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“faith”

13 fragments across 11 traditions carry this sense. 9 of them open a name against 4 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They cluster in 3 families, most of them real world. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Griffin, has 2.

Griffin


Creatures

Fid initial · Fida initial

  • Fidgild

    Fid faith + gild tribute

    faith tribute

  • Fidhart

    Fid faith + hart stag

    faith stag

  • Fiddag

    Fid faith + dag day

    faith day

  • Fidatrud

    Fida faith + trud strength

    faith strength

  • Fidalanda

    Fida faith + landa land

    faith land

  • Fidatheoda

    Fida faith + theoda nation

    faith nation

Vampire


Creatures

Vera initial · veria final

  • Veradivna

    Vera faith + divna wondrous

    faith-wondrous

  • Veramorta

    Vera faith + morta death

    faith-death

  • Veraslava

    Vera faith + slava glory

    faith-glory

  • Dragaveria

    Draga precious + veria faith

    precious-faith

  • Sonyaveria

    Sonya wisdom + veria faith

    wisdom-faith

  • Roxanaveria

    Roxana dawn + veria faith

    dawn-faith

Angel


Creatures

Ehmuna initial

  • Ehmunamael

    Ehmuna faith + mael of God

    faith of God

  • Ehmunavith

    Ehmuna faith + vith of the vigil

    faith of the vigil

  • Ehmunaoel

    Ehmuna faith + oel of God

    faith of God

Arabic


Real world

Iman initial

  • Iman Bint Hisham

    Iman faith + bint hisham daughter of Hisham

    faith, daughter of Hisham

  • Iman Bint Ahmad

    Iman faith + bint ahmad daughter of Ahmad

    faith, daughter of Ahmad

  • Iman Bint Nasir

    Iman faith + bint nasir daughter of Nasir

    faith, daughter of Nasir

D&D


Tabletop

vera final

  • Onavera

    Ona grace + vera faith

    grace faith

  • Primvera

    Prim first + vera faith

    first faith

  • Celvera

    Cel heaven + vera faith

    heaven faith

Greek


Real world

pistis final

  • Polypistis

    Poly many + pistis faith

    many faith

  • Aristopistis

    Aristo best + pistis faith

    best faith

  • Melopistis

    Melo song + pistis faith

    song faith

Korean


Real world

Shin initial

  • Shinyoung

    Shin faith + young eternal

    faith eternal

  • Shinhae

    Shin faith + hae sea

    faith sea

  • Shinyong

    Shin faith + yong dragon

    faith dragon

Paladin


Tabletop

Fide initial

  • Fidelance

    Fide faith + lance couched spear

    faith couched spear

  • Fidenen

    Fide faith + nen kindled

    faith kindled

  • Fidetect

    Fide faith + tect cover

    faith cover

Russian


Real world

Vera initial

  • Vera Yegorovna

    Vera faith + yegorovna daughter of Yegor

    faith, daughter of Yegor

  • Vera Ruslanovna

    Vera faith + ruslanovna daughter of Ruslan

    faith, daughter of Ruslan

  • Vera Igorevna

    Vera faith + igorevna daughter of Igor

    faith, daughter of Igor

Spanish


Real world

fe final

  • Esperanza Fe

    Esperanza hope + fe faith

    hope and faith

  • Dolores Fe

    Dolores sorrows + fe faith

    sorrows and faith

  • Clara Fe

    Clara bright + fe faith

    bright and faith

Werewolf


Creatures

Vera initial

  • Veraheart

    Vera faith + heart beating core

    faith beating core

  • Verarun

    Vera faith + run secret

    faith secret

  • Veravale

    Vera faith + vale river valley

    faith river valley

Senses that travel together

See also

Each of these shares at least two traditions with “faith”. 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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