Editing Lich (section)

==Liches in Mythology==
Russian mythology brings us [[wikipedia:Koschei|Koschei the Deathless]], an archetypal lich with a rather original way of storing his phylactery. Koschei's death (the soul is never mentioned) is hidden in a needle, which is hidden in an egg, which is hidden in a duck (which will fly away when freed), which is hidden in a hare (which will flee when freed); all of this in a locked chest hanging on chains on a tree on the Russian equivalent of Atlantis. Aside from his original fusion of magical, zoological, and geographic defenses, he also differs from most liches in that he kidnaps princesses instead of studying magic all the time like a [[Thousand Sons|fucking nerd.]] Is the namesake for [[Kostchtchie]].