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A subtrope of [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]. See also [[Names to Run Away From/K Names|K Names]], [[Names to Run Away From/R Names|R Names]], and [[Names to Run Away From/Xtreme Kool Letterz|Xtreme Kool Letterz]]
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Bokurano]]'': The kids who pilot it didn't intend to give it scary name, but considering [[Cosmic Horror Story|the context of the story]], [[Humongous Mecha|Zearth]] fits this trope to a T {{spoiler|especially if you're not from the main characters' universe}}.
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** Seth (or Set), an evil chaos god and the murderer of Osiris.
** Thoth, the god of knowledge and the moon. His name consists of nothing but 2 "th"s separated by a vowel, and his head was that of an Ibis (which most people won't recognize and is only one letter away from Iblis).
** Neith, a goddess of warfare, hunting, and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|weaving]] (in fact, her name means "weaver"). She eventually also came to be considered a goddess of creation.
== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
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** Some monsters that aren't particularly scary: koalinth, kapoacinth, quaggoth.
** Some of the nobility of Hell were given the names of demons from Jewish/Christian/occult sources (see {{smallcaps|[[Mythology]]/[[Religion]]}}).
** Deities from the ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' setting, including Azuth (god of magic), Gargauth (god of betrayal and cruelty), Lolth (see above), Kossuth (god of elemental fire). Also, Eldath (goddess of [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|quiet places]]).
* ''[[GURPS Cabal]]''. The Qlippoth, the shells and leftovers of God's first Creation (see Qliphoth in {{smallcaps|[[Mythology]]/[[Religion]]}}).
* ''[[Magic the Gathering]]'' has [[Emperor Scientist|Y]][[Evilutionary Biologist|a]][[Machine Worship|w]][[Morally
* In ''[[Munchkin (Tabletop Game)|Munchkin]] Cthulhu'', if a player faces a monster whose name ends with -oth, any player can put another monster of this kind, so the player needs to defeat (or run away from) both.
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** Or perhaps you should [[Humans Are Cthulhu|ask the mammoths about said ancestors]]--they were probably more scared of humans than the other way around, given that we snacked on them to the point of extinction.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelacanth Coelacanth] looks pretty terrifying, too. It's actually your closest relative among the fish (with the lungfish), and fairly harmless.
* Some English words like "death", "wrath", [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|"math"]], etc.
* The Goths, while a rather ordinary European barbarian tribe, gave their name to some art styles traditionally associated with something scary: e.g., gothic architecture, gothic script, and gothic literature (not to mention a certain youth subculture).
* Methamphetamine (meth), one of the world's most addictive and dangerous drugs.
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