Termagant


 
 

Termagant, in Medieval European fantasy, was the fictional name given to a supposed deity worshipped by Muslims.

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Through ignorance or wilful disregard of Muslim monotheism for the sake of propaganda, European literature from the Middle Ages often referred to Muslims as "pagans", or by synonymous expressions such as the paynim foe. These false and deliberately offensive depictions represent Muslims worshipping the Prophet Muhammad as a god, and depict them worshipping various deities in the form of idols, from Apollo to Lucifer, but their chief deity was thought to be "Termagent".


 

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Introduction
Origin of the concept
Termagant in literature
"Termagant" as a shrewish woman
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