LexiTopic: Myth and Magic
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Taxonomy for Spelling Bee words related to MYTH AND MAGIC
SUBJECT HEADINGS IN THIS LEXITOPIC:
Charms, Potions, and Incantations magic-makingFate, Fortune, and Divination not chance or riskMagical Beliefs and ManifestationsMythical BeingsMythical CreaturesMythical Places
NOTES ABOUT THE TAXONOMY FOR MYTH AND MAGIC
SCOPE NOTE: This LexiTopic compiles and defines Bee words related to mythology, myths and their characters, magic and magical beings, imaginary creatures and places, and magical beliefs and manifestations.
Mythical Beings includes magicians and sorcerers, gods and goddesses of mythology and literature, and humanish beings.
Mythical Creatures includes non-humanish imaginary or mythical creatures.
Words related to organized religions and their gods and beliefs are in BELIEF SYSTEMS.
Words related to chance and risk are in EVENTS AND INCIDENTS.
Topical arrangement of Spelling Bee words related to MYTH AND MAGIC
Charms, Potions, and Incantations magic-making
ABRACADABRA: a magical charm or incantationAMULET: a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft)
BANE: a source of harm or ruin: a curse, evil or misfortune that comes as if in response to imprecation or as retributionBEWITCH: to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft; to cast a spell overBLACK: connected with or invoking the supernatural and especially the devil (black magic, the black arts)CHARM: something worn about the person to ward off evil or ensure good fortune: an amulet; also, the chanting or reciting of a magic spell: incantation; a practice or expression believed to have magic power; to practice magic and enchantment (witches having the power to charm); to endow with or as if with supernatural powers by means of charms; also: to protect by or as if by spells, charms, or supernatural influencesENCHANT: to influence by or as if by charms and incantation: bewitchENCHANTMENT: to influence by or as if by charms and incantation: bewitchEVOKE: to conjure; to summon by or as if by invocation or incantationEVOKING: to conjure; to summon by or as if by invocation or incantationGLAMOR: or more commonly glamour: a magic spellGLAMOUR: or less commonly glamor: a magic spellINCANTATION: a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magicINVOKE: to call forth by incantation: to conjureINVOKING: to call forth by incantation: to conjureJUJU: a fetish, charm, or amulet of West African peoples, also, the magic attributed to or associated with jujusMAGIC: the use of means (such as charms or spells) believed to have supernatural power over natural forces; magic rites or incantations; of or relating to magic; having seemingly supernatural qualities or powers; giving a feeling of enchantment; also, to produce, remove, or influence by magicMAGICAL: the use of means (such as charms or spells) believed to have supernatural power over natural forces; magic rites or incantations; of or relating to magic; having seemingly supernatural qualities or powers; giving a feeling of enchantment; also, to produce, remove, or influence by magicMAGICALLY: the use of means (such as charms or spells) believed to have supernatural power over natural forces; magic rites or incantations; of or relating to magic; having seemingly supernatural qualities or powers; giving a feeling of enchantment; also, to produce, remove, or influence by magicMANTRA: a mystical formula of invocation or incantation (as in Hinduism)MEDICINE: a substance (such as a potion) used to treat something other than disease; also, magical power or a magical rite; also, an object held in traditional American Indian belief to give control over natural or magical forcesMOJO: a magic spell, hex, or charm; also, magic, hoodoo; a seemingly supernatural power, influence, or abilityNEPENTHE: a potion used by the ancients to induce forgetfulness of pain or sorrowPENTACLE: a pentagram, a figure of a 5-pointed star usually made with alternate points connected by a continuous line and used as a magic or occult symbol; also: a similar 6-pointed star (such as a Solomon's seal)RUNIC: related to or characteristic of a rune or runes: magicTIKI: a wood or stone image of a Polynesian supernatural power; Maori & Marquesan, from Tiki, first man or creator of first man UNCANNY: seeming to have a supernatural character or origin: eerie, mysterious; being beyond what is normal