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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 |
|---|---|
| Aetaos'rau'keres | Ancient Greek ἀετός, "eagle" + Ra, god of the Sun in Egyptian mythology + Keres, winged death spirits in Greek Mythology, grandchildren of Chaos. [WH40k Chaos Tzeentch Daemon DaemonLord] |
| An'ggrath the Unbound | "Angry", feeling hostility + "wrath", great anger. [WH40k Chaos Khorne Daemon DaemonLord] |
| G'aap ¹ | See: Papa G'aap. [WH40k Chaos Nurgle Daemon DaemonLord] |
| Papa G'aap ¹ | "Papa", father + Gaap, a demon described in Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (1577) and later occult works. See also: Scabeiathrax the Bloated. [WH40k Chaos Nurgle Daemon DaemonLord] |
| Scabeiathrax the Bloated ¹ | Scabies + anthrax, two diseases. From Latin scabies, "itch", and Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ, "abscess". See also: Papa G'aap. [WH40k Chaos Nurgle Daemon DaemonLord] |
| 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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