Ghoul

Origin and tradition

Arabic folklore describes ghouls as desert or graveyard beings that prey on travelers and the dead.

Illustration in this atlas

A lean hyena-like humanoid near desert graves. The plate interprets an animal-associated guise of a shapeshifting graveyard being, rather than asserting one fixed ghoul anatomy.

References and further reading

1. britannica.com — ghoul

These references offer further reading. Accounts and depictions vary; the atlas illustration is interpretive artwork, rather than historical or scientific evidence.