or expected: suggesting superhuman or supernatural powers (an uncanny sense of direction)VOODOO: a sorcerer's spell: a hex; also, a hexed object: a charm; also, to bewitch by or as if by means of voodoo: to hexWAND: a slender rod used by conjurers and magiciansWILE: to lure by or as if by a magic spell: to enticeWITCH: to affect injuriously with witchcraft; also, to dowse, to use a divining rod, a forked rod believed to indicate the presence of water or minerals especially by dipping downward when held over a vein; also, to find (something, such as water) by dowsingWITCHING: to affect injuriously with witchcraft; also, to dowse, to use a divining rod, a forked rod believed to indicate the presence of water or minerals especially by dipping downward when held over a vein; also, to find (something, such as water) by dowsingWIZARDRY: the art or practices of a wizard: sorcery; also, a seemingly magical transforming power or influence
Fate, Fortune, and Divination not chance or risk
AUGUR: an official diviner of ancient RomeAUGURAL*: of or relating to an augur or auguryAUGURING: to foretell especially from omensAUGURY: divination from auspices or omensBEFALL: to happen especially as if by fateBEFALLEN: to happen especially as if by fateBEFELL: to happen especially as if by fateBETIDE: to happen especially as if by fateBETIDED: to happen especially as if by fateBETIDING: to happen especially as if by fateBODE: to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs: presageBODED: to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs: presageBODING: to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs: presageBORN: destined from or as if from birth (born to succeed)DIVINE: to seek to predict future events or discover hidden knowledge usually by the interpretation of omens or by the aid of supernatural powers: to practice divination: prophesyDIVINED: to seek to predict future events or discover hidden knowledge usually by the interpretation of omens or by the aid of supernatural powers: to practice divination: prophesyDIVINING: to seek to predict future events or discover hidden knowledge usually by the interpretation of omens or by the aid of supernatural powers: to practice divination: prophesyDOOM: destiny, especially: unhappy destiny; also, to fix the fate of: to destine (doomed to a life of loneliness)DOOMED: destiny, especially: unhappy destiny; also, to fix the fate of: to destine (doomed to a life of loneliness)DOOMING: destiny, especially: unhappy destiny; also, to fix the fate of: to destine (doomed to a life of loneliness)DOOMY: suggestive of doom: doomful; presaging doom: ominousFATAL: fateful (a fatal hour); determining one's fate (a fatal flaw); of or relating to fate (a fatal necessity); resembling fate in proceeding according to a fixed sequenceFATALITY: fate, the will or principle or determining cause by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do: destiny; also, something established by fate; also, fatalism, a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them; also: a belief in or attitude determined by this doctrine; also, the agent or agency of fateFATALLY: in a way determined by fate; in a manner suggesting fate or an act of fateFATE: the will or principle or determining cause by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do: destiny; also, to destine, to doomFATED: to destine, to doom; also, decreed, controlled, or marked by fateFATEFUL: controlled by fate: foreordained; having a quality of ominous prophecy (a fateful remark)FATING: to destine, to doomHAPPY: favored by luck or fortune: fortunate (a series of happy accidents, a happy coincidence)HOODOO: something that brings bad luck; also, to bring bad luck toLIGHTNING: a sudden stroke of fortuneOMEN: an occurrence or phenomenon believed to portend a future event: auguryORDAIN: destine, foreordain (It is futile to try to avoid what destiny has ordained.)PORTION: an individual's lot, fate, or fortune: one's share of good and evilPRODIGY: a portentous event: omenTAROT: a set of usually 78 cards including 22 pictorial cards that are used for fortune-telling (reading the tarot, tarot cards); also: a card in such a setTRAGIC: or less commonly tragical: marked by a sense of tragedy; of, marked by, or expressive of tragedy, misfortuneTRAGICAL: or less commonly tragical: marked by a sense of tragedy; of, marked by, or expressive of tragedy, misfortuneTRIGRAM: any of the eight possible combinations of three whole or broken lines used especially in Chinese divinationUNHAPPY: not fortunate: unlucky (an unhappy coincidence); causing or subject to misfortune: inauspicious (a particularly unhappy moment for the story to leak)WHEEL: an imaginary turning wheel symbolizing the inconstancy of fortune
