Buffydom

On the many chatrooms dedicated to Buffydom, fans refer to it as "the incredible shrinking Buffy," most evident during the fighting sequences, when Sarah Michelle Gellar's stunt double (who actually has curves) switches off not-so-seamlessly with Gellar.

2002, Rachel Thompson, "Staking It To The Man", Herizons, Summer 2002, page 25

There are, however, strong roots in Valley Girl expressions and some slayer jargon has been established by both the show itself and the early years of Buffy'''dom online.

2013, Liz Medendorp, “Buffyspeak: The Internal and External Impact of Slayer Slang”, in Jennifer K. Stuller, editor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, page 67:

The current volume, however, is not only a major contribution to academic Buffydom.

2017, Anahid Kassabian, “Afterword”, in Paul Gregory Attinello, Janet K. Halfyard, Vanessa Knights, editors, Music, Sound and Silence in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, page 249:

(fandom slang) The fandom of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Is Tara the only human character in Buffydom who isn't an only child (not counting the special case of Dawn)?

2000 December 16, Jerry McLaughlin, “Family”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

If there is one thing that has been consistant^([sic]) in Buffydom, it is that revenge is not a good thing.

2003 March 26, Dan Armato, “Re: 7th Season Buffy - Lies My Parents Told Me - 5 star poll - SPOILERS AHOY”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Dawn and the others, much like ants, are oblivious to reality and live in the miniscule^([sic]) world of Buffy'''dom (the kingdom of the Slayer), just as we might find ourselves marching like ants through our own lives in mindless routine.

2014, Lori M. Butler, “'The Ants Go Marching': Effective Lyrics in Buffy Episodes”, in Sally Emmons-Featherston, Jim Ford, editors, The Truth of Buffy: Essays on Fiction Illuminating Reality, page 121:

(fandom slang) The fictional universe which serves as the setting for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


Charonic

(Greek mythology) Of or relating to the mythological Charon.


Bedward

My problems with the series go further than Bedward's "relationship."

2010, Gabrielle Abutom, "'Twilight' is a sick, twisted series", Daily Titan (California State University, Fullerton), 11 October 2010, page 4

When Bedward's desire to touch each other becomes unbearable, the overwhelming sexual tension is handily dispersed into a far less exciting bodily necessity: hunger.

2013 February 12, Poppy Bullard, “In Defence of Twilight, sort of”, in Nouse, University of York, page M5:

Take, for example, Bedward: Edward Cullen and Bella Swan from Stephanie Meyer's Twilight; […]

2016, Taylor Scheibe, "Plot Twist", Echo (Columbia College Chicago), May 2016, page 35

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Bella Swan and Edward Cullen from the Twilight series.


catasterize

en-verb

catasterize (third-person singular simple present catasterizes, present participle catasterizing, simple past and past participle catasterized)

catasterizes (present singular third-person)
catasterizing (participle present)
catasterized (participle past)
catasterized (past)

From Ancient Greek καταστερισμός (katasterismós, “star legend”), from καταστερίζω (katasterízō, “to place among the stars”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”).

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καταστερισμός

Erigone, daughter of Icarius, was catasterized into the constellation Virgo.

(Greek mythology, transitive) To turn into a star, constellation, comet or other celestial object.


catasterismus

καταστερισμός

... the absence of Phaethon's catasterismus in the Metamorphoses.

(Greek mythology) The state of being transformed into a star, constellation, comet or other celestial object.


Richonne

Though Glenn and Maggie and "Richonne" are monogamous, heteronormative relationships: one man, one woman, and clear relationship roles, the roles are interchangeable and fluid dependent on the situation.

2017, Amanda Taylor, “Love and Marriage in the Time of The Walking Dead”, in Ashley Szanter, Jessica K. Richards, editors, Romancing the Zombie: Essays on the Undead as Significant "Other", page 87:

The Walking Deads Richone' was a big deal because it elevated Michonne from sidekick to romantic female lead.

2019, Sumiko Saulson, “From Sidekick to Romantic Lead: Rise of the Strong Black Woman”, in Valerie Estelle Frankel, editor, Fourth Wave Feminism in Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume 2. Essays on Television Representations, 2013-2019, page 93:

Brown's longstanding advocacy for the “Richonne” ship is especially illustrative to consider.

2019, Suzanne Scott, Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry, page 137:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Rick Grimes and Michonne from the television series The Walking Dead.


Ammit

(Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian goddess, the Devourer of the Dead.

أمت

Egyptian funerary deity, the Devourer of the Dead


Anhur

(Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian war god


Anput

From Egyptian jnpwt as rendered in the outdated 19th-century transcription scheme developed by Karl Richard Lepsius (ȧnput).

(Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Anubis


Satis

(Egyptian mythology) A war, hunting, and fertility goddess


Apep

(Egyptian mythology) Alternative form of Apophis


Jötunheimr

(Norse mythology) the realm of the Jötnar gods


Svartálfaheimr

(Norse mythology) the realm of the Svartálfar gods, also known as the Myrkálfar


Nidavellir

(Norse mythology) the realm of the dwarves, one of the nine realms


Vanaheimr

(Norse mythology) the realm populated by the Vanir gods, one of the nine realms


Kunlun

Kunlun
Kunlun (mythology)#Name
Wikipedia
Zhengzhang Shangfang

From the Mandarin 崑崙 /昆仑 (Kūnlún) and 崑崙山／昆仑山 (Kūnlún Shān), with the character 山 (shān) being an ambiguous reference to any raised place, inclusive of islands, hills, mountains, and mountain ranges. The characters 崑崙 /昆仑 (Kūnlún) are phono-semantic compounds adding 山 (shān) as a semantic component (形旁 (xíngpáng)) to the characters 昆 (kūn) and 侖／仑 (lún), which were presumably also homophones for Kunlun in Old Chinese—Zhengzhang's reconstructed pronunciation being /*kuːn.run/—but leaving its further development or original meaning uncertain. See also the Name section of the Wikipedia entry on the mythological Kunlun.

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崑崙山／昆仑山 (Kūnlún Shān)

崑崙 /昆仑

Mythological Chinese mountain or mountain range

...the Yellow Riuer... is the other famous Riuer of that Kingdome, in greatneſſe and note, which ariſesth without the Kingdome to the Weſt, out of the Hill Cunlun, conjectured to bee the ſame whence Ganges ariſeth, or one neere to it.

1625, Samuel Purchas, Pvrchas His Pilgrimes, volume III, London, →OCLC, page 340:

(Chinese mythology) A mountain or mountain range somewhere west of the North China Plain believed to be the home of Xiwangmu and the Peaches of Immortality, as well as other gods and Taoist immortals, and previously believed to help support the dome of the sky.


Bes

The god Bes occurred so early in the human imagination that it reaches back to the earliest of human settlements along the Nile.

2009, Molefi Kete Asante, Ama Mazama, editors, Encyclopedia of African Religion, SAGE, →ISBN, page 121:

(Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian god, the protector of households and mothers, children and childbirth.


Domward

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Genres were often designated by a version of Edward's name: Tattward (more than one tattoo artist fic); Artward (lots of artists); Domward (Fifty Shades was hardly the first); Subward (there were a few); […]

2013, “The Twilight Fandom”, in Anne Jamison, editor, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, page 181:

The guidelines for this challenge centre on the gendered allocations of roles in sexual contexts: 'we want to see women wield power between the sheets: we've seen enough Domward and Domsper […]

2016, Mariah Larsson, Ann Steiner, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Twilight: Studies in Fiction, Media and a Contemporary Cultural Experience, unnumbered page:

While Leonard has been frequently (and fairly) criticized for her representation of BDSM in Fifty Shades, her inspiration was not merely the Twilight books and films but also the oeuvre of Twilight fanfiction itself, by then a site of cultural production in its own right within which “'Domward” (or a dominating Edward) was in style (Anne Jamison 2013, 184).

2016, Leslie Paris, “Fifty shades of fandom: the intergenerational permeability of Twilight fan culture”, in Feminist Media Studies, volume 16, number 4, page 687:

(Twilight fandom slang) Edward Cullen written as the dom in a BDSM relationship in Twilight fan fiction.


Nefertem

(Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian god, who represented the first sunlight and the delightful smell of the Egyptian blue lotus flower


Deucalion

From Ancient Greek Δευκαλίων (Deukalíōn).

(Greek mythology) The son of Prometheus, husband of Pyrrha. Both survived a deluge sent by Zeus to punish the human race.


Raglan scale

(mythology) A series of twenty-two tropes common among fictional protagonists.


Fuffy

note(s): For FC, Piper, Elaine, B_A and everyone who asked for more Fuffy. :)

2002 November 27, cheebs!, “FIC: Returning - F/B, PG, 1/1”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative (Usenet):

I personally wish Joss will give us a Fuffy ending to the series...Buffy realizing it's Faith she needs to be with.

2003 January 5, Alberich, “Re: Faith may rat out Buffy”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

You guys need to read more (fem)slash. In most of the Wuffy and Fuffy fics I've read recently, Spike is either absent, or plain old pre-chip Evil!Spike.

2005 July 16, Aaron Davies, “Re: SEASON 4 FIC CHALLENGE: Looking for a good character development fic!”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative (Usenet):

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Faith and Buffy Summers from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


seal-man

I have heard of seal-men in Iceland and the Esquimo lands of the far north.

1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 117:

(mythology) A person who can transform into a seal (the animal) and back again.


Vanth

From Etruscan [script needed] (vanθ). The moon was named after the goddess in an online voting in 2009, the name Vanth was first suggested by American writer Sonya Taaffe.

(mythology) In Etruscan mythology, a chthonic goddess who guides the souls of the dead to the underworld, often shown in various forms of funerary art.


dwarfmaid

"What? She be the Goldenaxe? No—that would rive the rock indeed. No dwarfmaid wields coldmetal–"

1988, Elizabeth Moon, Divided Allegiance, unnumbered page:

Throngs of people moved across the stone ground, though the dwarfmaid could still see the paving stones in many places.

2002, Douglas Niles, World Fall, page 43:

Many people do not know about mermen, and I did not know about dwarfmaids.

2018, Joseph R. Lallo, The Adventures of Rustle and Eddy, unnumbered page:


elfmaid

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She became known as 'the Fair' because of her beauty; many said that she looked more like an elf-maid than a hobbit.

1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King, unnumbered page:

“Soth fell in love with a beautiful elfmaid, a disciple of the Kingpriest of Istar. […]

1985, Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, Dragons of Spring Dawning, unnumbered page:

There were two others riding with Ruth Marlowe and the nameless paladin: an elfmaid and her human servant.

1997, Rosemary Edghill, The Empty Crown, page 663:


redemptionista

In the first place, it is not true that redemptionistas want redemption for Spike to be easy or quick.

2001 July 2, Clairel, “The actual redemptionist position (was Re: Starved for S/B fic on the creative newsgroup?)”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

If I see next season true sorrow and compassion from him in regards to his past actions, the redemptionistas will have a convert that they probably don't want.

2001 July 26, Shawn Carter, “Re: I'm starting to get upset about the whole Spike thing”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Cheers to Spike. Cheers to the Redemptionistas who never stopped believing.

2005 November 14, Alane, “Happy Spike Redemption Day!”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

(Buffy the Vampire Slayer fandom slang) A fan who wanted Spike to be redeemed.


evilista

OTOH, James differs from most evilistas in that he seems to think that despite all of this, Spike can consistently do good and can be with Buffy.

2001 June 25, Mrs. Poet, “Re: The standard of goodness for Spike”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Redemptionists hope this will be the crisis that forces him to change, evilistas are shrugging it off as typical Spike behavior, and even perhaps showing him in a better light than they thought as he is remorseful.

2002 May 7, Rose, “Re: James Marsters in Baltimore, MD July 12-14 2002”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

There are the Evilistas that believe the only good vampire is a dusty vampire.

2002 December 3, Juleen, “Re: Buffy fan subgroups”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

(Buffy the Vampire Slayer fandom slang) A fan who wanted Spike to remain evil and unredeemed.


