sword and sorcery



sword and sorcery

A literary genre that depicts adventures with elements of fantasy, such as magic and dragons. My little brother gets totally absorbed in the imaginary lands of sword and sorcery novels. I'm a realistic fiction kind of gal—sword and sorcery books just don't hold my interest.
See also: and, sword

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Arya-Persian, Indian, Hindi, Malayalam
Rheinallt-Welsh
Alcibiades-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
ShamgarSHAM-gahr (English)Biblical
TeijaTAY-yahFinnish
Vardah-Hebrew