Magical Beliefs and Manifestations
ADAMANT: a[n imaginary] stone formerly believed to be of impenetrable hardness; a stone (such as a diamond) formerly believed to be of impenetrable hardnessALCHEMY: a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging lifeAURA: an energy field that is held to emanate from a living beingBILE: either of two humors believed in ancient and medieval physiology to be associated with irascibility or melancholyBLACK: connected with or invoking the supernatural and especially the devil (black magic, the black arts)BLOOD: the one of the four humors in ancient and medieval physiology that was believed to be hot and moist and to cause cheerfulness and optimismELEMENT: any of the four substances air, water, fire, and earth formerly believed to compose the physical universeELEMENTAL: (noun) a supernatural being: spiritHALO: a luminous vapor, cloud, or atmosphere about a god or goddess when on earthHOODOO: a body of practices of sympathetic magic traditional especially among African Americans in the southern U.S.; also, to cast a spell onKARMA: a characteristic emanation, aura, or spirit that infuses or vitalizes someone or somethingKARMIC: a characteristic emanation, aura, or spirit that infuses or vitalizes someone or somethingLUCIDITY: a presumed capacity to perceive the truth directly and instantaneously: clairvoyanceMAGIC: an extraordinary power or influence seemingly from a supernatural source (the singer hasn’t lost her magic); to produce, remove, or influence by magic; something that seems to cast a spell: enchantment (all the magic of Paris); to produce, remove, or influence by magicMAGICAL: an extraordinary power or influence seemingly from a supernatural source (the singer hasn’t lost her magic); to produce, remove, or influence by magic; something that seems to cast a spell: enchantment (all the magic of Paris); to produce, remove, or influence by magicMAGICALLY: an extraordinary power or influence seemingly from a supernatural source (the singer hasn’t lost her magic); to produce, remove, or influence by magic; something that seems to cast a spell: enchantment (all the magic of Paris); to produce, remove, or influence by magicMENTAL: of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers (mental telepathy)MYTH: a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon (a creation myth); also, a parable, or allegory; also, the whole body of myths (a student of Greek myth)MYTHIC: variant of mythical: based on or described in a myth especially as contrasted with historyMYTHOLOGY: an allegorical narrative; also, a body of myths: such as the myths dealing with the gods, demigods, and legendary heroes of a particular people; also, a branch of knowledge that deals with mythNATIVITY: a horoscope at or of the time of one's birthNIMBI: plural of nimbus: a luminous vapor, cloud, or atmosphere about a god or goddess when on earthOCCULT: matters regarded as involving the action or influence of supernatural or supernormal powers or some secret knowledge of them —used with the; also, of or relating to the occult (… the occult arts—astrology, palmistry, card reading)PHLEGM: the one of the four humors in ancient and medieval physiology that was believed to be cold and moist and to cause lethargy and dullnessPLANET: any of the seven celestial bodies sun, moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Saturn that in ancient belief have motions of their own among the fixed stars; also a celestial body held to influence the fate of human beingsTELEKINETIC: of or related to telekinesis: the production of motion in objects (as by a spiritualistic medium) without contact or other physical meansTELEPATH: one who is able to communicate by telepathy, communication from one mind to another by extrasensory meansTELEPATHY: communication from one mind to another by extrasensory meansTOUCH: to lay hands upon (one afflicted with scrofula) with intent to heal; to lay hand or finger on a person to cure disease (such as scrofula)TOUCHED: to lay hands upon (one afflicted with scrofula) with intent to heal; to lay hand or finger on a person to cure disease (such as scrofula)UNDEAD: not dead: returned from or as if from death; especially, in stories about vampires and zombies: reanimated after death by supernatural means (undead creatures)