Spikeophile

(The rabid Spikeophiles are expecially fond of it, as they use it to demonstrate that he's not a soulless demon like the rest of vampirekind.)

1999 July 24, Lord Usher, “Re: Pure Demon theory”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

If you mean that Spikeophiles are wrong to love this fictional character, well, that's just silly.

2002 July 25, Clairel, “Re: New Fury interview: Spike & soul”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

This all or nothing thinking is probably what causes the Spikeophiles and the anti-Spikists to go at each other so hard.

2002 September 9, Ray Stark, “Re: Faith (S3) vs Buffy (S6)”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

(Buffy the Vampire Slayer fandom slang) A fan of the character Spike from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


Graeae

From Ancient Greek Γραῖαι (Graîai), from γραῖα (graîa, “old woman”), perhaps from γραῦς (graûs).

(Greek mythology) Three sisters, old women with grey hair — Deino (or Dino), Enyo, and Pemphredo (or Pephredo) — who shared a single eye and a single tooth. They were daughters of the sea-deities Phorcys and Ceto.


Phorcides

(Greek mythology) Synonym of Graeae (“mythological sisters”)


Antaeus

(Greek mythology) The son of Poseidon and Gaea.


Coronis

(Greek mythology) Any of several figures from Greek mythology


Bethyl

For fans of the “Bethyl” romance, this would also allow Daryl to carry on a relationship with Beth free of the guilt of hurting Carol’s feelings.

2014 November 17, Lindsay Putnam, “Who will be the next to die on ‘The Walking Dead’?”, in New York Post:

While there are many die-hard Caryl and Bethyl shippers who have argued for Daryl’s heterosexuality, others have maintained that Daryl is gay.

2014 December 1, Amanda Michelle Steiner, “The Walking Dead: Creator Robert Kirkman Finally Reveals Daryl's Sexuality”, in People:

And before you know it, you've exploded vicious rhetoric on some poor Bethyl shipper on Tumblr who never saw it coming.

2016, Kathleen Smith, The Fangirl Life: A Guide to All the Feels and Learning How to Deal, unnumbered page:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Beth Greene and Daryl Dixon from the television series The Walking Dead.


Caryl

As much fun as it would be to imagine a "Darol" or "Caryl" relationship it just isn't true.

2016, Wayne Yuen, “Gruesome Walkers”, in Wayne Yuen, editor, The Ultimate Walking Dead and Philosophy: Hungry for More, page 247:

Richonne just seemed like something all of Tumblr was screaming for but might not ever happen (like Caryl, though I'm still gunning for that one), but now it's actually real.

2016 March 17, Danielle S. Tepper, “Top Five TV Power Couples”, in Town & Country Gazette, page 40:

Kirkman quoted the Internet page "Quotes On Caryl" dedicated to the Carol-Daryl relationship, […]

2018, Rikke Schubart, Mastering Fear: Women, Emotions, and Contemporary Horror, unnumbered page:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Carol Peletier and Daryl Dixon from the television series The Walking Dead.


Neith

(Egyptian mythology) The primeval goddess of war and creator deity.


Pichal Peri

From Urdu پچھل پيری, Persian پیچھل پری, meaning "reverse-footed".

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Urdu پچھل پيری

Persian پیچھل پری

(mythology) A creature from Pakistani/Arabian culture, who's said to be reverse-footed and demonic.


werewildcat

[…] Rozika, part vampire, part were-wildcat, who spits and yowls, […]

1966 April 14, “Community Senior Play To Be Presented Friday and Saturday”, in The Wylie News, page 7:

In Scotland there was a were-wildcat, in Russia a were-bear, and throughout Africa tales of were-lions or were-leopards abounded.

1981, Daniel Cohen, Everything You Need to Know About Monsters and Still Be Able to Get to Sleep, page 25:

Celican - werewildcats. Thought extinct in the Middle Ages, now almost _certainly_ wiped out by the Black Spiral Dancers

2000 November 22, I. Inayat, “The Splats: A Quick Guide”, in alt.games.whitewolf (Usenet):

(mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wildcat or a wildcat-like human.


aspidochelone

From Ancient Greek ἀσπιδοχελώνη (aspidokhelṓnē).

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ἀσπιδοχελώνη

A fabled sea creature according to the tradition of the Physiologus and medieval bestiaries, variously described as a large whale or vast sea turtle, and a giant sea monster with huge spines on the ridge of its back. It is often mistaken for an island, enticing unwitting sailors and drowning them.


Spangel

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Spike and Angel from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


cross the Styx

en-verb

cross the Styx (third-person singular simple present crosses the Styx, present participle crossing the Styx, simple past and past participle crossed the Styx)

crosses the Styx (present singular third-person)
crossing the Styx (participle present)
crossed the Styx (participle past)
crossed the Styx (past)

From Greek mythology, after Styx, a river that forms the boundary between Earth and the Underworld, over which the ferryman Charon transports the souls of the newly dead. See Styx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

The following day Nigel apologized for what he described as an unhappy domestic interlude. “Marietta tells me that you are going to come over every day until . . . I cross the Styx.” I heard him chuckle. “Jolly nice of you, old boy.”

2009, Peter Wright, Triumphs and Tragedies: Twenty-five Aspects of the Life of a Liverpool Sailor, Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 172:

We know what’s sprouting, but Mantel’s trilogy lets us imagine that it might all have been different. Did Anne Boleyn’s neck have to meet the sword of an executioner brought from Calais to do her in? Did Thomas Cromwell have to cross the Styx himself four years later?

2020 March 28, Catherine Holmes, “Review: Mantel’s trilogy finale gives us the end of Cromwell’s action-packed life”, in The Post and Courier:

(intransitive, literary or humorous) To die.


Tanit

Of Semitic origin, from Punic 𐤕𐤍𐤕 (tnt). Found in Ancient Greek as Θινιθ (Thinith), Θεννειθ (Thenneith).

Tanit, the moon goddess, her sacred veil, the zaïmph, and Salammbó are a poetic rendering of a threefold reality, similar to the notion of antiquity concerning the three faces of Diana (Thibaudet 138).

2001, Laurence M. Porter, editor, A Gustave Flaubert Encyclopedia, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 320:

(mythology) A Punic and Phoenician goddess, the chief deity of Ancient Carthage alongside Baal-Hamon.


Cherufe

(mythology) A mythical man-eating creature in Mapuche mythology made of rock crystals and magma that cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.


werebird

(fantasy, mythology) A being that can change between human and bird form.


Last Judgement

(chiefly Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of Last Judgment.


Dyeus

Learned borrowing from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws. Doublet of Jove and Zeus.

learned borrowing

Varuna may be related to Οὐρανός, and the inversion of the rôles of this deity and Dyeus as between India and Greece may indicate an ancient rival of the Sky-Father.

1926, V. Gordon Childe, The Aryans: A Study of Indo-European Origins, page 81:

But these myths are on the whole of purely Greek origin, where the original Dyeus was associated with the Sun- and the Moon-myths.[…]Thus among the I.E.s we first have Dyeus, the god of the sky, who was the god of the sum total of the phenomena observed in the sky, the original conception, however powerful, being as yet too confused to have any definiteness about it.

1933, Panjabrao Deshmukh, The Origin and Development of Religion in Vedic Literature, Oxford University Press, pages 93, 126:

ARYAN RELIGION, the religion of the Aryans who settled India and Iran in pre-Zoroastrian times evolved around a supreme sky god known as Dyeus, who was the Allfather of both gods and men and the consort of the Mother Earth.

1985, Roger Pearson, Anthropological Glossary, →ISBN, page 16:

Four or five thousand years ago (around 2500 b.c.) the Aryans, or Indo-Europeans, settled in Iran and India. Their supreme god was Dyeus (thence Zeus, deus, deity, and other words). Dyeus was the shining God of Sky, the giver of rain, the vanquisher of enemies with thunderbolts.

1990, Sophy Burnham, A Book of Angels: Reflections on Angels Past and Present, and True Stories of How They Touch Our Lives, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 119:

“God” to the Aryans was male and took on many forms. Their major gods were connected to the sun, the most important were Agni, Indra, and Varunai. Their main god was Dyeus (Sky God).[…]Dyeus / The God of the Aryans.

2003, Constance Victoria Briggs, The Encyclopedia of God: An A-Z Guide to Thoughts, Ideas, and Beliefs about God, Hampton Roads Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 23, 68:

The PIE peoples had called their chief god by almost the same name: Dyeus. Like Zeus, Dyeus was a male god of sky and thunder. The Romans picked up on Dyeus too. The name “Jupiter” came from dyeu-pater, PIE for god-father. Later on, the Romans equated Jupiter with Zeus, a kind of double derivation from Dyeus.

2018, Michael Mayerfeld Bell, “Chapter 2: Nature Before Nature”, in City of the Good: Nature, Religion, and the Ancient Search for What Is Right, Princeton University Press, published 2020, →ISBN, page 19:

(linguistics, anthropology, mythology) The daylight-sky god in Proto-Indo-European mythology.


earth-diver

(mythology) A common character in various traditional creation myths who is sent by a supreme being into the primal waters to find substance (often sand or mud) with which to build habitable land.


Ereshkigal

Ultimately from Sumerian 𒀭𒎏𒆠𒃲 (ᵈereš-ki-gal /Ereškigalak/).

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1911, Morris Jastrow, Aspects of Religious Belief and Practice in Babylonia and Assyria, G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 369,
A myth^‡ describes how Nergal invaded the domain of Ereshkigal, and forced her to yield her dominion to him. The gods are depicted as holding a feast to which all come except Ereshkigal.

1988, Samuel A. Meier, The Messenger in the Ancient Semitic World, Scholars' Press, page 159,
There still remains the problem of why the messenger from heaven bows while the messenger from below receives homage. In light of the suggestion earlier that Ereshkigal is depicted in a much more favorable light than the heavenly trinity of ruling gods, the issue of bowing messengers reaffirms this impression.

1996, Tanya Wilkinson, Persephone Returns: Victims, Heroes and the Journey from the Underworld, PageMill Press, page 237,
The dark sister is Ereshkigal, a Goddess with clear qualities and strong emotions. The myth describes in detail how Inanna surrenders to an excruciating, dismembering initiation into the Underworld.

(Mesopotamian mythology) The goddess of the underworld.


Minyan

From Latin Minyes (from Ancient Greek Μινύες (Minúes)) + -an.

(Greek mythology) A member of a race said to be autochthonous to the Aegean area.


Aeaean

(Greek mythology) Of or relating to the mythical island of Aeaea.


Fólkvangr

(Norse mythology) A meadow or field ruled over by the goddess Freyja, the afterlife for half of those people dying in combat, the other half going to Valhalla.


Hengist

Their captains were two brothers, called Hengist and Horsa.

1905, Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, Our Island Story, page 37:

(mythology) One of a pair of brothers (the other being Horsa) said to have led the Angles, Saxons and Jutes in their invasion of Britain in the 5th century, and to have been the first of the Jutish kings of Kent.


Querquetulanae

These Querquetulanae have an apparent, or barely possible, survival in the spirits called Querkeln in Bavaria.

2002, Charles Godfrey Leland, Etruscan Roman Remains and the Old Religion, page 106:

There weren't demons or vampires or fairies or shellycoats or Querquetulanae or any of that stuff.

2018, W. Stone Cotter, Saint Philomene's Infirmary for Magical Creatures:

They are partly associated with the Querquetulanae, the Roman nymphs of the oak grove.

2019, Maria Papachristos, Muses - Nymphs - Other Gods, page 55:

(Roman mythology) The nymphs of the oak grove.


Andvaranaut

(Norse mythology) A magical ring useful in locating sources of gold.


alux

Borrowed from Yucatec Maya alux or via Spanish alux.

