Nazgulとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From nazgûl (“ringwraith”) in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional language Black Speech, a compound of nazg (“ring”) and gûl (“wraith; evil spirit”). Tolkien thought it “probable” that the former term nazg was “actually derived from” Irish nasc (“link, bond”), though not borrowed consciously. For the latter term gûl compare ghoul.

発音

• (米国発音, Canada) IPA: /ˈnæzɡul/

名詞

Nazgul (plural Nazgul)

1. (fantasy) An evil force which heedlessly destroys everything in its path, and appears like a horseman dressed all in black.
   • 2007, Glen Duncan, I, Lucifer, page 55:

     The West Hampstead studio flat looks like the Nazgul have just thundered through it […]

   • 2011, Kristin Hannah, Night Road, page 282:

     The last thing she wanted was for Zach to come storming out of the house like a Nazgul, telling her to get the hell away from his daughter.

   • 2012, Tom Holt, You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But it Helps, page 133:

     There's three blokes who look like the Nazgul in pinstripes, and a skinny hatchetfaced bird who keeps saying “Well?” at me every time she asks me a question and I don't answer her inside half a second.

名詞

Nazgul (plural Nazguls)

1. (fantasy, roleplaying games) A type of demonic or undead creature.
   • 1994, Chiaroscuro, “Re: ColdMUD, interesting career(class,guild)-systems, and thoughts about mudding”, in rec.games.mud.misc‎ (Usenet):

     (On Lost Souls there is a Ringwraith guild; Nazguls are members at levels 26-29.)

   • 1994, The Nowhere Man, “Re: Only 9 Nazguls? (was: Ascension (long))”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack‎ (Usenet):

     In the Touist quest, there was a polymorph trap on the first level, and one of the non-peaceful buggers polyed into a Nazgul (ugh!).

   • 1999, Jonathan Ellis, “Re: unique version of moria”, in rec.games.roguelike.moria‎ (Usenet):

     AFAIK Moria itself has never had uniques, though some variants do (Morgul has the nine Nazguls, for instance) or artifacts.

   • 2001, Pat Gunn, “Re: [Pern] YASD (#$# Nazguls)”, in rec.games.roguelike.angband‎ (Usenet):

     Scrolls of mass genocide, scrolls of teleport, and a kick-ass bow generally are prerequisites for killing Nazguls in Pernband.

   • 2000, Fuzzy, “AD: [rom] Dawn of Empires - mud.dawnofempires.com”, in rec.games.mud.misc‎ (Usenet):

     Soulcrusher established his power in Valhalla itself where he trained the Nazguls and built a guardian to protect his privacy.

   • 2002, Matthew Murray, “Short Bow of the Nazgul”, in rec.games.roguelike.angband‎ (Usenet):

     While poking around on level 20, I came across an object I've never seen before, a Short Bow of the Nazgul (x2) (-7,-7) {cursed}.

参照

Further reading

• Nazgûl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia