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Ankou
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ankoù Ankoù ànkòu
English
Etymology
en fr Ankou, from en br Ankoù.
Proper noun
en Celtic mythology The personification of death in Celtic mythology.
en Baroness Orczy 27 I Will Repay London 1906 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
personification of death in Celtic mythology
Breton: br Ankoù
Catalan: ca Ankú
Cornish: kw Ankow
French: fr Ankou m
Portuguese: pt Ankou m
Russian: ru Анку́ m
Ukrainian: uk Анку
Welsh: cy yr Angau m
en Death Personifications
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :bor br:Ankoù + 1
Proper noun
m
pt Celtic mythology en Ankou personification of death
pt Death