(mythology) A kind of sprite in the folklore of certain Maya peoples.


yinglong

(Chinese mythology) a winged dragon and rain deity in Chinese mythology


hulijing

(Chinese mythology) nine-tailed fox in Chinese mythology


Proserpine

(Roman mythology) Alternative form of Proserpina (“Roman goddess of the seasons and spring vegetation, daughter of Ceres and Jupiter; queen of the Underworld as wife of Pluto; equivalent to Greek Persephone and old Italic deity Libera”)


ban-hound

[T]hose dames were wont to make their appearance, arrayed in green, in the neighbourhood of Llyn Barfog, chiefly at eventide, accompanied by their kine and hounds, and that on quiet summer nights in particular, these ban-hounds were often to be heard in full cry pursuing their prey[.]

1853 July, Archaeologia Cambrensis, London: W. Pickering, page 203:

`Rash man!' she said; `like Actæon, thou hast had thy will; be careful lest, like Actæon, thou too dost perish miserably, torn to pieces by the ban-hounds of thine own passions.'

1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

(mythology) A dog that fulfills or executes a curse (ban).


huldre

Learned borrowing from Norwegian hulder, with the same meaning.

In Norway, the Huldre drive cattle before them, which are as blue as they are themselves.

1828, T. Crofton Croker, Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland, volume 3, page 138:

"Well, the first time I came across the huldre, I was about eight or nine years old, and it was somewhere up on the main road between Bjerke and Mo."

1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 27:

The mention of the tail relates the wood-fairy to the Huldre who were very beautiful except for a long tail which they always tried to hide, as the Wood Elves hid their hollow back.

1978, Katherine M. Briggs, The Vanishing People, page 76:


dezombification

The process of dezombifying somebody or something.


Rodnover

en-adjective

Rodnover (comparative more Rodnover, superlative most Rodnover)

more Rodnover (comparative)
most Rodnover (superlative)

A Calque of Russian роднове́р (rodnovér) with the suffix -er, derived from Russian род (rod, “tribe, origin”) + Russian вера (vera, “faith”).

Pertaining to Rodnovery (Slavic Neopaganism).


Rodnover

A follower of Rodnovery (Slavic Neopaganism).


flaming sword

Acala
East Asian Buddhism
Flaming sword (mythology)
Khön clan of Sakya

He spake; and, to confirm his words, outflew
Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs
Of mighty Cherubim; the sudden blaze
Far round illumined Hell.

1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost:

The dexter figure has five stars round the verge of his head, and a flaming sword in the left hand. The sinister figure has the same flaming sword coupled with a branch of olive.

1861 March 2, Patonce, Notes and Queries (2), volume 11, number 270, London: Bell & Daldy, →ISSN, Queries, page 172:

A pair of scales are also used as a single symbol, excepting the flaming sword mentioned by your correspondent Mr. Vincent, to typify the Archangel Michael, in the same way that the white lily denotes the Archangel Gabriel. He is always represented by the ecclesiastical Byzantine painters as a young warrior of surpassing beauty, standing on the body of an old dead man, with wings expanded, and holding a flaming sword in his right, and a pair of scales in his left hand, in order to show that with the first he took his soul, and with the second he weighs the good and bad actions which the man had accomplished during his stay on earth.

1866 March 3, Rhodokanakis, “Saint Michael”, in Notes and Queries (3), volume 9, number 218, London: Bell & Daldy, →ISSN, pages 181–182:

(mythology) A metal sword wreathed in or emitting flames, appearing as a symbol or supernatural weapon in many mythologies.

short sword customarily made with a flaming

(mythology) A sword with a blade composed of supernaturally solidified flames, appearing as a symbol or weapon in many mythologies.


hill-troll

There is a hill on the lands of Skjelverod near Bingsted called Kirsten's-hill (Kirsten's Bjerg). In it there lived a Hill-troll whose name was Skynd, who had from time to time stolen no less than three wives from a man in the village of Englerup.

1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 198:

"What shall I do now? he said. As soon as the king had had time to consider, he told him that he must go the hill-troll, who had taken his grandfather's sword.

1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 101:

(mythology) A troll that lives in or under a hill.


uruisg

(European folklore, mythology) A brownie in Scottish folklore.


Absyrtus

(Greek mythology) A Colchian prince, the son of Aeëtes.


Apsyrtus

(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Absyrtus


Bilskirnir

(Norse mythology) The hall of the god Thor in Asgard, containing 540 rooms.


Aaru

Learned borrowing from Egyptian jꜣrw (“reeds”) as rendered in the outdated 19th-century transcription scheme developed by Karl Richard Lepsius (ȧaru), part of the complete term sḫt-jꜣrw (literally “field of reeds”).

lbor

(Egyptian mythology) In ancient Egyptian mythology, the heavenly paradise where Osiris rules, described as boundless reed fields like those of the Nile Delta.


Dusares

From Latin Dūsārēs, from Ancient Greek Δουσάρης (Dousárēs), from a form akin to Arabic ذُو الشَّرَى (ḏū š-šarā), Safaitic 𐪙𐪆𐪇 (ḏs²r).

cog

ذُو الشَّرَى

Arabic ذُو الشَّرَى (ḏū š-šarā)

(Arabian mythology) A pre-Islamic Arabian god.


Aeacus

(Greek mythology) A king of the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf, one of the three judges in Hades.


Antilochus

From Ancient Greek Ἀντίλοχος (Antílokhos).

(Greek mythology) A prince of Pylos and one of the Achaeans in the Trojan War.


Velchanos

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ϝελχάνος (Welkhános). Possibly cognate with Chania on Crete. Also compare Veles, a Slavic god of nature and the underworld.

(Greek mythology) A god of the ancient Minoans, originally associated with vegetation but later conflated with Zeus.


Iphimedeia

From Ancient Greek Ἰφιμέδεια (Iphimédeia).

(Greek mythology) A Thessalian princess, the daughter of Triopas of Thessaly (a son of Poseidon and Canace).


Firbolg

(Irish mythology) The fourth group of people to settle in Ireland, descended from the Muintir Nemid, an earlier group who abandoned Ireland and went to different parts of Europe.


Melqart

From Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕 (mlqrt), probably from 𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk, “king”) + 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt, “city”) (compare Hebrew קרת (qeret)), literally meaning "king of the city".

(mythology) The Phoenician god of the city of Tyre


Euhemerus

From Latin Euhemerus, from Ancient Greek Εὐήμερος (Euḗmeros, from εὐ- (eu-, “good-, well-”) + ἥμερος (hḗmeros, “tamed, civilized, domesticated”)).

der

(historical) An ancient Greek Sicilian Skeptic philosopher, famed for a lost work proposing most or all mythology derived from historical figures and natural events which became supernatural only through retelling.


Teonimenu

A mythical sunken island of the Pacific Ocean.


Dahut

(mythology) The daughter of Gradlon, king of the city of Ys.


Poseidonia

From Latin Poseidonia, from Ancient Greek Ποσειδωνία (Poseidōnía); or directly from Greek Ποσειδωνία (Poseidonía). From Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn) + -ία (-ía). Equivalent to Poseidon + -ia.

(Greek mythology) Synonym of Athens, from the myth The Gift of Athena about the origin of Athens.


Cantre'r Gwaelod

Holonym: Cardigan Bay

A mythical sunken city in Wales, United Kingdom.


Hlidhskjalf

(Norse mythology) Odin's cloud-throne above Asgard.


Lityerses

From Ancient Greek Λιτυέρσης (Lituérsēs).

(Greek mythology) An illegitimate son of Midas (or of Comis) and Demeter, who challenged people to harvesting contests and beheaded those he beat, putting the rest of their bodies in the sheaves. Heracles won the contest and killed him.


gillygaloo

(US folklore) A fictional bird said to nest on hillsides and to lay square eggs that will not roll downhill.


Pygmalion

From Ancient Greek Πυγμαλίων (Pugmalíōn), from Phoenician 𐤐𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤕𐤍 (pʿmytn /puġ‘mayaton/), from Phoenician 𐤐𐤌𐤉𐤉𐤕𐤍 (pmyytn /pumayyaton/, “Pumay has given”), from Phoenician 𐤐𐤌𐤉 (pmy, “Pumay”) + Phoenician 𐤉𐤕𐤍 (ytn /yaton/, “to give”).

(Greek mythology) A legendary sculptor who was granted the wish of having life given to a sculpture of his which he fell deeply in love with.


Mixcoatl

(mythology) The god of the hunt, identified with the Milky Way, stars, and heavens, in several Mesoamerican cultures.


Camaxtli

(mythology) Synonym of Mixcoatl (“Mesoamerican god of the hunt”)


Campe

(Greek mythology) A female monster, the guard in Tartarus of the Cyclopes and Hundred-Handers, whom Cronus, ruler of the Titans, had imprisoned there.


Skinfaxi

Coordinate term: Hrimfaxi

(Norse mythology) The horse ridden by Dagr (day).


Hrimfaxi

Coordinate term: Skinfaxi

(Norse mythology) The horse ridden by Nótt (night).


Narakasura

Transliteration of Sanskrit नरकासुर (narakāsura). Related to Naraka and Asura.

translit

An Asura who established Pragjyotisha kingdom, killed by Krishna on the day before Diwali.


Pragjyotisha

Transliteration of Sanskrit प्राग्ज्योतिष (prāgjyotiṣa).

प्राग्ज्योतिष


Bhagadatta

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.
Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰagás
Sanskrit भग (bhaga)
Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-der.
Sanskrit दत्त (datta)
Sanskrit भगदत्त (bhagadatta)translit.
English Bhagadatta
Transliteration of Sanskrit भगदत्त (bhagadatta).

etymon

A king of Pragjyotisha kingdom and the son of Narakasura, who fought for the Kauravas in the Mahabharata; killed by Arjuna.


Elatha

(Irish mythology) A king of the Fomorians and the father of Bres by Ériu of the Tuatha Dé Danann, as well as Delbaeth, Ogma, Elloth (grandfather of Manannán mac Lir), and the Dagda by an unnamed mother.


Eteoclus

(Greek mythology) The son of Iphis, who participated in the war on Thebes.


Glitnir

(Norse mythology) The hall of Forseti, the Norse god of law and justice, and the seat of justice amongst gods and men.


Phthonus

From Ancient Greek Φθόνος (Phthónos, “Phthonos, god of envy and jealousy”), from φθόνος (phthónos, “envy, jealousy”).

bor

Coordinate term: Invidia

(Greek mythology) The god of jealousy and envy.


Polymestor

From Ancient Greek Πολυμήστωρ (Polumḗstōr).

(Greek mythology) A king of Thrace whose wife was Ilione, the eldest daughter of King Priam.


Polymnestor

(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Polymestor


Jinnestan

Jinnestan was the common appellation of the whole of this ideal region.

1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 28:

(mythology) The mythical realm of the jinn.


Nephele

(Greek mythology) A cloud nymph who figured prominently in the story of Phrixus and Helle.


Tritoness

(Greek mythology) A female spirit of the sea.


spookological

In an autobiographical essay published in 1997, Money explains “[t]he general tendency is to want to say that gender identity is either biological or not biological — to which my jocular response is that if it’s not biological, then it must be spookological or occult, for there is a biology of learning and remembering, and it does affect the brain, doesn’t it?”

2017 June 30, Michaela Koch, Discursive Intersexions: Daring Bodies Between Myth, Medicine, and Memoir, Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 123, →ISBN:

(informal) Relating to the study of ghosts.


Heroic Age

(mythology) One of the five ages of man, the period at which semidivine and human heroes are purported to have lived, between the arrival of the Greeks to Thessaly and the Greek return from Troy.


gythja

(Germanic paganism) A priestess of the modern Norse religion.


Svarog

Learned borrowing from Old East Slavic Сварогъ (Svarogŭ), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Sъvarogъ.

learned borrowing

(Slavic mythology) the god of fire, blacksmithing, and possibly sky.


gamecraft

There are three primary means of establishing dominance: the facedown, the gamecraft and the duel.

1994, Mark Rein-Hagen, Robert Hatch, Bill Bridges, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, page 36:

In gamecraft, the Garou compete in a contest of skill or wits: a riddle contest, a chess match or the like. Gamecraft is usually considered a valid means of establishing dominance when facing mental conundrums.

Do you think these scars I wear are badges of gamecraft?

2001, Gherbod Fleming, Werewolf, page 266:

(fantasy) A type of dominance competition practiced by werewolves that focuses on cleverness, wit, and cunning.


