Saturday, October 26, 2013

French Halloween Words

1. cercueil -- coffin; casket.
2. citrouille -- pumpkin.
3. danse des esprits -- ghost dance.
4. danse macabre -- dance of death.
5. esprit -- spirit.
6. esprit frappeur -- spirit-rapper; poltergeist.
7. fantôme -- phantom; ghost.
8. goule -- ghoul.
9. loup-garou -- werewolf.
10. monde des esprits -- spirit world; ghost world.
11. mort -- dead; death; dead person.
12. mort-vivant -- undead.
13. potiron --pumpkin.
14. revenant -- a corpse that has returned from the dead to terrorize the living.
15. train fantôme -- ghost train.
16. vaisseau fantôme -- ghost ship.
17. ville fantôme -- ghost town.
18. ville morte -- ghost town; dead town.

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

German Halloween Words

1. Dämon -- demon.
2. Der große Kürbis -- The Great Pumpkin.
3. Geist -- ghost.
4. Geisterbahn -- ghost train.
5. Geisterbeschwörung -- necromancy.
6. Geistererscheinung -- apparition.
7. Geistergeschichte -- ghost story.
8. Geisterglaube -- belief in ghosts.
9. geisterhaft -- ghostly; spooky.
10. Geisterhaus -- haunted house.
11. Geisterreich -- realm of spirits; spirit world.
12. Geisterschiff -- ghost ship.
13. Geisterschloss -- haunted castle.
14. Geisterstadt -- ghost town.
15. Geisterstimme -- spooky voice.
16. Geisterstunde -- witching hour.
17. Geisterwelt -- realm of the supernatural.
18. Gespenst -- ghost.
19. Gespenstergeschichte -- ghost story.
20. Ghul -- ghoul.
21. Hexe -- witch.
22. Hexenglaube -- belief in witches.
23. Hexenkunst -- witchcraft.
24. Hexenmeister -- wizard; sorcerer.
25. Hexensabbat -- witches' sabbath.
26. Kürbis -- pumpkin.
27. Liebestod -- love death.
28. Poltergeist -- literally, "noisy spirit"; unseen ghost that makes noises and causes objects to fly around.
29. Schattenreich -- realm of the shades.
30. Teufel -- devil.
31. Tod -- death.
32. Totenkopf -- death's head; skull.
33. Totenkult -- cult of the dead.
34. Totenreich -- realm of the dead; underworld.
35. Totentanz -- dance of death.
36. Unterwelt -- underworld.

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Greek Halloween Words

1. Demeroi--Demeter's children; the dead.
2. eidola -- apparitions; ghosts.
3. eidolon -- apparition; spirit-image of a living or dead person.
4. erebos -- darkness.
5. moros -- doom.
6. nyx -- night.
7. Potnia Theron -- literally, "Mistress of the Animals"; epithet for Artemis or any other goddess associated with animals.
8. satyroi -- satyrs.
9. thanatos -- death.

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Thursday, October 10, 2013

Latin Halloween Words

1. arcana -- secrets; mysteries.
2. bestia -- beast.
3. carpe noctem -- seize the night.
4. castrum doloris -- castle of grief.
5. corvus -- raven.
6. Felicem Samonium! -- Happy Halloween; Happy Samhain!
7. hic sunt dracones -- here be dragons.
8. Homo Ferus -- Wild Man.
9. larva -- ghost; evil spirit.
10. legenda -- things to be read.
11. lemures -- shades or spirits of the restless dead.
12. lupus -- wolf.
13. manes -- souls or spirits of dead ancestors.
14. Mater Lachrymarum -- Our Mother of Tears.
15. Mater Suspiriorum -- Our Mother of Sighs.
16. Mater Tenebrarum -- Our Mother of Darkness.
17. mors -- death.
18. mors osculi -- the death of the kiss.
19. mors vincit omnia -- death conquers all.
20. nox -- night.
21. Pallida Mors -- Pale Death.
22. Pax Cthulhiana -- Cthulhian Peace.
23. pilosus -- hairy; shaggy; hairy one.
24. Samonios -- Samhain.
25. strix -- owl.
26. umbra -- shade; shadow; ghost
27. versipellis -- werewolf.
28. vires malorum -- powers of evil.
29. vires tenebrarum -- powers of darkness.

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Wednesday, October 09, 2013

Spanish Halloween Words

1. araña -- spider.
2. ataúd - coffin.
3. autoestopista fantasma -- phantom hitchhiker.
4. barco fantasma -- ghost ship.
5. bruja -- witch.
6. brujo -- warlock.
7. buque fantasma -- ghost ship.
8. calabaza -- pumpkin.
9. casa embrujada -- haunted house.
10. casa encantada -- haunted house.
11. cazafantasmas -- ghost hunter.
12. cementerio -- cemetery.
13. chupacabras -- literally, "goat sucker"; Mexican being that preys on goats.
14. ciudad fantasma -- ghost city.
15. cráneo -- skull.
16. criatura -- creature.
17. cripta -- crypt.
18. cuento de fantasmas -- ghost story.
19. dama oscura -- dark lady.
20. damisela en apuros -- damsel in distress.
21. Danza de la Muerte -- Dance of Death; Danse Macabre.
22. demonio -- demon.
23. diablo -- devil.
24. duende -- sprite; goblin.
25. El Holandés Errante -- The Flying Dutchman.
26. El Holandés Volador -- The Flying Dutchman.
27. espectro -- specter.
28. espíritu familiar -- familiar spirit; witch's familiar.
29. esqueleto -- skeleton.
30. fantasma -- ghost; phantom.
31. fiesta de disfraces -- costume party.
32. gárgola -- gargoyle.
33. gato negro -- black cat.
34. genio malvado -- evil genius.
35. godo -- Goth.
36. gótica -- gothic; Gothic.
37. grimorio -- grimoire.
38. gul -- ghoul.
39. hombre de saco -- sack man; bogeyman.
40. hombre lobo -- werewolf.
41. hombre salvaje -- wild man.
42. inframundo -- underworld.
43. jinete sin cabeza -- headless horseman.
44. La Gran Calabaza -- The Great Pumpkin.
45. la otra vida -- the hereafter.
46. lamia -- lamia.
47. Llorona -- literally, "crying woman"; female spirit that mourns for dead child.
48. lovecraftiano -- Lovecraftian.
49. maldición -- curse.
50. mago -- magician; wizard.
51. momia -- mummy.
52. monstruo -- monster.
53. monstruoso -- monstruous.
54. máscara -- mask.
55. nigromante -- necromancer.
56. no muerto -- undead.
57. pesadilla -- nightmare.
58. señor oscuro -- dark lord.
59. sobrenatural -- supernatural.
60. sombra -- shadow.
61. subcultura gótica -- gothic subculture.
62. súcubo -- succubus.
63. tela de araña -- spider web.
64. telaraña -- cobweb; spider web.
65. tren fantasma -- ghost train.
66. truco o trato -- trick or treat.
67. tumba -- tomb; grave.
68. vampiro -- vampire.
69. Víspera de Todos los Santos -- All Hallows' Eve; Halloween.
70. zombi -- zombie.
71. íncubo -- incubus.

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