Typhonian

English

Etymology

Typhon + -ian

Adjective

Typhonian (comparative more Typhonian, superlative most Typhonian)

  1. 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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