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		Cat-eared Waitress
Aina			Eina's elven mother.
Aiz Wallenstein	Aiz Wallenstein	Ais Wallenstein	Member of Loki Familia
	Asfi Al Andromeda
Bell Cranell	Bell Cranel	Bell Cranel	Member of Hestia Familiar
Bete			Werewolf member of Loki Familia
Chloe			Waitress
Eina Tulle
Freya			God
Finn Deimne (Fynn Dimuna before v5)			Loki Familia's field general, a prum.
Ganesha			God
Gedo			Adventurer
Hephaistos	Hephaestus	Hephaistos	God. Hephaistos is a direct Greek transliteration, while Hephaestus is the latinised version.
Kanu		Adventurer.
Lilliluka "Lilly" Erde	Liliruca "Lili" Arde		Prum, Bell's party member and member of Soma Familia.
Lyu	Ryu		Elven Waitress
Mama Mia			Bar owner
Miach (Miaha in v1)	Miach		God
Misha
Nahza			Miach familiar's only member.
Ottar			Boar-eared member of Freya Familiar.
Reveria Riyos Ahrve	Riveria		Elven member of Loki Familiar
Syr Flover			Waitress
Takemikazuchi			God
Tiona Hyrute			Younger of of Loki Familia's Amazonian twins.
Tione Hyrute			Older of of Loki Familia's Amazonian twins.
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 Familia HQ, shaped like a elephant-headed man. I can't help wondering if it isn't "I Am Ganesha"?
Alter Assist			A Supporter skill that increases carrying capacity.
Anphiteatom			An amphitheatre. Presumable a mistranslation of ἀμφιθέατρον (amphitheatron)?
Babel Tower			The tower capping the labyrinth.
Bad Bat			A monster.
Battle Boar			A monster.
The Benevolent Mistress	The Benevolent Mistress	Hostess of Fertility	The sign read "Firtility" for the TV version. This was corrected for the home video release.
Cinder Ella	Cinderella		Shape-shifting magic.
Daidaros Street	Daedalus Street	Daidarosu	The direct transliteration of the Greek would actually be "Daidalos". Daedalus is the latinised version.
Deusdia			Another name for the world of the gods?
Divine Knife (God Knife in v1)			Another name for the Hestia Knife.
Enigma			An Advanced Ability.
Excelia			Basically the XP earned by adventurers.
Falna			The mark of the gods' blessing on an adventurer's back.
Familia
Firebolt			Bell's "swift-strike" magic.
Forge			An Advanced Ability used by smiths.
Gekai			The god's name for the human world.
Gnome Trader
Goibniu			A god.
Heavy Guard			An Advanced Ability.
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.
Ikoru			The power within the blood of the gods. Almost certainly intended to be Ichor (ἰχώρ).
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
Little Barista			Lilly's miniature crossbow. Not known for it's coffee serving abilities so clearly supposed to be "Ballista".
Lycanthrope			A werewolf race.
Magic Control			An Advanced Ability.
Magic Stone			The core of a monster, and the main source of income for adventurers. They can be used for powering devices like lamps.
Meders			A measure of distance, equivalent to metres presumably.
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.
Schweizerdegen			Bell's baselard.
Spartois			A skeletal monster.
Tenkai			The world of the gods.
Vals	Valis		Currency
Wall Shadows	War Shadows		A monster. They come out of the walls so..?