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names to do with DEATH

UNISEX:

AERON: Welsh unisex form of Celtic Agrona, the name a goddess of war and death who was portrayed as a masculine figure in Welsh mythology, meaning "carnage, slaughter."

LIBITINA: Roman myth name of a goddess of corpses, funerals, and the dead. Her name was synonymous with the word "death."

MORANA: Slavic name meaning "death." In mythology, this is the name of a goddess of death and winter.

THANA (θάνα): Feminine form of Greek Thanatos, meaning "death." Compare with another form of Thana.

VALDÍS: Old Norse name composed of the elements valr "the dead, the slain" and dís "goddess, woman," hence "goddess of the slain in battle."

VALDIS: Swedish and Norwegian form of Old Norse Valdís, meaning "goddess of the slain in battle."

WALDEBURG: Old High German name composed of the elements wala "dead, slain in battle" and burg "help, protection, salvation," hence "salvation of the slain in battle."

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