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Keres

//ˈkɪ.riːz// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Keresan. alt-of, alternative
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The goddesses of death, specifically cruel and violent deaths, including death in battle, by accident, murder or ravaging disease. They numbered in the thousands and were the daughters of Nyx and Erebus, and the sisters of Thanatos and Hypnos. Their Roman counterparts were the Letum or the Tenebrae. Greek
  2. 2
    Alternative form of Keresan. alt-of, alternative
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Keresan. alt-of, alternative

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κῆρες (Kêres, literally “Death Spirits, Doom, Heart”).

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