HP Lovecraft

Ghouls are a species of cannibalistic humanoids featured in several of HP Lovecraft's works, where they feed principally (but not exclusively) on the bodies of the dead.

The word "ghoul" or "ghul" originates from Arabian folklore, where it denotes a creature that dwells in graveyards and devours corpses, sometimes considered a type of jinni.

ghouls know passages between the Waking World and the Dreamlands that allow them to cross from one realm to another, rather than visiting the Dreamlands while asleep like humans do.


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