Talk:Termagant

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Could it not be a corrupted form of al-Rahman? Zsigri 23:35, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Who knows? Paul B 00:08, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

That doesn't seem likely. Considering that the Christians also thought that "Allahu Akbar" referred to Muslim worship of twin goddesses Allat and Akbar, I suppose anything is possible. The question is, what can be established as true (and then reported in a secondary source, so I can be added here uncontroversially), and the answer is, probably, nothing. --75.36.136.207 (talk) 19:51, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

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I didn't know that! --Bluejay Young 10:38, 25 May 2004 (UTC)

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Should this article mention that in Games Workshop's game, Warhammer 40k , the Tyranids have an unit called Termagant ? --Acolyte of Discord 22:14, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Since the're NOT called that...probably not, no. So, I changed it.213.113.252.16 (talk) 16:43, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Walter W. Skeat

In the article: "W. W. Skeat in the 19th century, speculated that the name was originally "Trivagante", meaning 'thrice wandering'" I think this refers to Skeat's notes to Chaucer's Tale of Sir Thopas. If anyone can find the note, and improve the reference, that would be a useful tweak.--Wetman (talk) 10:09, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

A mystery

Yes, Mahound is mentioned in the English mystery plays. But I challenge anybody to provide evidence of the use of Termagant. I have done some searches of the texts listed here and can find nothing. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 20:40, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Popular Culture

I'm not really clued up on how to add sections to articles, but might it be worth adding a popular culture section to this as the name Termagant has been used (though in a broadly unrelated to its original form) in at least a few modern works settings? Namely Terry Pratchets Carpet People includes a creature know as a Termagant that used to be worshipped as a god. Link for sources: https://wiki.lspace.org/Termagants

And Games Workshops Warhammer 40k setting includes an alien called Termagants that serve as foot soldiers to the Tyrannid swarm. Link for sources: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Termagant 82.44.1.31 (talk) 09:50, 17 October 2024 (UTC)