Mythical Beings
ANGEL: an attendant usually benevolent spirit or guardian; a messenger, harbingerANGELIC: of or relating to angels: an attendant usually benevolent spirit or guardian; a messenger, harbingerARGONAUT: capitalized: any of a band of heroes sailing with Jason in quest of the Golden Fleece; uncapitalized, an adventurer engaged in a questCUPID: a figure that represents Cupid as a naked usually winged boy often holding a bow and arrow; from Cupid, the Roman god of erotic loveDEATH: sometimes capitalized, folklore: the destroyer of life represented usually as a skeleton with a scythe (when death comes to take me away)DEITY: a god or goddess [of myth] (the deities of ancient Greece)DJINN: or djinn and djinni: variants of jinn and jinni, one of a class of spirits that according to Muslim demonology inhabit the earth, assume various forms, and exercise supernatural power; also, a a genie, a magic spirit believed to take human form and serve the person who calls itDJINNI: or djinn and djinni: variants of jinn and jinni, one of a class of spirits that according to Muslim demonology inhabit the earth, assume various forms, and exercise supernatural power; also, a a genie, a magic spirit believed to take human form and serve the person who calls itDRUID: often capitalized: one of an ancient Celtic priesthood appearing in Irish and Welsh sagas and Christian legends as magicians and wizardsFAIRY: a mythical being of folklore and romance usually having diminutive human form and magic powers; Middle English fairie fairyland, enchantment, from Anglo-French faerie, from fee fairy, from Latin Fata, goddess of fate, from fatum fateGENIE: plural genies also genii: a jinni, one of a class of spirits that according to Muslim demonology inhabit the earth, assume various forms, and exercise supernatural power; also, a magic spirit believed to take human form and serve the person who calls itGENII: plural of genie: a jinni, one of a class of spirits that according to Muslim demonology inhabit the earth, assume various forms, and exercise supernatural power; also, a magic spirit believed to take human form and serve the person who calls itGHOUL: a legendary evil being that robs graves and feeds on corpsesGIANT: a legendary humanlike being of great stature and strengthGNOME: an ageless and often deformed dwarf of folklore who lives in the earth and usually guards treasure; also, an elemental being in the theory of Paracelsus that inhabits earthGOBLIN: an ugly or grotesque sprite that is usually mischievous and sometimes evil and maliciousGOLEM: an artificial human being in Hebrew folklore endowed with lifeHOBBIT: a member of a fictitious peaceful and genial race of small humanlike creatures that dwell underground, coined by J. R. R. TolkienICHOR: an ethereal fluid taking the place of blood in the veins of the ancient Greek godsJINN: or jinn, or less commonly djinni, one of a class of spirits that according to Muslim demonology inhabit the earth, assume various forms, and exercise supernatural power; also, a genie, a magic spirit believed to take human form and serve the person who calls itJINNI: or jinn, or less commonly djinni, one of a class of spirits that according to Muslim demonology inhabit the earth, assume various forms, and exercise supernatural power; also, a genie, a magic spirit believed to take human form and serve the person who calls itMAGE: a magician or sorcererMAGI: plural of magus, a magician or sorcererMAGICIAN: one skilled in magic, especially: a sorcererMEDIUM: an individual held to be a channel of communication between the earthly world and a world of spiritsNAIAD: any of the nymphs in classical mythology living in and giving life to lakes, rivers, springs, and fountainsORACULAR: of, relating to, or being an oracle, a person (such as a priestess of ancient Greece) through whom a deity is believed to speak, or an answer or decision given by an oracleORGY: secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing (e.g., Roman orgies in honor of Bacchus)PUCK: a mischievous sprite: a hobgoblinPYGMY: often capitalized: any of a race of dwarfs described by ancient Greek authorsQUEEN: a goddess or a thing personified as female and having supremacy