Inferius

An Inferius (pl. Inferi) was a dead body reanimated by a Dark wizard's curse. They were similar, but intrinsically distinct from a zombie. Inferi were created through the magical branch of Dark Arts called necromancy, which was the art of raising the dead. The spells used to reanimate the corpse were very complex.
==Description==
===Physical appearance===
An Inferius was a grisly puppet. The Inferi were gaunt, skeletal beings that closely resembled zombies. Being human corpses, they had individual appearances based on the humans they had been created from. For example, one Inferius might have dull teeth, while another might have sharp teeth.Some might have hair, others might not have any at all — depending on the age of the human at time of death and the corpse's state of decay. The most obvious sign that one was facing an Inferius rather than a living human were the white and cloudy eyes, indicating their owner was devoid of any form of life.
==Etymology==
Inferius is a tampered form of the Latin word for "underneath; below", Inferus, but with an obvious connotation of being 'lesser' than a living human. Meanwhile, Inferi means "the dead; underworld". J. K. Rowling has changed this real Latin words to form these creatures.
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