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English
Etymology
From Typhon + -ian.
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Typhonian (comparative more Typhonian, superlative most Typhonian)
- Of or relating to Typhon or, by interpretatio graeca, his Egyptian equivalent Set.
1850, John Kenrick, Ancient Egypt under the Pharaohs, volume 1, page 440:This colour, he remarks, was rare among the Egyptians, though very common among foreigners, and these Typhonian men were sacrificed by the ancient kings at the tomb of Osiris.
- 1881, George St. Clair, review in The Modern Review, volume 2, page 424–425:
- The gods were time-keepers; the first time observed and registered was Sut-Typhonian, and the writer maintains that the Typhonian religion and types are the oldest extant, whether in Egypt or out of it.
1972, New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, page 20:Set is represented as having the features of a fantastic beast with a thin, curved snout, straight, square-cut ears and a stiff forked tail. This creature cannot with certainty be identified and is commonly called the ‘Typhonian animal’.
2013, Daniel Ogden, Dragons, Serpents, and Slayers in the Classical and Early Christian Worlds: A Sourcebook, page 30:[Typhon continues to address Zeus.] […] May the Typhonian bear spread wide the great gape of its shaggy jaws and harry the Olympian Bear.
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