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Ancestral Dead

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Divinity Atlas. "Ancestral Dead." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/mythicalcreature/ancestral-dead.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Ancestral Dead. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/mythicalcreature/ancestral-dead

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@misc{divinityatlas-ancestral-dead,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Ancestral Dead},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/mythicalcreature/ancestral-dead},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Spirits of the family or clan dead who receive ritual offerings from their descendants, rather than a single feared ghost. The Roman di manes gathered here are honored ancestors with an ongoing claim on the living, not a hostile presence. Excludes malevolent or restless dead, who are grouped separately as vengeful ghosts or the restless dead.

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