Idomenean

(Greek mythology) Of or relating to Idomeneus.


gumiho

Borrowed from Korean 구미호 (gumiho, “nine-tailed fox”).

Gumihos are able to transform into human form, generally beautiful women, in order to seduce men.

2012, “Translation Notes”, in Laon, volume 5, unnumbered page:

In their human guise the gumiho will seduce a man, kill him, and then consume his liver.

2016, Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, page 146:

Somin had grown up hearing stories about gumiho—nine-tailed foxes with the ability to live forever as long as they devoured the energy of men.

2020, Kat Cho, Vicious Spirits, pages 15–16:

(Korean mythology) A shape-shifting fox spirit, typically said to take the form of a beautiful woman, in order to seduce men and eat their livers.


godspouse

This could be just an important conversation or something as formal and intense as a marriage to a mortal godspouse. Occasionally it will involve an […]

2009, Kenaz Filan, Raven Kaldera, Drawing Down the Spirits: The Traditions and Techniques of Spirit Possession, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

Anya Kless is a dual-tradition, polytheistic pagan priestess, godspouse, and spirit worker. She is the primary author and editor of Lilith: Queen of the Desert and is at work on an upcoming book on the godspouse path.

2012, Gina Pond, Sarah Thompson, Calyxa Omphalos, Philip Tanner, Jacobo Polanshek, Gender and Transgender in Modern Paganism, Circle of Cerridwen, →ISBN, page 122:

(paganism, especially Germanic paganism) A mortal person who marries a deity.


dwaggy

From dwagon (“dragon”) + -y (“diminutive suffix”). Compare doggy.

(diminutive, Internet slang, usually furry subculture) a dragon, especially one that is much-loved or cute.


Aerope

(Greek mythology) The daughter of Catreus, king of Crete, and sister to Clymene, Apemosyne and Althaemenes. Catreus gave her to Nauplius, to be drowned or sold abroad, but Nauplius spared her.

(Greek mythology) A daughter of Cepheus of Arcadia, who was king of Tegea.


Polynoe

From Ancient Greek Πουλυνόη (Poulunóē, literally “giver of reason; richness of mind, thoughtful”).


Porrima

(Roman mythology) The goddess Antevorta.


Wishverse

Even though the later episode 'Doppelgangland' (Buffy 3.16) suggests that the 'Wishverse' exists parallel to the Buffyverse and that characters can move from one parallel universe to another by magic, none of the characters except vengeance demon Anyaka can remember anything about the other world.

2005, Gaby Allrath, “Life in Doppelgangland: Innovative Character Conception and Alternate Worlds in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel”, in Gaby Allrath, Marion Gymnich, editors, Narrative Strategies in Television Series, pages 144–145:

In the Wishverse, many of the good characters have been turned bad or are dead.

2015, Pamela Achenbach, “A Tempting Narrative or a Temporal Gimmick: A Look at the Use of Time Travel in Unconventional Series”, in Gillian I. Leitch, Sherry Ginn, editors, Time-Travel Television: The Past from the Present, the Future from the Past, page 64:

Whedon couldn't resist the pull of the Wishverse either.

2015, Anne Jamison, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, page 132:

(fandom slang) The dark alternate universe featured in the episode "The Wish" of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


bhoot

From Hindi भूत (bhūt), from Sanskrit भूत (bhūta).

(India) A supernatural creature, usually the ghost of a deceased person.


Juggernaut

(historical) The Hindu deity Vishnu's avatar Krishna.


Headless Horseman

A mythical figure who has appeared in folklore around the world since the Middle Ages, who is traditionally depicted as a man upon horseback who is missing his head.

ruiter zonder hoofd

chiefly associated with Washington Irving


Headless Horseman

en-noun

Headless Horseman (plural Headless Horsemen)

The zone is normally the site of the battle with the headless horsemen, where you would have had to kill at least 100 to move on. The horsemen arestill here butarein the orchard picking apple points. We shall be OK providedwe stick to ...

2006, Lindsey R. Hall, The Net Warriors, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN:

The three headless horsemen fired back at the Smith and Wesson brothers killing them. Then the three headless horsemen threw the Smith and Wesson brother's dead bodies on the back of their horses and rode back to the mountain and cut ...

2012, Drac Von Stoller, The Headless Horsemen, Drac Von Stoller, →ISBN:

Though the Legend of Sleepy Hollow has remained the most enduring and famous tale of headless horsemen, Irving's research revealed to him that decollated spirits have roamed the earth since ancient times. In each case they appear to be ...

2016, Mark Latham, Hunting the Headless Horseman, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, →ISBN, page 36:

A mythical man (perhaps of several) upon horseback who is missing his head, inspired by the Headless Horseman mythical figure.

They had dozens of names for different types of corpses—“crispy critters,” “stinkers,” “floaters,” “dunkers,” and “Headless Horsemen,” just to name a few. Butch Farabee, national emergency services coordinator for the National Park ..

2003, Laurence Gonzales, Deep Survival: Who Lives, who Dies, and why : True Stories of Miraculous Endurance and Sudden Death, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 39:

... of women who'd been murdered in 1980 and unclaimed bodies that had turned up for years after that. He'd become acquainted with a virtual dictionary of shrug-off terms for corpses - floaters, crispy critters, headless horsemen.

2012, Gregg Hurwitz, You're Next, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 83:

Right around this time another headless body was found, I used to call these bodies they were finding at that time, 'The Headless Horsemen'. Cutting off the heads of suspected informants does send a clear message.

2021, Peter James Ford, Mysticism in Newburyport: Mystic Rider, Balboa Press, →ISBN:

(slang) A corpse of a man that is missing the head due to decapitation.


Academus

(Greek mythology) An Athenian hero who saved Athens by preventing an invasion by Castor and Pollux.


Headless Horsewoman

Headless Horsewoman (plural Headless Horsewomen)

(rare) A female Headless Horseman; a mythical woman (perhaps of several) upon horseback who is missing her head, inspired by the Headless Horseman mythical figure.


bannik

(Slavic mythology) A bathhouse spirit in Slavic mythology.


Britomartis

From Ancient Greek Βριτόμαρτις (Britómartis).

(Greek mythology) A Greek goddess of mountains and hunting, primarily worshipped on the island of Crete.


Adephagia

From Ancient Greek Ἀδηφαγία (Adēphagía).

(Greek mythology) The goddess and personification of gluttony.


Santa Paws

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Santa Paws.wav

No no not Santa Paws! Bean O'brien. Everyone deserves a second chance maybe he was just being a poophead cuz he need a hug Bessa Phaneuf. You a bad troll...!! Mattie Bissmeyer. He's a very norty Troll. But i don't like to see anyone cry ...

year unknown, Josephine Tuckfield, Saving Santa Paws, Lulu.com

It turned out that Snowy was upset because at Christmas all the animals are left out and he wants to be SANTA PAWS. Well, Ithought what a great idea this was and went back into the room and said to Snowy, “What a kind dog you are ...

2009, Buckham Derek, Santa's Christmas Story Book, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 24:

Duke happily trotted to the main stand Where Santa Paws sat, all dressed in red and looking very grand. The mall was filled with Christmas delight; Mistletoe, holly and Santa were a welcoming sight. Duke happily trotted to the main ...

2011, Blossom Albuquerque, Dashing Duke and His Dodgy Adventures, Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency, →ISBN, page 28:

"Santa Paws is always willing to hear Christmas wishes." He winkedat Eva as Savannah buried her head under Eva's arm. "Aww, don't be afraid, sweetie. He won't bite." "Unless you're a cookie." Adam struggled to get the Santa cookie he'd ...

2014, Meda White, Christmas Give: A Holiday Novella, Meda White, →ISBN:

Another True Story About Best Friends...and Siblings Too! Brittni Vega. plate of cookies and a glass of milk. I don't mean to ruin the . . . I am almost twelve in dog years. I stopped believing in Santa Paws a few months ago.

2015, Brittni Vega, Harlow & Indiana (and Reese): Another True Story About Best Friends...and Siblings Too!, Penguin, →ISBN:

Santa Paws knows Santa Claus, because he was his first and favourite pet. Santa Claus loved Santa Paws so much, that every Christmas, Santa Claus would take Santa Paws with him in his sleigh. Santa Paws would look at the beautiful night ...

2017, Hanna L. Farha, Santa Paws, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:

When Belle opened her eyes , she saw Santa Paws. " I got your letter , Belle , " chuckled Santa Paws. " I have to say, when I was a young pup, I also made some mistakes. Look at me now! I grew up just fine!

2020, Sara J J Gunkel, Dear Santa Paws, Page Publishing Inc, →ISBN, page 13:

(humorous, fiction) An equivalent to Santa Claus as an anthropomorphic dog or cat.


Himeros

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἵμερος (Hímeros), ἵμερος (hímeros, “yearning, desire”).

1999, Janet Lloyd (translator), Claude Calame, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), The Poetics of Eros in Ancient Greece, [1992, I Greci e l'eros], Princeton University Press, pages 31-32,
A late-fifth-century hydria represents Himeros as a young boy who is present at the judgment of Paris: while Eros concentrates on winning over the young shepherd, Himeros and Pothos flank Aphrodite, indicating that this is the goddess upon whom his choice will fall. And a famous black-figure plaque dating from as early as dating from as early as the mid-sixth century shows Aphrodite holding in her arms two wingless children named, respectively, Himeros and Pothos.

While both love gods Eros and Himeros are regularly associated with Aphrodite, and they often appear together or separately in overtly erotic contexts, it is a bit tricky to differentiate between these two figures with precision.

2010, Monica S. Cyrino, Aphrodite, page 45:

The Greeks observed that Himeros often mingled with other goddesses, namely the Graces and the Hours and with Persuasion (Peitho) and Eros, all in the company of Aphrodite. How strange it is that in our times, Himeros often is found in the company of boredom, weariness and emptiness, since to experience desire and yearning is regarded as being deprived! Even though fulfillment is yet to come, Himeros is neither bored nor deprived.

2010, Betty Mallett Smith, The Greek Dialogues, Xlibris, page 460:

(Greek mythology) The Greek god of uncontrollable desire, often depicted as a winged child attendant to Aphrodite.


Buyan

From Russian Буя́н (Buján). See there for further information.

(Slavic mythology, folklore) In medieval Russian folklore, a mysterious island with the ability to appear and disappear with the tide; the home of the Zoryas (solar goddesses) and three brothers representing the Northern, Western, and Eastern Winds.

Bouïane

a mysterious island in the Russian folklore


Pheme

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Φήμη (Phḗmē).

lbor

(Greek mythology) The personification of fame and renown, her favour being notability, her wrath being scandalous rumours.


Virbius

(Greek mythology) The resurrected Hippolytus of Athens, who (according to some accounts) became the king of the Aricians and ruled from inside the shrine of Diana.


Volcanus

(Roman mythology) Synonym of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalwork.


Erisian

en-adj

Erisian (comparative more Erisian, superlative most Erisian)

more Erisian (comparative)
most Erisian (superlative)

(Greek mythology) Of or relating to Eris.


monoeye

Tysm Hitomi!! They are both so cute! 😳💖 Why does everyone have a cute monoeye OC~

2022 December 10, Akiko✨ (@Akiko_oc), Twitter:

It's also the first day of the month, that means it's monoeye day! Cyclops art RT bomb incoming!

2022 February 1, Hitomi 👁🎧 (@HitomiOnpa), Twitter:

(chiefly anime and manga) A humanlike monster girl species with a single large eye.


Ops

Learned borrowing from Latin Ops, from Latin ops (“resources, wealth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-(i)-, *h₃op-(i)- (“force, ability”), from *h₃ep- base

(Roman mythology) The goddess of earth and fertility. Equivalent to the Greek Rhea, Ops was the sister-wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter. After Saturn learned of a prophecy that his children by Ops would overthrow him, he ate each of them just after they were born; however, Ops saved Jupiter by feeding Saturn a stone instead.


