sword and sorcery



sword and sorcery

A literary genre that depicts adventures with elements of fantasy, such as magic and dragons. My little brother gets totally absorbed in the imaginary lands of sword and sorcery novels. I'm a realistic fiction kind of gal—sword and sorcery books just don't hold my interest.
See also: and, sword

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Donatellodo-nah-TEL-loItalian
GÜLden-Turkish
Corley['kɔ:li]
Sharif-Arabic, Urdu, Pashto, Persian, Malay
Margita-Hungarian, Slovak
Grigor-Welsh, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Armenian