Jenediah's Kismet - Definitions -

After publishing a few episodes, I find it irresponsible not to define a few words and terms that were used for the mentioned chapters. So here you go =)

Enigma : something mysterious: something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets".


Eidolons: The Summoner (sometimes referred to in English localizations as Caller)


The Vitruvian Man: The Vitruvian Man is a world renowned drawing with accompanying notes created by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1492 as recorded in one of his journals. It depicts a nude male figure in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and simultaneously inscribed in a circle and square. The drawing and text are sometimes called the Canon of Proportions or, less often, Proportions of Man. It is stored in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice, Italy, but is only displayed on special occasions.^[1][2]

The Horned Star: Originated from the usual five pointed star with one of it's points facing upward which was used during the period of Christ as a symbol of worship towards the Father, the horned star is a mockery towards the five pointed star, turned upside down with an outlining circling it, depicting the ruling of Satan over Christ and the Father. This star is also known better by the occult as The Devil's Star.


Succubus:

The succubus is characterized as a female counterpart of the incubus. The core of this belief is said to stem from the legend in Jewish folklore of a demon named Lilith. In later Jewish literature, Lilith is identified as Adam's first wife who ran from him instead of acting as his subservient. Following, God sent three angels to bring her back to Adam. If she refused, one of her children would be killed each day. ...
www.georgiasouthern.edu/~dougt/goth.html

A female demon who would visit men at night and engage in sexual activity. This belief was commonly held during the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. There were also male demons, called incubi who were believed to visit women.
www.religioustolerance.org/gl_s1.htm

Genocide:

Deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group.
library.thinkquest.org/13915/gather/glossary.htm

A systematic attempt to annihilate a racial group or nation. The word was first used in 1944.
www.bl.uk/services/learning/curriculum/voices/refglos.html


Now that I am done with the usual formalities, I shall thence continue to post up a few more slangs used by my daily group. Note : This is for people reading this blog that may not understand a few slangs used. Though I think there is only one slang that I could record that needs proper translation.


"StunTED for 10 seconds" : Not sure about the backgrounds of where this term first came from: whom, when, and where was it first used. But this was used every now and then by us especially by Koon Teng or Chin Huei to regard to someone who became dumbfounded and outright stoned after getting banged by one of us or hearing something stupid from the latter