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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 February 2025. This is a list of monarchs (and other royalty and nobility) sorted by nickname. This list is divided into two parts: Cognomens: Also called cognomina. These are names which are appended before or after the person's name, like the epitheton necessarium, or Roman victory titles. Examples ...
This is a list of nickname-related list articles on Wikipedia. A nickname is "a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name." [ 1 ] A nickname is often considered desirable, symbolising a form of acceptance, but can sometimes be a form of ridicule.
Probably a historical figure, The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, 721 King of Britain whose decisions assisted the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain Vortimer: Historia Brittonum, c. 820 Son of Vortigern Ysbaddaden: Culhwch and Olwen, c. 11th century A giant and antagonist Ywain† (Welsh: Owain), Yvain, Ewain, Uwain
Characters who exist outside Shakespeare are marked "(hist)" where they are historical, and "(myth)" where they are mythical. Where that annotation is a link (e.g. ), it is a link to the page for the historical or mythical figure. The annotation "(fict)" is only used in entries for the English history plays, and indicates a character who is ...
By the 1970s and 1980s, Japanese people started being portrayed as a "fusion of tradition and high tech", with the historical references being to ninja and samurai, which are both "part of the 'mysterious East'" (e.g. Gung Ho [64] (1986)). Depictions of Japanese people also link them to sumo wrestling, kabuki, or eating sushi. [65]
This is a list of folk heroes, a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness of a people, mentioned frequently in folk songs, folk tales and other folklore; and with modern trope status in literature, art and films.
The historical figure most often associated with the Zorro character is Joaquin Murrieta, whose life was fictionalized in the novel The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta (1854) by John Rollin Ridge. In the 1998 film The Mask of Zorro Murrieta's (fictitious) brother Alejandro succeeds Diego as Zorro.