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With a rich background stretching back decades in time, the various Warhammer games contain a vast array of names (of people, places, items, and so on). Many of these names are original, but some happen to have a meaning in the real world, as obscure terms, foreign words, or cultural references. This page lists some of these underlying etymologies for your edification. Note that some of these are best guesses (speculative fan theory) rather than confirmed derivations.
Where a name is followed by the symbol ¹, if you hover over or click on that symbol you will see when that name was first mentioned in a publication.
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Bestigor | "Beast", a wild animal + Gor. [AoS Chaos Beastman] |
| Bovigor | Latin bovinus, "of cattle" + Gor. [WHFB Chaos Beastman] |
| Bullgor | "Bull", a male bovine + Gor. [AoS Chaos Beastman] |
| Caprigor | Latin caprinus, "of goats" + Gor. [WHFB Chaos Beastman] |
| Centigor | Blend of centaur (a half-human half-horse in Greek mythology) and Gor. [AoS Chaos Beastman] |
| Cygor | "Psi", psychic energy + Gor. [AoS Chaos Beastman] |
| Ghorgon | Catoblepas, also known as an African Gorgon, a buffalo-like monster in Ethiopian mythology. [AoS Chaos Beastman] |
| Gor | "Gore", to pierce with a horn. Note that it is the presence of horns that determines whether an individual beastman is truly a Gor. [WHFB AoS Chaos Beastman] |
| Khorngor | Khorne + Gor. [WHFB AoS WH40k Chaos Khorne Beastman] |
| Pestigor | Latin pestis, "plague" + Gor. [WHFB BloodBowl AoS WH40k Chaos Nurgle Beastman] |
| Razorgor | "Razor" + Gor. [WHFB AoS Chaos Beastman] |
| Slaangor | Slaanesh + Gor. [AoS WH40k Chaos Slaanesh Beastman] |
| Tuskgor | "Tusk", an elongated tooth + Gor. [AoS Chaos Beastman] |
| Tzaangor | Tzeentch + Gor. [AoS WH40k Chaos Tzeentch Beastman] |
| Ungor | "Un-", not + Gor. [WHFB AoS Chaos Beastman] |
| Inspiration | |
| Warhammer Setting | The Dark Tongue; Daemonic Names; Lexicon; Short Stories; Cut-ups; Cool Stuff |
| Art | Golden Demon; Nurglesque Music |
| Speculation | Chaos God Correspondence; Dark Heresy Backgrounds; Sevenfold Path; Sevenrot; Seven Deadly Sins |
| Real World References | Nergal in Mesopotamian History; Symbolism of Three Circles; Symbolism of Seven |
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