Alla tal-baħar
Nettunu
English: Neptune – god of the sea
Amazzuni
or Amazoni:
Amazons: feared female warriors of Greek mythology.
Ambrosja (ikel)
Ikel ta’ l-allat fil-mitoloġija Griega, tingħad ukoll għall-kull ikel bnin u jfuħ.
English: Ambrosia – food of the gods and goddesses in Greek mythology
Apollo
Apollo: one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology.
Apòlogu
English: Apologue
Sors: Taljan
Argonawta
Argonauts: a band of heroes in Greek mythology, who in the years before the Trojan War, around 1300 BC, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece. Their name comes from their ship, Argo, named after its builder, Argus. “Argonauts” literally means “Argo sailors”. They were sometimes called Minyans, after a prehistoric tribe in the area.
Plural: Argonawti
Astraea
Astraea, Astrea or Astria (Ancient Greek: Ἀστραῖα; “star-maiden” or “starry night”), in ancient Greek religion, is a daughter of Astraeus and Eos. She is the virgin goddess of justice, innocence, purity and precision.
Babaw
Mostru, Fatat, Għaġeb ikrah immaġinarju li jbeżżgħu lit-tfal iż-żgħar bih.
English: Traditional ghost / ogre said to scare children
Bakkanti
English: Bacchant
Sors: Taljan
Bakku
English: Bacchus
Bażilisk (mitoloġija)
English: Legendary reptile basilisk
Sors: Taljan
Belliegħa (Mostru)
Imaginary monster which dwells in wells, ready to devour anyone who looks down. Referred to by parents to ensure that their children stayed away from wells.
Sors: Għarbi
Għerq: B-L-Għ
Bhim (mostru)
A kind of cow-like animal monster.
Ref: JA
Bint il-baħar
Bufies
Mythical place in Maltese legends from where no one returns.
Buġibda
Mythical place in Maltese legends.
Ċensa
name of old hag who represents death.
Ċentawru
Sors: Taljan
Plural: Ċentawri
Ċiklopiku
Cyclopean:
- of, relating to, or characteristic of a Cyclops
- huge, massive
- of or relating to a style of stone construction marked typically by the use of large irregular blocks without mortar
Sors: Taljan
Plural: Ċiklopiki
Ċiklopu
Cyclops.
Sors: Taljan
Plural: Ċiklopi
Dragu
Mythical wild beast that can take many fearsome forms, but mainly that of a dragon.
Source: Sicilian
Plural: Dragi
Dragun
Dragon.
Source: Italian
Plural: Draguni
Elikona
Mount Helicon (Ancient Greek: Ἑλικών; Modern Greek: Ελικώνας) is a mountain in the region of Thespiai in Boeotia, Greece celebrated in Greek mythology.
Exmun
Name of an old Phoenician god.
Favoluż
Fabulous.
Source: Italian
Plural: Favolużi