Keres

Meaning

Name

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.

Adj

Alternative form of Keresan

Noun

Alternative form of Keresan

Translations

Ker

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Κήρες

Kères

Keres

Keres

Hyphenated as

Ke‧res

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɪ.riːz/

Etymology

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