Yarilo

Derived from Russian Ярило (Jarilo), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *jaro (“spring”) or Proto-Slavic *jarъ (“strong, fierce”). It is related to Old East Slavic ярилой (jariloj), a straw effigy used by the ancient Slavs during the festival of Kupala to expel evil spirits.

The god of vegetation, fertility, and springtime in Slavic mythology.


Svetovid

Derived from Russian Световит (Svetovit), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *svętъ (“holy”) and Proto-Slavic *vitъ (“lord”).

The chief god of the Slavic tribe of Rani and the Polabian Slavs, ruling over war, fertility, and prosperity.


Mokosh

Learned borrowing from Russian Мо́кошь (Mókošʹ), from Old East Slavic Мокошь (Mokošĭ), from Proto-Slavic *Mokošь.

lbor

(Slavic mythology) Slavic goddess of fertility, waters and earth mentioned in East Slavic sources


Sterquilinus

(Roman mythology) A Roman god of odor and manure.


Gleipnir

(Norse mythology) The binding that holds Fenrir, a chain made of six impossible objects forged together by the dwarves.


Huveane

(mythology) A trickster god and a creator god in Pedi and Venda mythologies.


Vāc

(Hindu mythology) The goddess of speech, the written word, and language.


Agenor

/əˈd͡ʒiːnɔː/

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀγήνωρ (Agḗnōr).

bor+

(Greek mythology) King of Phoenicia, father of Cadmus and Europa, and ancestor of Dido.


Anaxarete

/əˌnæksəˈɹɛti/

From Ancient Greek Ἀναξαρέτη (Anaxarétē).

(Greek mythology) a rich and beautiful maiden of Cyprus, who, disdaining the love of Iphis, was changed to stone.


volkhv

From Russian волхв (volxv), and from Old East Slavic вълхвъ (vŭlxvŭ).

вълхвъ m (vŭlxvŭ, literally “wizard, magus”)

(historical, paganism) A pre-Christian priest from Slavic cultures.

(religion, paganism) A priest from Slavic neopaganism.


Athamas

(Greek mythology) A Boeotian king, father of Phrixus and Helle by his first wife Nephele, whom he deserted for Ino.


Hafgan

(Celtic mythology) One of the kings of Annwn, the otherworld in Welsh mythology.


Annwn

(Celtic mythology) The otherworld in Welsh mythology, a place of delights and eternal youth.


Isonade

/ˌiːsəʊˈnɑːdeɪ/

Transliteration of Japanese 磯撫で (いそなで, Isonade, literally “shore stroker”).

translit

With more than 70% of the Earth's surface submerged beneath water, it comes as no surprise that throughout history mankind has been fascinated with the seas and oceans. In earlier years this fascination manifested itself in the form of fear and mystery; […] in Japanese stories, fierce winds would blow whenever Isonade, a shark-like sea monster, appeared.

2009 June, Marios Christou, “Introduction”, in Fully Nonlinear Computations of Waves and Wave-structure Interaction (unpublished Ph.D. thesis), London: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, →DOI, →OCLC, page 25:

Another Japanese giant fish is Isonade, a sharklike sea monster that causes strong winds and also capsizes boats or catches unwary fishermen with the hooks on its huge tail.

2011, Gene Helfman, Bruce Collette, “Fishes in Stories and Literature”, in Fishes: The Animal Answer Guide, Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 131:

Nipponese sailors traveling along the western coast of Japan are warned to keep a weather eye open for the Isonade, akin in form to a huge shark with hook-like barbs on its tail. Much as the giant namazu catfish of Japanese legend is associated with earthquakes, the movements of the gigantic Isonade are said to be the source of sudden changes in sea currents and winds from the north.

2014 summer, Jonathan Maniscalco, “Seven Entries from The New Book of Imaginary Beings”, in Jonathan Maniscalco, Frances Gossen, editors, Clarion, number 17, Boston, Mass.: The Pen & Anvil Press; Boston University Literary Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-07-16, section iii (The Isonade), page 107:

(Japanese mythology) A mythological monster that resembles an enormous shark, said to live off the coast of western Japan.

إيسونادي

mythological monster that resembles an enormous shark said to live off the coast of western Japan


hopping vampire

en-noun

hopping vampire (plural hopping vampires)


Olam Haba

bor

Hebrew העולם הבא

Maybe the idea is that such a person will have it "made up" to them in Olam HaBa.

1997 January 11, li...@interport.net, “Lesbianism in Halakha”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet):

(Judaism) The Jewish afterlife or mythic future, usually thought to occur after the coming of the Messiah, in which the righteous are rewarded for their good deeds and the wicked punished for their evil deeds


Psychean

(mythology) Of or relating to the Greek god Psyche.


Anticlea

From Ancient Greek Ἀντίκλεια (Antíkleia, literally “without fame”).

(Greek mythology) A queen of Ithaca, the wife of King Laërtes.


Anticlia

(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Anticlea


Itylos

(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Itylus


Phaethusa

From Ancient Greek Φαέθουσα (Phaéthousa, literally “radiance”).

(Greek mythology) A daughter of Helios and Neaera, the personification of the brilliant, blinding rays of the sun. With her sister, Lampetia, she guarded the cattle of Thrinacia.


Phaethontic

(Greek mythology) Of or relating to Phaëthon.


Cocamama

(mythology) The Incan goddess of the coca plant.


Codrus

(Greek mythology) The last of the semi-mythical kings of Athens (r. ca 1089–1068 BC), an ancient exemplar of patriotism and self-sacrifice.


Corineus

(mythology) A prodigious warrior and the eponymous founder of Cornwall in British legend.


Tailte

(Irish mythology) Alternative form of Tailtiu


Arimasp

(mythology) A member of a legendary one-eyed people of Scythia.


Antevorta

(Roman mythology) An ancient Roman goddess of the future.


Atahensic

(mythology) An Iroquois sky goddess associated with marriage, childbirth, and feminine affairs in general.


footholder

One particularly difficult figure is the king's footholder, the problems with which have already been clearly delineated by McKenna.

2018, Robin Chapman Stacey, Law and the Imagination in Medieval Wales, page 146:

After the rape of his “footholder,” the king tries to find another maiden who could be used for this purpose.

Antón Bousquet, The World of the Gauls: Foundation(s) of a Celtic Philosophy (page 253)

(mythology) In Welsh mythology, a virgin maiden tasked with holding a warrior's feet in her lap.


lycan

Are you a vampire... or are you a lycan... pledge your bloodoath to your coven or pack..

2006 February 7, trigunvamp, “[PBEM News] Vampire or Lycan, which side are you on?”, in rec.games.pbm (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-04:

Castlevania is Metroid Prime? So Gabriel and the lycans and Vampires have all grown suits and plasma weapons, can roll in to morph balls bombing eveything, and Gabriel is a woman in a space suit?

2011 January 6, skidz, “Castlevania Lords of Shadow”, in uk.games.video.misc (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-04:

The other Lycan sprung towards her and she fought him as Drago shifted to his Lycan form and faced his adversary.

2012, Anastasia Maltezos, Lycan King, page 113:

It was soon discovered that Lycans were now attacking humans for food.

2015, Drago Lavito, Order of the Lycans, page 37:

He staggered for a moment, then gritted his teeth, turning to face the Woodland lycan, his arms raised to block the next punch, and the next. The Woodland pack gathered close, shouting encouragement to their alpha prime.


wampyr

'[A]nd in one manuscript this very Dracula is spoken of as "wampyr", which we all understood too well.'

1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York: Doubleday & McClure, published 1899, page xviii. 241:

"This is difficult to prove as there are no remains — ergo, no brain — to dissect following a wampyr's death."

2015, William Mark Simmons, One Foot in the Grave:


Hesione

(Greek mythology) Any of various women in Greek mythology, especially the Trojan princess who was the daughter of King Laomedon.


Medjed

Borrowed from Egyptian mḏd (“Medjed”, literally “the true-striking”).

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(Egyptian mythology) A minor god mentioned in the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead.


Quarentena

We went up mount Quarantena in company with ſome eccleſiaſticks, having an Arabian for our guide. Formerly the Arabians concealed themſelves in the cavities of this mountain, and would not ſuffer the Franks to come up; but at preſent the fathers of the Holy Land pay ten piaſters per annum caphar, or paſſage-money, and thus have free acceſs to the ſummit of it. The aſcent is very toilſome, being moſtly up a rock, that without aſſiſtance it would ſcarce be practicable in ſome places.

1759, translating Johannes Aegidius van Egmont van der Nijenburg & al. as Travels through Part of Europe, Asia Minor, the Islands of the Archipelago, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Mount Sinai, &c., Vol. I, p. 329

Mount of Temptation
Mount of Temptation#English


Quarantine

Than turned we vp in to Quarantene

a. 1500, The Pilgrymage and the Wayes of Jerusalem ("Stations of Jerusalem"), HM 144, [https://iiif.biblissima.fr/collections/manifest/c7848d41bd1fed02b0af37c3a5bf7359f61fa800?tify={%22pages%22:[170],%22view%22:%22thumbnails%22} fol. 80 rev.]


Mount of Temptation

Monastery of the Temptation
Mount of Temptation

(Christianity mythology) The supposed location of the Temptation of Christ in the early 1st century.


Quarantania

II. Mount Quarantania

1872, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Christus: A Mystery, Pt. I: Divine Tragedy, Sect. I: "The First Passover"


Ivanovism

new religious movement
new religious movement

A Slavic neopagan new religious movement based on the teachings of the Russian mystic Porfiry Ivanov (1898–1983), who elaborated his doctrines by drawing upon Russian folklore.


maelid

(Greek mythology) The nymph associated with an apple tree.


Thersitean

en-adj

Thersitean (comparative more Thersitean, superlative most Thersitean)

more Thersitean (comparative)
most Thersitean (superlative)

It is instructive to compare the Thersitean critique of communal identity with the narratives of an emergent English nationalism.

2005, Simon Barker, Shakespeare's Problem Plays:

(Greek mythology) Of or relating to Thersites, a Greek soldier during the Trojan War who was punished for his outspoken criticism of Agamemnon.


Islands of the Blessed

Islands of the Blest
Islands of the Blest


Camenae

(Roman mythology) A group of prophetic goddesses associated with childbirth, wells, and fountains.


Camoenae

(Roman mythology) Alternative form of Camenae


Haoreima

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯍꯥꯎꯔꯩꯃ (haaureima).

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(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei Goddess of diseases, illnesses, souls and spirits.


Imoinu

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯏꯃꯣꯏꯅꯨ (ʼimoʼinoo).

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei Goddess of family, fireplace, hearth, household, kitchen, peace, prosperity and wealth.


Irai Leima

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei Goddess of water, aquatic life, diseases and illnesses.


Khamlangba

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯈꯝꯂꯥꯡꯕ (khamlaangba).

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei God of iron, mining, metallurgy, steel manufacturing, hunting and war.


Khuman Pokpa

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯈꯨꯃꯟ ꯄꯣꯛꯄ (khooman pokpa).

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei God of the sunset and the night time. He is also the ancestral God of the Khuman clan.


Khunu Leima

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯈꯨꯅꯨꯔꯩꯃ (khoonooreima).

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei Goddess of pigeons and doves.


Khamnung Kikoi Louonbi

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯈꯝꯅꯨꯡ ꯀꯤꯀꯣꯢ ꯂꯧꯑꯣꯟꯕꯤ (khamnoong keekoi louʼonbee).

ꯈꯝꯅꯨꯡ ꯀꯤꯀꯣꯢ ꯂꯧꯑꯣꯟꯕꯤ

(Meitei mythology) An Ancient Meitei goddess of death who carries off the souls of individuals to the underworld.


Khoriphaba

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯈꯣꯔꯤꯐꯥꯕ (khoreephaaba).

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei God of adventure, sports, wrestling and polo matches. He is the son of Salailen and Konthoujam Tampha Lairembi.


Salailen

(Meitei mythology) An ancient Meitei god of the sky and heaven. He is the king of all gods.


Konthoujam Tampha Lairembi

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei Goddess Queen of Heaven. She is a consort of Salailen and the mother of Khoriphaba.


