Danmachi/Characters

Glossary

Names and terms used in the light novel (and anime, where different)

LN (Yen Press)	Anime (Crunchyroll)	Anime (on-screen)	notes
Characters
Ahnya	Anya
Aiz Wallenstein	Aiz Wallenstein	Ais Wallenstein
	Asfi Al Andromeda
Bell Cranell	Bell Cranel	Bell Cranel
Bete
Eina Tulle
Freya
Ganesha
Hephaistos	Hephaestus	Hephaistos	Hephaistos is a direct Greek transliteration, while Hephaestus is the latinised version.
Lilliluka "Lilly" Erde	Liliruca "Lili" Arde
Lyu	Ryu
Mama Mia
Miach (Miaha in v1)
Misha
Reveria	Riveria
Syr Flover
Takemikazuchi
Welf Krozzo	Welf Crozzo	Welf Crozzo
Other
Advanced Ability			A higher level an adventurer earns when going up a level. In the English novel it is also once suddenly called a "Burst Ability" without any explanation.
Aiam Ganesha			The Ganesha Familiar HQ, shaped like a elephant-headed man. I can't help wondering if it isn't "I Am Ganesha"?
Anphiteatom			An amphitheatre. Presumable a mistranslation of ἀμφιθέατρον (amphitheatron)?
Battle Boar			A monster.
The Benevolent Mistress	The Benevolent Mistress	Hostess of Firtility
Cinder Ella	Cinderella		Lilly's magic
Daidaros Street	Daedalus Street	Daidarosu	The direct transliteration of the Greek would actually be "Daidalos". Daedalus is the latinised version.
Divine Knife (God Knife in v1)			Another name for the Hestia Knife.
Excelia			Basically the XP earned by adventurers.	-	Falna			The mark of the gods' blessing on an adventurer's back.
Familiar
Forge			An Advanced Ability used by smiths.
Hieroglyphs			The writing of the gods. In the anime this is a fictional alphabet cypher of Japanese kana. In the (English) novel it is Greek (e.g. "the hieroglyphic Ηφαιστος"). In the anime, however, the name Hephaistos is written on Bell's knife in the script used for human writing.
Itty Bitty	Shrimp		Loki's nickname for Hestia (do-chibi).
Kenki	Sword Princess		Aiz's second name. Sword Princess is given as the meaning of the title in the novel (in the anime dialogue, "ken no hime"), but "Kenki" is used thereafter. CR's subs use Sword Princess throughout.
Killer Ant			A monster.
Koine			The lingua franca in Orario. In the anime this is a fictional alphabet cypher of English.
Loli Big Boobs / Loli Big Tits			Another nickname for Hestia
Modern Magic Even Goblins Can Understand!	Modern Magic That Even a Goblin Could Understand	The Modern Magic even the goblin know	In the novel the book itself has no title, and this was the chapter 1 title.
Orario			The Labyrinth City
Prum			A race.
Realis Phrase			Bell's first skill.
Spartois			A skeletal monster.
Vals	Valis		Currency
Wall Shadows	War Shadows		A monster. They come out of the walls so..?