Keres
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κῆρες (Kêres, literally “Death Spirits, Doom, Heart”).
Proper noun
Keres
- (Greek mythology) 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.
Translations
Greek goddesses of violent deaths
Estonian
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