Korouhanba

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯀꯣꯔꯧꯍꯟꯕ (korouhanba).

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei God of the sun, sky and heaven.


Koupalu

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯀꯧꯕꯔꯨ (koubaroo).

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei tutelary guardian god of the northwestern direction. He is the mythological founder of human civilization.


Koujeng Leima

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯀꯧꯖꯦꯡ ꯂꯩꯃ (koujeng leima).

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei Goddess of tribal origin and a minor consort of God Koupalu.


Kounu

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei guardian goddess of the northern direction, the snows of the far north, giver of good rainfall, and a consort of God Koupalu.


Laikhurembi

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯂꯥꯏꯈꯨꯔꯦꯝꯕꯤ (laaʼikhoorembee).

(Meitei mythology) An Ancient Meitei goddess of argument, justice, good counsel, divine law, order, retribution and secrecy; the chief queen of the Khamnung underworld and the chief consort of the god Thongalen.


Thongalen

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯊꯣꯉꯥꯂꯦꯟ (thongaalen).

(Meitei mythology) An Ancient Meitei god of the dead and the king of the Khamnung underworld.


Lainaotabi

(Meitei mythology) An Ancient Meitei goddess of charm, magic, sorcery, spell, weaving and witchcraft and a minor consort of the god Thongalen, and later remarried to Poireiton.


Lok Ningthou

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei God of brooks, gorges, ravines, rills, rivulets, runnels and streams, the guardian of the southern direction and the son of God Wangpulen.


Wangpulen

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯋꯥꯡꯄꯨꯂꯦꯟ (waangpoolen).

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei God of water, rain, flood, disease and sickness, the guardian of the southeast direction.


Loyalakpa

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯂꯣꯌꯥꯔꯥꯛꯄ (loyaaraakpa).

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei guardian god of the western direction. He is an adopted son of God Koupalu and Goddess Kounu.


Marjing

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯃꯥꯔꯖꯤꯡ (maarajeeng).

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei God of polo, hockey, horse, sports and war. He is the guardian of the northeast direction.


Mongba Hanba

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯃꯣꯡꯕ ꯍꯟꯕ (mongba hanba).

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei sylvan deity.


Ngaleima

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯉꯥꯔꯩꯃ (ngaareima).

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei Goddess of fish and aquatic life.


Nganu Leima

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯉꯥꯅꯨ ꯂꯩꯃ (ngaanoo leima).

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei Goddess of ducks and waterfowl.


Nungthel Leima

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei Goddess of the first citizen. She is the adopted daughter of God Koupalu and Goddess Kounu. She is the consort of God Loyalakpa.


Nongpok Ningthou

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯅꯣꯡꯄꯣꯛ ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ (nongpok neengthou).

ꯅꯣꯡꯄꯣꯛ ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei guardian god of the eastern direction. He is the consort of Goddess Panthoibi.


Panthoibi

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯄꯥꯟꯊꯣꯏꯕꯤ (paanthoʼibee).

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei Goddess of civilization, courage, fertility, handicraft, love, victory, warfare and wisdom. She is the consort of God Nongpok Ningthou.


Nongshaba

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯅꯣꯡꯁꯥꯕ (nongsaaba).

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei dragon lion god of protection.


Nongthang Leima

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯅꯣꯡꯊꯥꯡ ꯂꯩꯃ (nongthaang leima).

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei Goddess of seduction, thunder and lightning.


Pakhangba

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei serpentine dragon god of protection of the universe.


Panam Ningthou

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯄꯅꯝ ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ (panam neengthou).

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei protector god of crops (paddy) from hailstorm and thunder. He is the igniter of the first fire.


Phou Ningthou

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯐꯧ ꯅꯤꯪꯊꯧ (phou neengthou).

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei God of agriculture, crops, fertility, grains, harvesting, paddy and rice. He is the consort of Goddess Phouoibi.


Phouoibi

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei Goddess of agriculture, crops, fertility, grains, harvesting, paddy, rice and wealth. She is the consort of God Phou Ningthou.


Pisatao

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯄꯤꯁꯥꯇꯥꯎ (peesaataau), ꯄꯤ (pee, “to give”) + ꯁꯥ (saa, “to create, make”) + ꯇꯥꯎ (taau, “male friend”).

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(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei God of architecture, artisans, forge, handicrafts, metallurgy and skills.


Pureiromba

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯄꯨꯔꯩꯔꯣꯝꯕ (pooreiromba).

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(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei giver god of rain and agricultural prosperity.


Sanamahi

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯁꯅꯥꯃꯍꯤ (sanaamahee). Meitei word Sana is a portmanteau of Salailen and "Nawa" ("child" in Meitei), thereby meaning "Salailen's child (Nawa)". Sanamahi is a combination of "Sana" and "Mahi" ("liquid" in Meitei), thereby meaning "child (Nawa) developed by the liquid (Mahi) of Salailen".

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei supreme guardian god of mankind and human household. He is the son of God Salailen.


Shapi Leima

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei goddess and mistress of all the rodents. She is a daughter of God Salailen.


Taoroinai

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯇꯥꯎꯔꯣꯢꯅꯥꯢ (taauroinaai).

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei serpentine dragon god of the moon.


Thangching

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯊꯥꯡꯖꯤꯡ (thaangjeeng).

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei protector and guardian god of the southwestern direction. He is the progenitor of the Moirang clan.


Thongak Lairembi

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯊꯣꯡꯉꯥꯛ ꯂꯥꯢꯔꯦꯝꯕꯤ (thongngaak laairembee).

ꯊꯣꯡꯉꯥꯛ ꯂꯥꯢꯔꯦꯝꯕꯤ

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei gatekeeper goddess of the entrance gate to the underworld kingdom. She is the consort of God Thongalen.


Thumleima

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯊꯨꯝꯂꯩꯃ (thoomleima).

(Meitei mythology) An ancient Meitei goddess of salt and salt brines. She is a daughter of the god Salailen.


Yumjao Leima

(Meitei mythology) Ancient Meitei Goddess of house, household, royalty, rule and power. She is the all time reigning mythological queen mother.


dragonspeak

(fantasy) The language spoken by dragons.


cecaelia

Apparently coined around 2007 on a discussion thread on Seatails, a mermaid-enthusiast messageboard created by Kurt Cagle, who created a Wikipedia article on the cecaelia (originally “Cecælia”), inspired by Cilia (a cilophyte in “Cilia”, a seven-page short comic story published in issue #16 of the Vampirella comic magazine, released in March of 1972), cilophyte, Coleoidea, and the song “Cecilia” by Simon and Garfunkel, about a fickle and demanding lover (according to Cagle).

During planning for the film, Ursula was not originally designed as a cecaelia (a composite mythical being, combining the head, arms and torso of a woman, and from the lower torso down, the tentacles of an octopus or squid as a form of mermaid or sea demon). It was thought that she would be another sea creature, such as a rockfish-like mermaid.

2010, Joshua C. Shaffer, Discovering the Magic Kingdom: An Unofficial Disneyland Vacation Guide, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 40:

A mundane company had hired him to summon up a cecaelia demon. For the amount of money they were paying, and considering that cecaelia demons were lesser demons who could scarcely cause all that much fuss, Magnus had agreed to not ask questions.

2013, Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything (And Who You’re Not Officially Dating Anyway) (The Bane Chronicles), Margaret K. McElderry Books, →ISBN:

A spear of flame lanced out to strike the cecaelia. It shrieked and writhed as the heat seared its flesh, dropping its spear to bat at the smoldering wounds. Torius took the opportunity to drive his cutlass up into its chest. Still the thing clutched him, tentacles wrapping his arm and snaking around his neck. Celeste darted forward, but before she could reach him, an arrow transfixed the cecaelia’s head, and it fell.[…]She had seen that the pirates outnumbered the cecaelias, but the longer reach of the invaders’ spears and their entangling tentacles were wreaking havoc.

2013 April, Chris A. Jackson, “A Surprise Engagement”, in Pirate’s Honor (Pathfinder Tales), Paizo, →ISBN, pages 113–114:

An officious Cecaelia rapped the floor of the platform sternly and called the court to order. After a few more raps and some stern looks, there was silence. She bowed deeply to Atlantica who bid her to continue with a wave.

2014, Jolie Jaquinta, “Throne of the Sea”, in Red Queen, →ISBN:

URSULA |Film| “The Little Mermaid” (1989) |Voiced by| Pat Carroll |Special attributes| She’s a cecaelia (a human-octopus mashup) with magical powers.

2014 May 30, Sarah Bryan Miller, “They’s the Best at Being the Worst”, in Go! Magazine (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), page 17:

Mademoiselle halted momentarily to marvel at a cecaelia rising furiously from the waves being whipped into foam by her tentacles and brandishing a trident high above.

2014 June, Christian Vago, The Rotted Garden (The Mademoiselle de Commercy Series; volume one), FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 441:

Ursula’s form is a cecaelia, a half human and half octopus.

2015, Harpa Omarsdottir, “Ursula”, in Disney Villains Hairstyles & Looks, Edda Publishing USA LLC, →ISBN, page 6:

While the Disney’s corporate Wiki site page on Ursula identifies her as a “villainous cecaelian sea witch” and characterises the cecaelia as “a legendary hybrid of human and octopus”, the figure of a monstrous tentacled female has little precedent in Western mythology or folklore. Rather than deriving from these sources, the cecaelia is a more modern figure that developed as a distinct entity within a dispersed node of fantasy aficionados and artists.

2017, Philip Hayward, “Becoming Ariel, Becoming Ursula”, in Making a Splash: Mermaids (and Mermen) in 20th and 21st Century Audiovisual Media, John Libbey Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 37:

“Do you know what happens when you swallow a cecaelia’s tentacles” smirked Agalia when suddenly Zwart let out a squeak and grabbed his stomach and to everyone’s surprise cried out helplessly.[…]“They are the Seven High Sentinels of the Kingdom of Durkinbird, appointed by the King himself from each clanring to serve the palace and the kingdom, don’t be deceived by their cheerful behaviour, they are dignified warriors that guard the King and his palace and each one of them is strong enough to take down an entire army of cecaelias in mere seconds, the fact that the King has summoned all of them to carry out a task, the task must be mighty dangerous.”

2017, Daryl Rodrigues, Quzil Scarlett & the Kingdom of Durkinbird, Notion Press, →ISBN:

Ursula is a Cecaelia; half-human, half-octopus.

2020, James Egan, 3000 Facts about Animated Films, Lulu, →ISBN, page 191:

The lead cecaelia ship left its fleet formation to dock with the main mermaid ship. Aboard Titan’s Caravan’s ship, all watched as the cecaelia leaders walked with their long tentacles, their bodies riding along.[…]The same water fae were present from the meeting on Queen Issaleth’s red ship, and the room was filled with water to everyone’s chest—except the cecaelia. With their tentacles, their upper torsos hung well above the water.[…]Cecaelia are said to have bodies free of bones (though not true) because of their seemingly impossibly fast movements, flexibility, reflexes, and speed.

2021, Austin Dragon, Siren Storms of Madness (Fabled Quest Chronicles; book five), Well-Tailored Books, →ISBN:

In Asian and North American folklore, Cecaelia is described as an “octopus-woman.”

2022, Phoebe Im, Cute Chibi Mythical Beasts & Magical Monsters: Learn How to Draw Over 60 Enchanting Creatures, Rock Point, →ISBN, page 16:

“I saw a man with a shark tail before,” Elva put in. “They are called triakis, and the octopus people? Those are cecaelia.”[…]They turned to find an elderly cecaelia entering the pavilion, flanked by four guards.[…]Morgan bellowed to the mass of mermaids, naiads, triakis and cecaelia.

2022, C.A.Watts, Mattara (The Ventura Series), Ballads & Bards Bookhouse, →ISBN:

Risa can manipulate the power of the High Seas, and transform into a cecaelia, famous throughout Nassau as Sumitomo’s sorceress, predicts the outcomes of battles and potential threats, she tells the fortunes of pirates whether they die at land or sea, also Sumitomo’s lover, Risa’s devoted to Sumitomo, would do anything he asks of her, she betrayed clan Fujiwara for him, she’s blinded by love and lust, Sumitomo completely has her under his control.

