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Lore based suffixes

Posted by Caelum (edited )
Tags: writing, ask.recommendations, lore, suffixes, characters

I’m in the process of helping someone come up with lore and I was wondering if there was a website to help with suffixes related to lore and mythology. Things like adding ist, kin, age, folk, etc to try and make new words for beings or creatures.

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  1. DefinitelyNotAFae
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    I found someone's bachelor's thesis on suffixes in fairy tales but it was not what you were looking for. I think you'd be most successful in looking at already existing terms and highlighting...

    I found someone's bachelor's thesis on suffixes in fairy tales but it was not what you were looking for.

    I think you'd be most successful in looking at already existing terms and highlighting suffixes, using folklorist or world building resources? Maybe the affixes section here

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