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The word means "Bear King" or the blood of the bear. In Turkish Abi (big brother) and Aba/Apa (father, grandfather) are associated meanings. Ancient Mongolian Aba and Old Turkic "Ab" words have meanings related to hunting. [4] The word Abakan in Anatolian Turkish means generous, honorable or dignified.
Literally "opposite to the Arctic (opposite to the North)". [5] [6] [7] Arktikos comes from Arktos, the Greek name for the constellation of the Great Bear Ursa Major, visible only in the Northern Hemisphere, which comes from the ancient Greek word ἄρκτος (Greek:), which means "bear". [8]
a legendary archetype found in Wild West genre works (derog.) one who is reckless, uncontrollable. a cowhand working with livestock (UK: drover) cracker: small parcel that makes an explosive report when pulled from both ends, traditionally pulled at Christmas attractive woman (slang) anything good ("the new product is a cracker") (slang)
Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society. For scholars, this is very different from the vernacular usage of the term "myth" that refers to a belief that is not true.
Word seems far more ancient than Islam and may be origin of the word Behemoth in modern Judeo-Christian lore. Bake-kujira ( Japanese ) – Ghost whale Cetus ( Greek ) – a monster with the head of a boar or a greyhound, the body of a whale or dolphin, and a divided, fan-like tail
Antiphrasis is the rhetorical device of saying the opposite of what is actually meant in such a way that it is obvious what the true intention is. [1] Some authors treat and use antiphrasis just as irony, euphemism or litotes. [2] When the antiphrasal use is very common, the word can become an auto-antonym, [3] having opposite meanings ...
In its early English-language usage, the word indicated a narrative of an event. The word legendary was originally a noun (introduced in the 1510s) meaning a collection or corpus of legends. [8] [9] This word changed to legendry, and legendary became the adjectival form. [8]
' dance hall ') – Another word for a kaguraden, a pavilion or stage dedicated to the performing of the kagura. Bunrei ( 分霊 , lit. ' soul division ' ) – A process of division of a kami producing two complete copies of the original, one of which is then transferred to a new shrine by a process called kanjō .