2022, Marcel, Revenge Tale: Kill Mara, Dorrance Publishing Co, →ISBN, page 149:

A composite mythical being, combining the head, arms and torso of a woman (more rarely a man) and, from the lower torso down, the tentacles of an octopus or squid as a form of mermaid, sea witch, or sea demon.


Bundahishn

Borrowed from Avestan 𐬠𐬎𐬥𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬥𐬍𐬵 (bundahišnīh, literally “primal creation”), being a word from the first sentence of the younger (and longer) of the two recensions of the work.

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The Bundahishn chapter is here given in outline, renderings from West's translation being sometimes adopted verbatim.

1896, A. V. Williams Jackson, “The Ancient Persian Doctrine of A Future Life”, in William Rainey Harper, Ernest DeWitt Burton, Shailer Mathews, editors, The Biblical World, New Series: Volume 8, University of Chicago Press, page 162:

1997 [Routledge], Alan Williams, 2: Later Zoroastrianism, Brian Carr, Indira Mahalingam (editors), Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy, 2005, Taylor & Francis e-Library, page 23,
The Bundahishn is concerned with, among other things, the themes of the creation of the world, the order of things, and the eschatological destiny of both the individual soul and the world at large.

According to Bundahishn, the prophet had exclaimed that with the disintegration of the body and the destruction of matter, the reconstruction of the body would not be possible.

2003, Farhang Mehr, The Zoroastrian Tradition, Mazda Publishers, page 143:

(religion, Zoroastrianism, mythology) An encyclopaedic collection of Zoroastrian cosmogony and cosmology; especially, the longer of the two recessions of the work.


Wiccatru

'Northern' can refer to any ragbag of Wiccatru slung together to sell a book to suckers.

2001 September 27, Dirk Bruere, “Re: What is Asatru?”, in alt.religion.asatru (Usenet):

Interesting? To whom? Asatruar have been laughing at this childish gibberish for almost a decade now, although Wiccans seem to find it very profound. So why are you banging the tin drum for Wiccatru, anyway?

2003 January 11, Rorik, “Re: Wicca-Asatru”, in alt.religion.asatru (Usenet):

Some heathens denigrate such practices as “Wiccatru.”

2021, Diana L. Paxson, Essential Asatru: Walking the Path of Norse Paganism, unnumbered page:

(slang, usually derogatory) A syncretic form of Asatru that incorporates Wiccan beliefs, practices, or elements.


Vanatru

From Old Norse vanir (“Vanir”) + trú (“faith”), after the pattern of Ásatrú.

Where Asatru is derived from an Old Norse phrase meaning "True to the Gods [Æsir]," Vanatru is typically focused on the other family of deities listed in Norse mythology, the Vanir.

2010, Nicanthiel Hrafnhild, Sea Sky Soil: An Introduction to Waincraft, unnumbered page:

While this tradition is no worse than any others—and certainly it has been observed that super-traditional mystery-religion Wiccan practice has a strong relationship to Vanatru, or Frey-and-Freya worship—it wasn't the right thing for me.

2013, Raven Kaldera, The Pathwalker's Guide to the Nine Worlds, unnumbered page:

Vanatru and Rokkatru are newer traditions that branched off from Asatru.

2019, Ryan Smith, The Way of Fire and Ice: The Living Tradition of Norse Paganism, page 9:

A form of Norse neopaganism or Asatru that focuses on veneration of the Vanir deities.


Rokkatru

From Old Norse røkkr (“twilight”) + trú (“faith”), referencing Ragnarok, the apocalyptic battle foretold in Norse mythology, itself from regin (“gods”) + rǫk (“fate, judgment”).

Rokkatru is a form of heathenry that many shy away from. The term Rokk as some people say, means dark or shadow. Rokkatru is a practice of heathenry that deals with worshiping the Jotunar, or the Giants.

2019, Theorodic Dukka, A Heathen's Guide Experiences & Advice On Magic & Spiritworking, pages 7–8:

Rokkatru is a controversial addendum to the family; in response to the shunning of Loki and his family in American heathenry, some who honor Loki, Angrboða, Fenrir, et al. responded by framing a subset of heathenry that focuses on the Jotuns and forces of chaos (hence the name Rokkatru, referencing faith in the bringers of Ragnarok).

2022, Lea Svendsen, Loki and Sigyn: Lessons on Chaos, Laughter & Loyalty from the Norse Gods, page 89:

A form of Norse neopaganism or Asatru that focuses on veneration of the Jotun and chaotic deities such as Loki.


Nazitru

Ah well. I'll sign off now and exit this newsgroup yet again. The same Nazitru scum as always predominates and I doubt if I could provide enough entertainment to make watching their antics worth it.

1997 November 15, Al Billings, “Nazitru, Race and "Folkish" Asatru”, in alt.religion.asatru (Usenet):

The only form of Asatru I am totally agianst is Nazitru and the extreme racialists, […]

2000 March 9, Swain Wodening, “Re: Racialist and Universialist Bigotry”, in alt.religion.asatru (Usenet):

Ain't fair to judge a religion based on *cherrypicked* followers. Asatru looks like crap if you only look at the skinhead Nazitru wannabes.

2007 June 7, Scott Lowther, “Re: Being known by long term results ...”, in alt.religion.asatru (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory, often used attributively) Any form of Asatru which incorporates or centers white supremacist ideology.

Wotanism

a similar neo-Nazi sect themed after Norse paganism

folkish

Germanic pagan sects with far-right beliefs, US usage


Pyroeis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πυρόεις (Puróeis).

bor+

The god of the wandering star Ἄρειος (Áreios), or planet Mars


Ynglism

Borrowed from Russian инглиизм (ingliizm). May be reanalyzed as Yngling (“a Scandinavian royal dynasty”) + -ism, in analogy with the Russian word.
In Ynglist belief, the name refers to a fiery primordial radiance known as the "Ynglia" emanated by the supreme god Ramkha.

af

(religion, paganism) An esoteric Rodnover (Slavic Neopagan) sect from Russia.


Iacchic

(Greek mythology) Of or relating to Iacchus.


Iakchos

(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Iacchus


draconcopedes

From Medieval Latin dracontopedis, draconcopedis, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent”) + πούς (poús, “foot, leg”).

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For old acquaintance-sake we have stopped some little time with the dragon, before passing on to the Draconcopedes. This is the serpent with a woman’s head that tempted Eve.

1855 September 22, “Supernatural Zoology”, in Household Words, volume 12, page 188:

In some European Garden of Eden tales, the woman and the serpent are hybridized into a creature referred to as a draconcopedes.

2009, Peter Metevelis, Japanese Mythology and the Primeval World: A Comparative Symbolic Approach, →ISBN, page 39:

In medieval European folklore the draconcopedes were a species of serpent said to have the body of a snake with the face and breasts of a woman […]

2016, Theresa Bane, “Draconcopedes”, in Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, →ISBN, page 106:

(mediaeval folklore) A legendary being with a human head, and sometimes also human arms and a torso, and the rest of the body of a snake.


Postverta

(Roman mythology) An ancient Roman goddess of the past, sister of Antevorta.


Postvorta

(Roman mythology) Alternative form of Postverta


Carmentae

(Roman mythology) The goddesses Antevorta and Postverta.


Yarovit

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Gerovit (possibly via Slavic languages), from Old Polabian *Jerovit, from Old Polabian equivalents of Proto-Slavic *jarъ (“vigorous, strong”) + *-o- + *-vitъ.

lbor

god Yarovit

But a clergyman named Dietrich, who had gone ahead of them and had approached the doors of the temple, not knowing where to turn, boldly burst into the shrine itself, and, seeing a golden shield hanging on the wall which had been dedicated to Yarovit, their god of war, and which they considered it unlawful to touch, seized the shield and faced them.

1151, Ebo, chapter 3.8, in Vita Ottonis episcopi bambergensis [Life of Saint Otto, Bishop of Bamberg]:

(Slavic mythology) Polabian god of war worshipped in Wolgast and Havelberg

Ierovit

more accurately corresponding to the Old Polabian pronunciation


Argestes

(Roman mythology) A wind from the west-northwest (according to Pliny the Elder) or west-southwest (according to Vitruvius).


Chang'e

/t͡ʃɒŋ.(ʔ)ʌ/

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 嫦娥 (Cháng'é).

4. Don't point at the moon
In general, pointing with the index finger at the moon is disrespectful to the moon goddess Chang'e and she will retaliate by cutting your ear clean off, or at least cut it slightly. In addition, during the Qixi Festival, it is considered even worse to point at the moon because, in addition to the original punishment from Chang'e, it may cause one's lover to have a change of heart.

2022 August 4, Keoni Everington, “5 taboos to dodge on Qixi Festival in Taiwan”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2022-08-04, Culture:

(Chinese mythology) The Chinese goddess of the moon.


Tornit

(mythology) In Inuit mythology, a member of a race of barbarian magicians.


the bad place

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-the bad place.wav


Vingólf

(Norse mythology) The hall of the goddesses, where righteous men and those slain in battle go after death.


Hyang

(mythology) a representation of the Supreme Being in ancient Indonesian (Balinese, Javanese, Osing, Tengger, Sundanese) mythology, native to Java and Bali islands.


Buffyhead

Though bitca was only used once onscreen, it's a staple in the vocabulary of Buffyheads online.

2007, Mark Peters, Yada, Yada, Do'h!, Oak Park: Marion Street Press, →ISBN, page 53:

It's all very Fox — disappointingly so, most likely, for die-hard fans of Whedon's brainy, self-conscious writing, who probably wouldn't mind more talk about relationships and episodes that don't stand alone. But try to be patient, sweet fanatical Buffyheads, for the same spirited banter and thoughtful philosophical discussions are there for the savoring.

2009 February 12, Heather Havrilesky, “Trapped in the Dollhouse”, in Salon, archived from the original on 2012-09-26:

A fan of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series.


Ixionian

en-adj

Ixionian (comparative more Ixionian, superlative most Ixionian)

more Ixionian (comparative)
most Ixionian (superlative)

the Ixionian wheel

(Greek mythology) Of or relating to Ixion.


merbrother

there’d be a time to say my brother is survived by our merbrother

2009, Macgregor Card, “The Merman’s Gift”, in Duties of an English Foreign Secretary, Fence Books, →ISBN, page 63:

The merbrothers were suddenly impatient to leave.

2012, Robin Pritchard, A History of Mermaids, →ISBN, page 198:

Then she saw that Petronella’s merbrothers Jolly, Julian, Joseph, John, Jerry, Jimmy, and Jupiter were pushing the boat towards the river bank to the place where it sloped gently.

2012, Diana Cooper, Tara and Her Talking Kitten Meet a Mermaid, Findhorn Press, →ISBN, pages 47–48:

Adam would rather see him spend more time among his merbrothers and women.

2015, Fabion Harris, chapter 4, in Pure: A Mermaid Story, Lulu, →ISBN, page 13:

Little merbrothers can be so ANNOYING!

2017, Peter Raymundo, Third Grade Mermaid, Scholastic Press, →ISBN:


merparent

After a while the distressed merparents came in search of their lost child.

1984, Penelope Hughes, “Home Life of a Triton”, in Richard Hughes: Author, Father, Alan Sutton, →ISBN, part one (1939–1945), page 7:

He wiped milk from his eyebrows and wondered if merparents spanked their children.

2007, Suzanne Selfors, “The Goldfish Sacrifice”, in To Catch a Mermaid, New York, N.Y., Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, published 2009, →ISBN, page 48:

A steady stream of merparents and merstudents floated in.

2015, Debbie Dadey, “A Promise”, in A Tale of Two Sisters (Mermaid Tales), Aladdin, →ISBN, pages 70–71:

“Pops, he’s a fine young man and smart, too. Besides, he has merparents.” “A human with merparents? That’s impossible! I suppose you’ll tell me next he’s planning to grow a tail.”