in a specified realm (queen of the fairies)TROLL: a dwarf or giant in Scandinavian folklore inhabiting caves or hillsVOODOO: a person who deals in spells and necromancyWARLOCK: a man practicing the black arts: a sorcerer, a person who practices sorcery: a wizard; also, a conjurer, one that practices magic artsWITCH: in fiction and folk traditions, a person (especially a woman) who is credited with having usually malignant supernatural powers; also, a woman who is believed to practice usually black magic often with the aid of a devil or familiar: a sorceressWIZARD: one skilled in magic: a sorcerer, a person who practices sorcery, the use of power gained from the assistance or control of evil spirits especially for diviningWRAITH: the exact likeness of a living person seen usually just before death as an apparition; also, a ghost, a specter
Mythical Creatures
BOGEY: a specter, a phantomBOGEYMEN: a monstrous imaginary figure used in threatening children, or a terrifying or dreaded person or thing: bugbearDEMON: usually daemon, meaning attendant: mythology: a supernatural being whose nature is intermediate between that of a god and that of a human beingDEVIL: an evil spirit: a demonDRACONIC: of or relating to a dragonDRAGON: a mythical animal usually represented as a monstrous winged and scaly serpent or saurian with a crested head and enormous clawsDRYAD: a spirit that lives in the forest: wood nymph, fairyELFIN: of, relating to, or produced by an elf; or resembling an elf especially in its tiny size; or having an otherworldly or magical quality or charmFAMILIAR: a spirit often embodied in an animal and held to attend and serve or guard a personFAUN: a figure in Roman mythology similar to but gentler than the satyr; from Faunus, “the rustic god of the forest, plains and fields”FIEND: a demonGORGON: an ugly or repulsive woman, named for Gorgon (capitalized), any of three snake-haired sisters in Greek mythology whose appearance turns the beholder to stoneGRIFFIN: or griffon, or less commonly gryphon: a mythical animal typically having the head, forepart, and wings of an eagle and the body, hind legs, and tail of a lionGRIFFON: or griffin, or less commonly gryphon: a mythical animal typically having the head, forepart, and wings of an eagle and the body, hind legs, and tail of a lionHALCYON: a bird identified with the kingfisher and held in ancient legend to nest at sea about the time of the winter solstice and to calm the waves during incubationHAUNT: to visit or inhabit as a ghost; to appear habitually as a ghostHAUNTED: to visit or inhabit as a ghost; to appear habitually as a ghostHIPPOGRIFF: a legendary animal having the foreparts of a griffin and the body of a horseKELPIE: a water sprite of Scottish folklore that delights in or brings about the drowning of wayfarersPHOENIX: a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period; also: a person or thing likened to the phoenixPIXIE: a fairy, specifically: a cheerful mischievous spritePUCK: a mischievous sprite: a hobgoblinPYTHON: any of various large constricting snakes, especially: any of the large oviparous snakes (subfamily Pythoninae of the family Boidae) of Africa, Asia, Australia, and adjacent islands that include some of the largest existing snakes; Latin, monstrous serpent killed by Apollo, from Greek Pythōn, from Pythō DelphiUNICORN: a mythical, usually white animal generally depicted with the body and head of a horse with long flowing mane and tail and a single often spiraled horn in the middle of the forehead; also, an animal mentioned in the Bible that is usually considered an aurochs, a one-horned rhinoceros, or an antelopeWALK: of a spirit: to move about in visible form: to appearYETI: the abominable snowman (variants, often Abominable Snowman): a mysterious creature with human or apelike characteristics reported to exist in the high Himalayas
Mythical Places
ARCADIA: a region or scene of simple pleasure and quiet; named for Arcadia, region of ancient Greece frequently chosen as background for pastoral poetryARCADIAN: Related to arcadia, a region or scene of simple pleasure and quiet; named for Arcadia, region of ancient Greece frequently chosen as background for pastoral poetryHELL: a nether world in which the dead continue to exist: Hades, the underground abode of the dead in Greek mythology
Spelling Bee words related to
MYTH AND MAGIC
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