Mummy

Mummy was a term employed to refer to human corpses that had been reanimated through magic after that he or she was preserved from destruction and decay due to natural causes or by human technic.

Characteristics
In contrast with Zombies another similar specie, mummys retained their memories, personalities, vocalization, and free will.

Similar to Vampires when they come out of their graves, mummys seem particularly feral and hungry when they come out of their sarcophagus.

However, they were condamned to absorb human life force for to maintains human appearence. Through lip contact, the Inca Mummy Peruvian Princess would drain the life-force of other humans, temporarily recuperating her youthful appearance while the victim was killed and left in a mummified state. This process was involuntary, as "Ampata" required of her willpower to kiss Xander without killing him and even so she drained some of his life-force, leaving him briefly dazed. It implies also that contrary to zombies who retain traces of their death on their skin (bullets, knife ...), the mummys have Regeneration powers. It seems also implied that their sarcophagus is the only thing who prevent them to awake if it was not profaned. These plausibly egyptian mummys are only mentioned by Knox. In the case of the Inca Mummy, the Inca Sacred Seal prevent her to awake if it was not broken.

Notable Mummy Incidents

 * In 1997, the bullie Rodney Munson broke accidently the Inca Sacred Seal provoking the Inca Mummy's awakening. After to escap the Museum, she drains life force from the peruvian student Ampata Gutierrez and stole his identity. Her real identity was discovered by the Slayer Buffy Summers, intrigued that she had male's clothes.
 * In 2001, when temporary working into the Magic Box Buffy was confronted by an Living Mummy Hand when temporary working into the Magic Box, under demand of a witch customer who wants to buy it for a prosperity spell.
 * In 2004, Knox mention to Winifred Burkle, who initially supposed that Illyria's Sarcophagus contained a mummy, that mummies can be a lot more trouble than she think. It implies that egyptian mummys exist also.

Appearences

 * "Inca Mummy Girl"
 * "Life Serial
 * "A Hole in the World"