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Pomponius Mela – a Roman author and geographer of the 5th century.

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Satyr – in ancient mythology, a mythical being, part man part goat.

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Œgipan – in mythology, a mythical creature in a bestial rather than human form.

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Avatar – incarnation (usually of a deity in a human or animal form).

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phantasm = phantom.

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‘Hernani’ – a tragedy in five acts by Victor Hugo (1802–1885), a famous French novelist, dramatist and poet of the Romantic period.

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out-Heroded Herod – idiom to be worse than the worst person imaginable.

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wigwam – a traditional dome-shaped dwelling of North American Indians consisting of a framework covered with large woven mats.

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Alpha and Omaha – Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet; Omaha is a city in eastern Nebraska, US; in the popular phrase ‘Alpha and Omega’, where Omega is the last letter of the Greek alphabet, the author substitutes Omega for Omaha.

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Adiós = Goodbye. (Spanish)

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Membranous Croup – an infectious respiratory children disease with harsh cough and difficult breathing.

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Baptist – a follower of those Protestant Christians who insist that only believers should be baptized.

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Wall Street – a street in New York City, in the borough of Manhattan, the financial centre of the United States.