Stygian (Of or relating to the river Styx)

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• Styx — In Greek mythology, the River Styx (Greek: Στύξ also meaning hate, detest) was a river which formed the boundary between Earth and the Underworld (Hades). It circles Hades nine times. The rivers Styx, Phlegethon, Acheron and Cocytus all converge… …   Wikipedia

• stygian — adjective Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Latin stygius, from Greek stygios, from Styg , Styx Styx Date: 1513 1. of or relating to the river Styx 2. extremely dark, gloomy, or forbidding < the stygian blackness of the cave > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Stygian — adj. 1 (in Greek mythology) of or relating to the Styx, a river in Hades. 2 literary dark, gloomy, indistinct. Etymology: L stugius f. Gk stugios f. Stux ugos Styx f. stugnos hateful, gloomy …   Useful english dictionary

• stygian — /ˈstɪdʒiən/ (say stijeeuhn) adjective 1. Classical Mythology of or relating to the lower world river Styx, over which the souls of the dead were ferried. 2. dark; gloomy. 3. infernal; hellish. {Latin Stygius (from Greek Stygios) + an} …  

• Utamakura — is a rhetorical concept in Japanese poetry.DefinitionUtamakura is a category of poetic words, often involving place names, that allow for greater allusions and intertextuality across Japanese poems.Utamakura includes locations familiar to the… …   Wikipedia