Greek word senses marked with topical category "Fiction"

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Parent categories: Artistic works, Art, Culture, Society
Subcategories: American fiction, British fiction, Fairy tale, Fantasy, Fictional abilities, Fictional characters, Plot devices, Science fiction, Speculative fiction

Total 37 word senses

• Κοκκινοσκουφίτσα (Proper name) Little Red Riding Hood (the character and her tale)
• Ρουμπελστίλτσκιν (Proper name) Rumpelstiltskin
• Σταχτοπούτα (Proper name) Cinderella (fairy tale and heroine)
• Χιονάτη (Proper name) Snow White
• Χόγκουαρτς (Proper name) Hogwarts, the fictional school of magic in the Harry Potter series.
• Ωραία Κοιμωμένη (Proper name) Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale and character)
• αράπης (Noun) A type of supernatural boogeyman-type being that appears in several forms: as a guardian of households who enriches the owner (but eats greedy persons); as a dark guardian of hidden treasures; or as a brawny opponent to the hero of the story, whom Arapis serves after he is defeated by him. Often used in previous times to scare small children
• αρειανός (Noun) Martian (being from Mars)
• βαμπίρ (Noun) vampire (creature who rises from the grave at night and drinks the blood of the living)
• βορβόλακας (Noun) Alternative form of βρικόλακας (vrikólakas)
• βουρβούλακας (Noun) Alternative form of βρικόλακας (vrikólakas)
• βουρβόλακας (Noun) Alternative form of βρικόλακας (vrikólakas)
• βουρκόλακας (Noun) Alternative form of βρικόλακας (vrikólakas)
• βρικόλακας (Noun) vampire (the Greek folklore depiction, a dead person who rises from the grave at night and drinks the blood of the living)
• βρυκόλακας (Noun) Alternative form of βρικόλακας (vrikólakas)
• γοργόνα (Noun) mermaid
• δράκαινα (Noun) dragonet (any of the fish in the family Callionymidae)
• δράκος (Noun) dragon (legendary serpentine or reptilian creature)
• δράκος (Noun) beast, monster (a serial rapist and/or murderer)
• δράκος (Noun) A male baby born with a lot of hair (especially on the back), who in older times was thought to grow up to be brave and courageous.
• δράκουλας (Noun) vampire (the Western 'Dracula'-based depiction common in films and literature i.e. wearing black cape and having sharp canine teeth)
• εξωγήινος (Noun) alien, extraterrestrial being
• κένταυρος (Noun) centaur (mythical beast that is half man, half horse)
• καλικάντζαρος (Noun) gremlin, goblin (creature which according to Greek folklore lives underground and comes up on Christmas Day to cause minor mischief, like putting out fires, and disappearing back into the earth on the feast of the Epiphany)
• λυκάνθρωπος (Noun) person suffering from lycanthropy (delusion in which they believe they are a wolf)
• μια φορά κι έναν καιρό (Phrase) once upon a time
• μονόκερος (Noun) unicorn
• μπαμπούλας (Noun) bogeyman, bugbear (menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories)
• μπαμπούλας (Noun) bogeyman, bugbear (imaginary source of dread or fear)
• νάνος (Noun) dwarf (member of a race of beings, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking)
• νεράιδα (Noun) fairy, sprite (mythical being with magical powers, often depicted in modern illustrations only as small and spritely with gauze-like wings)
• ξωτικό (Noun) elf, sprite, imp, pixie, gnome (any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings)
• παντοδυναμία (Noun) omnipotence
• παραμύθι (Noun) fairy tale (folktale featuring fantasy characters)
• παραμύθι (Noun) fairy tale, tall tale (unrealistic story)
• φοίνικας (Noun) phoenix (bird which rose from the ashes)
• φωτόσπαθο (Noun) lightsaber (sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light)

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