2015, Howard T. Parsons, chapter 26, in Urban Mermaid (Tails from Colony Island; book one), Renton, Wash.: Moonlight Garden, →ISBN, page 303:


lotus-eater

Calque of Ancient Greek Λωτοφάγος (Lōtophágos), described in the epic poem the Odyssey, Book IX.

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Men of Ithaca, this is meeter, / In the hollow rosy vale to tarry, / Like a dreamy Lotos-eater, a delirious Lotos-eater!

1832 December (indicated as 1833), Alfred Tennyson, “The Lotos-Eaters”, in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 116:

(Greek mythology) A member of the legendary people living on an island dominated by the lotus tree, who have forgotten their homes due to the fruits' narcotic and stupefying effect.

giolla na leisce

someone with an easy life who does not worry about much


Curete

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κουρῆτες (Kourêtes).

(Greek mythology) One of a legendary tribe of people who took part in the quarrel over the Calydonian boar, identified in antiquity as either Aetolians or Acarnanians.


Lyonesse

(mythology) A kingdom mentioned in Arthurian legend, consisting of a long strand of land stretching from Land's End at the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England to what is now the Isles of Scilly in the Celtic Sea portion of the Atlantic Ocean. It was considered lost after being swallowed by the ocean in a single night.


dwarrowdam

Coined by online Tolkien fans in the early 2010s, from dwarrow, an alternate word for the fantasy race of dwarves in Tolkien's legendarium, and dam (“female parent, mother”).

Kiaran stands at the heart of the room, speaking to a dwarrowdam with fiery red hair.

2014 May 1, LineofDurin (@Tiorvi), Twitter:

Goodnight dwarrows and dwarrowdams. As well as all others. I am retiring to my chambers for the eve. Court shall be held tomorrow.

2014 December 16, King Thrór (@Actual_Thror), Twitter:

Samila smiled and he sensed that this dwarrowdam was tougher than flint and able to go whatever lengths necessary to save her people.

2017, Anne Olga Vea, A Dragonslayer's Tale, page 472:

(chiefly Tolkien fandom slang, fantasy) A female of the dwarf race.

Dwarves (Middle-earth)
Tolkien's legendarium


fear gortha

From Irish [Term?] (literally “man of hunger/famine”).

bor

(Irish mythology) A phantom of hunger, resembling an emaciated man.


Gungnir

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Gungnir (“the swaying one”).

lbor

(Norse mythology and paganism) The spear of the Norse god Odin, which is believed to never miss its target.


Khepri

(Egyptian mythology) A scarab-faced god who represents the rising or morning sun.


Khepera

Khepera eating his own seed is a model of Romantic creativity, where the self is isolated and sexually dual.

1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 41:

(Egyptian mythology) Alternative form of Khepri


knife ear

Whatever people thought or said about the elves, whatever slurs and indignities they hurled at the “knife ears,” they still had to acknowledge that they owed their nations survival and the existence of their lineages to his selfless slaying of the Archdemon Andoral.

2019, Liane Merciel, Dragon Age: Last Flight Deluxe Edition, page 152:

The cafeteria fell into silence and everyone turned their faces towards the elf. “Damn knife ears,” someone mumbled. The twins looked at the man with glasses and pointy ears.

(fantasy, slang, derogatory) Alternative spelling of knife-ear.


Lir

(Irish mythology) A personification of the sea in Irish mythology.


ichthyocentaur

From Ancient Greek ἰχθυοκένταυρος (ikhthuokéntauros).

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ἰχθυοκένταυρος

(Greek mythology) A centaurian sea being with the upper body of a human, the lower anterior half and forelegs of a horse, and the tailed half of a fish.


rivermaiden

(mythology, fantasy) A nymph or female spirit associated with a river.


Nanna-Suen

(Mesopotamian mythology) Synonym of Nanna (god of the moon)


Askr

(Norse mythology) Alternative form of Ask (“the first male human in the Edda”)


Clarent

Coordinate term: Excalibur

Sword in the Stone
Sword in the Stone#English

(Arthurian legend) A sword, the Sword in the Stone


werebat

(fantasy, mythology) A shapeshifter who can change between bat and human form.


Aeacid

(Greek mythology) A descendant of King Aeacus.


Höðr

(Norse mythology) The blind son of the Norse gods Odin and Frigg, whom Loki tricked into shooting Baldur with a mistletoe arrow.


Baiame

(Australian Aboriginal mythology) A creator and sky deity


Yhi

(Australian Aboriginal mythology) The Gamilaraay/Yuwaalaraay female personification of the Sun


Panchaia

(Greek mythology) An island said to be the home of a utopian multiethnic society.


allocamelus

THE ALLOCAMELUS is a Beast of Peru; it is about two Yards high, and about five Feet in length : His Head, Neck, and Ears, are like a Mule's; but his Neck as white as a Swan's, his other Parts of a yellowish Colour: His Body is like a Camel, […]

1769, Thomas Boreman, A description of three hundred animals ... tenth edition, page 22:

There were many wondrous Arainian beasts in these groves: star-spotted pantheons, allocameli like donkey-eared dromedaries, the trogodryces whose antlers grow down rather than up, the argasills that resembled antelopes but for their[…]

2007 September 3, Alison Baird, The Archons of the Stars, Aspect, →ISBN:

By late afternoon, Van's lower back and inner thighs ached from riding on the allocamelus for so long. The bindings on her wrists had turned them raw and bloody. The grandfather clock Van had seen in Uxa's office haunted her every[…] Jorie's anger flared, and she released an animalistic growl so guttural it upset the allocameli tied to the trees. Some of them let out rapid, high-pitched shrieks and struggled against their binds. Others stomped their front hooves and[…]

2017 April 11, D. L. Armillei, Shock of Fate: Anchoress Series Book One, Diamond Cove Publishing, LLC, →ISBN:

Blythe was ahead of them all, keeping pace with Silas and one of the allocameluses he was leading. As she tied up her curls, she observed the two. There was really nothing else to look at, and she couldn't exactly converse with her[…]

2020 October 16, Octavia J. Riley, Sand Dunes & Blood Moons, Poisoned Apple Publishing, L.L.C., →ISBN, page 188:

A fictional animal, apparently based on early reports of llamas, which has the head of an ass or mule and the body of a camel.


Chimay

Chimay
Fernão Mendes Pinto
Lake Chimay
Mughal Empire
Vincenzo Coronelli

Variant of earlier Chiamay, from Portuguese Lago de Chiamay in João de Barros's 1553 Décadas da Ásia, Dec. III, Bk. II, presumably from the Chiamay and Chiammay in manuscripts of Fernão Mendes Pinto's Peregrinação, variously referring to an imaginary lake and to the kingdom and town of Chiang Mai in northern Thailand, Thai เชียงใหม่ (Chiiang Mai), from เชียง (chiiang, “walled city”) + ใหม่ (mài, “new”).

CHIMAY, the name of a great lake, lying in the province of Acham, between the Eaſt-Indies and China.

1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 184

(geography, historical) An imaginary lake thought for centuries to exist in southern China or northern Indochina, once believed to be the source of the Brahmaputra or Meghna, the Irrawaddy, the Salween, and the Chao Phraya Rivers.


Rainbow Serpent

Australian Aboriginal
Australian Aboriginal

(mythology) An Australian Aboriginal deity, sometimes regarded as a creator god, sometimes associated with water, and often (though not always) described as being a snake.


Bunjil

(Australian Aboriginal mythology) A male creator spirit in the form of a wedge-tailed eagle


Bahloo

(Australian Aboriginal mythology) The Gamilaraay/Yuwaalaraay personification of the Moon.


tarand

(mythology) A legendary reindeer/moose-like creature with chameleon properties.


bitca

From an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in which a character mishears an oral spelling of the word "bitch".
*
1997 September 15, “When She Was Bad”, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Xander Harris (Nicholas Brendon):
Willow: That's what it was! I mean, why else would she be acting like such a B-I-T-C-H?
Giles: Willow, I think we're all a little too old to be spelling things out.
Xander: A bitca?

quote-av

w:Buffy the Vampire Slayer

(humorous, fandom slang) Alternative form of bitch


Hilaria

(mythology) A legendary saint, daughter of the Roman emperor Zeno, who disguised herself as a man to become a monk and later healed her sister of an ailment.


Persephatta

From Ancient Greek Περσεφάττα (Persephátta).

(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Persephone


Persephassa

From Ancient Greek Περσεφάσσα (Persephássa).


dokkaebi

en-noun

dokkaebi (usually uncountable, plural dokkaebis)

(Korean mythology) A creature in Korean mythology, also known as "Korean goblin"

トッケビ

a creature in Korean mythology, a Korean goblin


Philoctetean

en-adj

Philoctetean (comparative more Philoctetean, superlative most Philoctetean)

more Philoctetean (comparative)
most Philoctetean (superlative)

(Greek mythology) Of or relating to Philoctetes (Ancient Greek: Φιλοκτήτης), a famed archer who participated in the Trojan War.


Arethuse

(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Arethusa


Minyas

(Greek mythology) The founder of Orchomenus, Boeotia, and ancestor of the Minyans.


Medusan

Medusan (comparative more Medusan, superlative most Medusan)

more Medusan (comparative)
most Medusan (superlative)

(Greek mythology) Of or relating to Medusa.


zombieness

The quality of being a zombie, or zombie-like.


Blodeuwedd

(Celtic mythology) The wife of Lleu Llaw Gyffes in Welsh mythology, made from flowers by the magicians Math and Gwydion.


dragonlet

I had no idea how long dragon gestation was, and my experience with Lois wasn't much to go on about normal dragonlet development, but if there was a human baby around about a year after some dragonlets were born which was maybe when normal dragonlets start spending serious time outside mom’s pouch. . . .

2007, Robin McKinley, Dragonhaven, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 315:

So it was that after the dragonlets had eaten a supper of raw fish from the bay, and he and Princess Eleanor had eaten a delicious meal of cooked fish, Sir Thomas found himself lying on a bed of sweet grasses surrounded by sleepy baby dragons and one tired princess.

2010, Shutta Crum, Thomas and the Dragon Queen, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 203:

In most examples, as in this panel, there are visible female genitalia, though occasionally breasts or dugs are also shown, and in some cases one or more baby dragonlets are depicted that seem to be intended to identify the dragon as a mother.

2015, Samantha Riches, “St George as a Dragon-slayer”, in St George: A Saint for All, Reaktion Books, →ISBN, pages 105–106:


Tantalian

Tantalian (comparative more Tantalian, superlative most Tantalian)

more Tantalian (comparative)
most Tantalian (superlative)


Tantalean

Tantalean (comparative more Tantalean, superlative most Tantalean)

more Tantalean (comparative)
most Tantalean (superlative)

(mythology) Alternative form of Tantalian


Telephus

From Ancient Greek Τήλεφος (Tḗlephos, literally “far-shining”).

bor

(Greek mythology) The son of Heracles and Auge; he was adopted by Teuthras, the king of Mysia, in Asia Minor, whom he succeeded as king, and was both wounded and later healed by Achilles.


Attis

A Greek and Phrygian god, the consort of Cybele.


Thamyris

(Greek mythology) A Thracian singer who challenged the Nine Muses to a competition and lost.


Thamyras

(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Thamyris


Tritogeneia

(Greek mythology) An epithet of the goddess Athena, of uncertain meaning, but possibly "Triton-born", "triple-born", or "third-born".


Tritonia

(Greek mythology) An epithet of the goddess Athena.


Muvian

en-adj

Muvian (comparative more Muvian, superlative most Muvian)

more Muvian (comparative)
most Muvian (superlative)

Of or pertaining to the mythical continent of Mu.


Muvian

An inhabitant of the mythical continent of Mu.


Hyperborean

Alternative letter-case form of hyperborean


akshauhini

Borrowed from Sanskrit अक्षौहिणी (akṣauhiṇī).

bor+

(Hinduism, mythology) an army consisting of ten anikinis, or 21,870 elephants, 21,870 chariots, 65,610 horses, and 109,350 foot


Zethus

(Greek mythology) The husband of the nymph Thebe