Termagaunt

Their necromantic forms in vain Haunt us on the tented plain; We bid these spectre shapes avaunt, Ashtaroth and Termagaunt.

The Talisman 2008

“Now, in faith,” said Wamba, “I cannot see that the worshippers of Mahound and Termagaunt have so greatly the advantage over the people once chosen of Heaven.”

Ivanhoe 2004

Here amongst the mountains the King and his people still held to their idols, worshipped "Mahommed, Apollo, and Termagaunt," and looked forward with horror to a day when the mighty Charlemagne might, by the power of the sword, thrust upon them the worship of the crucified Christ.

A Book of Myths Jeanie Lang

Anglo-Norman and French chroniclers term the Moslems _Pagans_, while the Saxon heathen are dignified by the title of _Saracens_; and the names of Mahmoud, Termagaunt, Apollo, could be confounded without any sense of impropriety.

The Superstitions of Witchcraft Howard Williams

The medieval lack of historic sense gives to all the plays the setting of the authors 'own times; Roman officers appear as feudal knights; and all the heathens (including the Jews) are Saracens, worshippers of' Mahound 'and' Termagaunt '; while the good characters, however long they may really have lived before the Christian era, swear stoutly by St. John and St. Paul and the other medieval Christian divinities.

A History of English Literature Robert Huntington Fletcher

Marsile still held to his idols, Mahomet, Apollo, and Termagaunt, dreading in his heart the day when Charles would force him to become a Christian.

Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race

Termagaunt, and Zeus! to think there are at least a dozen other ne'er-do-wells alive who would prefer to make a mess of living as a grand-duke rather than as a scribbler in Grub Street!

The Certain Hour James Branch Cabell 1918

In his fluent invocation of Mahound and Termagaunt and other overseers of the damned he presently touched upon eloquence.

The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages James Branch Cabell 1918

But, oh, dear me! oh, Osiris, Termagaunt, and Zeus! to think there are at least a dozen other ne'er-do-wells alive who would prefer to make a mess of living as a grand-duke rather than as a scribbler in Grub Street!

The Certain Hour 1909

` ` Now, by Mahound and Termagaunt, for Christian oaths are out of fashion, '' said Conrade, ` ` say'st thou the proud King of England would unite his blood with a heathen Soldan?

The Talisman 1894