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“crimson”

10 fragments across 8 traditions carry this sense. 7 of them open a name against 3 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 4 different families, from real world outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Minotaur, has 2.

Minotaur


Creatures

Phoiniko initial · Phoinissa initial

  • Phoinikokratos

    Phoiniko crimson + kratos power

    crimson power

  • Phoinikobrychos

    Phoiniko crimson + brychos roar

    crimson roar

  • Phoinikoponos

    Phoiniko crimson + ponos labour

    crimson labour

  • Phoinissakorone

    Phoinissa crimson + korone crow

    crimson crow

  • Phoinissachlaina

    Phoinissa crimson + chlaina cloak

    crimson cloak

  • Phoinissapnoia

    Phoinissa crimson + pnoia breath

    crimson breath

Phoenix


Creatures

Phoiniko initial · Phoinika initial

  • Phoinikogenes

    Phoiniko crimson + genes born

    crimson born

  • Phoinikotimos

    Phoiniko crimson + timos honour

    crimson honour

  • Phoinikodromos

    Phoiniko crimson + dromos course

    crimson course

  • Phoinikalyta

    Phoinika crimson + lyta released

    crimson released

  • Phoinikaeidea

    Phoinika crimson + eidea likeness

    crimson likeness

  • Phoinikahodia

    Phoinika crimson + hodia road

    crimson road

Bard


Tabletop

Red initial

  • Redrefrain

    Red crimson + refrain repeated line

    crimson repeated line

  • Redchime

    Red crimson + chime bright peal

    crimson bright peal

  • Redweaver

    Red crimson + weaver spinner

    crimson spinner

D&D


Tabletop

Red initial

  • Redbrook

    Red crimson + brook small stream

    crimson small stream

  • Redspear

    Red crimson + spear long lance

    crimson long lance

  • Redweaver

    Red crimson + weaver spinner

    crimson spinner

Guild


Objects

The Crimson initial

  • The Crimson Ravens

    The Crimson crimson + ravens croaking birds

    crimson croaking birds

  • The Crimson Charter

    The Crimson crimson + charter written grant

    crimson written grant

  • The Crimson Syndicate

    The Crimson crimson + syndicate joint advocates

    crimson joint advocates

Irish


Real world

derg final

  • Osderg

    Os deer + derg crimson

    deer crimson

  • Conderg

    Con hound + derg crimson

    hound crimson

  • Faelderg

    Fael wolf + derg crimson

    wolf crimson

Scottish


Real world

derg final

  • Ciarderg

    Ciar dusky + derg crimson

    dusky crimson

  • Buiederg

    Buie yellow + derg crimson

    yellow crimson

  • Gormderg

    Gorm blue + derg crimson

    blue crimson

Welsh


Real world

goch final

  • Morgoch

    Mor sea + goch crimson

    sea crimson

  • Llangoch

    Llan church enclosure + goch crimson

    church enclosure crimson

  • Mabgoch

    Mab son + goch crimson

    son crimson

Senses that travel together

See also

Each of these shares at least two traditions with “crimson”. Senses that keep turning up in the same sets usually belong to one semantic field — the small vocabulary a naming tradition returns to again and again.

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