Ankou

See also: ankoù, Ankoù, and ànkòu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Ankou, from Breton Ankoù.

Proper noun

Ankou

  1. (Celtic mythology) The personification of death in Celtic mythology.
    • 1906, Baroness Orczy, chapter 27, in I Will Repay, London:
      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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Breton Ankoù.

Proper noun

Ankou m

  1. (Celtic mythology) Ankou (personification of death)
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