Collective Nouns for Fantasy Creatures

[WolfenMachine]

So of course we all know there are herds of horses, flocks of seagulls, gaggles of geese, litters of puppies, packs of wolves…even a pride of lions.

(This link is very amusing)

BUT!………

What do you call a group of Dragons? Or Unicorns? Or Griffins? Flap cats? And we know a group of Poads is called a clutter. 😉

[WolfenMachine]

[Jodi]

Didn’t we decide earlier that a group of dragons was a “debt.” 😆

[Megan]

I read somewhere that a group of unicorns is called a “glory,” but I can’t remember where now. It might have been in a Bruce Coville book… I read an awful lot of middle-grade fantasy when I was in middle school 🙂

[Maebnus]

A group of unicorns is a “blessing”.

[Chessapeaka]

“Debt”!! Hahahaha! That’s great!

I think I’ve heard “glory” for unicorns, too, but that also might have been from Bruce Coville.

[Maebnus]

I had to look Bruce Coville up… his name was familiar, and for good reason. I still have Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher and the My Teacher series packed up and waiting for me to have kids.

I’d never heard “glory” before, though I can’t argue with that one either. It fits as much as “blessing”, and it’s not uncommon for animal groups to have more than one name. “Blessing” is listed on Wikipedia though… and we all know that’s the definitive source of reputable information 😉 (I kid… it’s often helpful, but not perfect)

“Debt” is good for dragons… I can see “horde” being used too. (Doesn’t quite roll off your tongue the same way, but does stick to the silliness of naming schemes… Crash of Rhinos and all :lol:)

[Maria]

Great link, Wolfen!
Now I’m curious what a group of basilisks is called. 😆

[Necron99]

i have always like “a murder” of crows 😈

[Jennifer]

A FLIGHT..!! OF DRAGOOOONSSS!!!

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[dark_zorse]

A “flagon” of dragon.

[Pegasi1978]

A glory of unicorns is from Bruce Coville. I’ve never heard a blessing of unicorns. I remember in one fiction novel that I read they had something like a serenity of unicorns.

[Necron99]

how about a Motley of dragon , a Sprint of elves , a moot of gnomes ( i hate gnomes) , a resolute of Griffins, a menagerie of Cockatrice , a Horde of Hippogrifs , A terror of Roc , a posse of Orc, a brood of basilisk , a malignant of unicorn (the evil ones)

i have too much time on my hands when the baby sleeps 😛

[WolfenMachine]

Yea! I totally forgot about the Bruce Coville book. I’ve even got that one on my shelf.

[Duld]

you guys have way too much time on your hands 😆 (who has time to search for those kinds of websites haha)

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