Ankou
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French Ankou, from Breton Ankoù.
Proper noun
[edit]Ankou
- (Celtic mythology) The personification of death in Celtic mythology.
- 1906, Baroness Orczy, chapter 27, in I Will Repay, London:
- In the blackness of the night the muttering or yelling figures moved about like some spectral creatures from hellish regions—the Ankous of Brittany who call to those about to die[.]
Translations
[edit]personification of death in Celtic mythology
Portuguese
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ankou m
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