혼돈

Sino-Korean word from 混沌. Doublet of 훈툰 (huntun).


미르

Of native Korean origin. 물 (mul, “water, (obsolete) river”) may be a cognate.
Possibly borrowed from Old Chinese *[mə]-roŋ, "dragon"


라

From English Ra or some other European language.

(Egyptian mythology) [~신(神)] Ra, the Egyptian sun god


사튀로스

[sʰa̠tʰɥiɾo̞sʰɯ]


기린

girin (romanization)
마리 (counter)
麒麟 (hanja)

Medici giraffe
Zheng He
ko:기린
ko:기린 (동음이의)
ko:기린 (전설)
maritime history of Somalia

Sino-Korean word from 麒麟. The archaic sense of legendary animal is attested in the two-millennia old Confucianist Classic of Rites that reads bonghwang-girin (鳳凰麒麟). Since Admiral Zheng He brought a giraffe from Somalia to China in 1414, this Hanja word was equated with Somali geri or the like meaning "giraffe" then (See Citations:기린), which on the other hand may have influenced the etymology of Italian giraffa (since Medici giraffe in 1486) and its European derivatives via Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).


페르세포네

From Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē).

(Greek mythology) Persephone (Greek goddess)


흡혈귀

[xɯpʰjʌ̹ɭɡɥi]

[xɯpʰjʌ̹ɭɡy]

Sino-Korean word from 吸血鬼, from 吸 (“to suck”) + 血 (“blood”) + 鬼 (“demon”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 吸血鬼(きゅうけつき) (kyūketsuki).


아레스

(Greek mythology) Ares (the god of war, son of Zeus and Hera)


타나토스

(Greek mythology) Thanatos (the god of death)


불사조

Sino-Korean word from 不死鳥, from 不死 (“undying”) + 鳥 (“bird”).

충실한 친구는 불사조와 같다.

chungsilhan chin'guneun bulsajowa gatda.


황제

[ɸwa̠ŋd͡ʑe̞]


도깨비

dokkaebi (romanization)
독갑이 (alternative Early Modern)
돗갑이 (alternative Early Modern)
독ᄭᅡᆸ이 (alternative Early Modern)

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 돗〮가비〮 (Yale: twóskàpí).

ko-etym-native

(mythology) dokkaebi (mythical being in Korean folklore or fairy tales)


부상

(Chinese mythology) Fusang, legendary land to the East commonly assumed to be Japan


우라누스

From Latin Ūranus, from Ancient Greek Οὐρανός (Ouranós), from οὐρανός (ouranós, “sky, heaven”).


아프로디테

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē).


아테나

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ).


티탄

(Greek mythology) Titan (mythological giant)


헤파이스토스

From Ancient Greek Ἥφαιστος (Hḗphaistos).


라그나로크

[ɾa̠ɡɯna̠ɾo̞kxɯ]


치우

(Chinese mythology) Chiyou (tribal leader of the ancient Nine Li tribe)


복희

(Chinese mythology) Fuxi (a legendary ancient Chinese ruler and culture hero)


여와

(Chinese mythology) Nüwa, the goddess who repaired heaven and created mankind


옥황상제

Okhwangsangje (romanization)
玉皇上帝 (hanja)

[o̞kʰwa̠ŋsʰa̠ŋd͡ʑe̞]

(Chinese mythology, folklore) Jade Emperor


헥토르

(Greek mythology) Hector, the Trojan prince and hero in Homer's Iliad


서왕모

(Chinese religion, Chinese mythology) Queen Mother of the West (goddess)


마고

(Chinese mythology) Magu, an immortal woman


염라

(Buddhism, Chinese mythology, Korean mythology) [~왕(王), 대왕(大王)] Yama (god of the underworld)


신령

(folklore, mythology) divine bell, a bell that rings when a god descends during a 굿


메데이아

From English Medea, ultimately from Ancient Greek Μήδεια (Mḗdeia).


아마테라스

Borrowed from Japanese 天照 (Amaterasu, “Amaterasu”).


아마테라스 오미카미

Borrowed from Japanese 天照大御神 (Amaterasu Ōmikami, “Amaterasu-ōmikami”).


태양여신

taeyang'yeosin (romanization)
太陽女神 (hanja)

[tʰɛja̠ŋjʌ̹ɕʰin]

Sino-Korean word from 태양(太陽) (taeyang, “sun, solar”) + 여신(女神) (yeosin, “female deity, goddess”).

ko-etym-sino

(mythology) sun goddess, female solar deity


태양신

Sino-Korean word from 태양(太陽) (taeyang, “sun”) + 신(神) (sin, “deity”).

(mythology) sungod (a god of the sun; solar deity)


태양숭배

taeyangsungbae (romanization)
太陽崇拜 (hanja)

Sino-Korean word from 태양(太陽) (taeyang, “sun”) + 숭배(崇拜) (sungbae, “worship”).


고초

Sino-Korean word from 古 (“old, past”) + 初 (“beginning, start”).

(mythology) ancient times; the beginning of the creation of heaven and earth


페어리

(mythology) fairy (a mythical being, especially in European myths or fairy-tales)


칠성

[t͡ɕʰiɭsʰʌ̹ŋ]

(mythology) A deity, the personification of the seven stars of the Big Dipper.


산신령

[sʰa̠nɕʰiʎʎʌ̹ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 산신(山神) (sansin) + 령(靈) (ryeong).

(mythology) the spirit of the Mountain God


날개옷

[na̠ɭɡɛo̞t̚]

선녀의 날개옷

(mythology) (an imaginary) robe of feathers (worn by fairies), wings (of a fairy)


타이탄

(Greek mythology) Titan (moon of Saturn)


51구역

Osibil-guyeok (romanization)
오십일구역 (hangeul)

(informal, military, aviation, espionage, ufology) Area 51


삼황오제

Sino-Korean word from 三皇五帝, from 三皇 (“Three Sovereigns”) + 五帝 (“Five Emperors”).

(Chinese mythology) the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors


형천

[çʌ̹ŋt͡ɕʰʌ̹n]

(Chinese mythology) Xingtian, the deity who fights against the Supreme Divinity and does not give up even after being decapitated


용왕

(mythology) Dragon King (the god of water and weather)


아폴로

[a̠pʰo̞ɭɭo̞]