- The Archeologist pantheon: Quetzalcoatl , Camaxtli and Huhetotl (this last is in fact an alteration for the god's name Huehueteotl)
- Xans are named after Xan, the mosquito, from Popol Vuh .
- Couatl or ''coatl'' is the Nahuatl name for snakes.
Some monsters are taken from myths and folklore whose precise origins are unknown, but which are essentially medieval European.
NetHack draws on modern explicitly fictional works, especially Dungeons And Dragons and Tolkien , but also many other fantasy writers, some of which in turn were inspired by ancient myths. The modern sources are:
- Grayswandir , the artifact Silver Saber , is from Roger Zelazny 's '' Chronicles Of Amber ''.
- The Barbarian class and pantheon ( Mitra , Crom , Set ), Pelias, the Heart of Ahriman , and Thoth-Amon are related to Robert E. Howard 's Conan The Barbarian novels.
- The Wumpus is from the computer game "Hunt the Wumpus".
- The Crysknife is from Frank Herbert 's Dune novel, and the "Long Worms" are based on Dune's Shai-Hulud .
- Jabberwocks and the Vorpal Blade are from Lewis Carroll 's poem " Jabberwocky ".
- The Tourist class, pantheon ( Blind Io, The Lady, Offler ) and quest (with Twoflower ) are based on Terry Pratchett 's Discworld .
- The Towel , the graffiti message "We apologize for the inconvenience" and several hallucination monsters are from Douglas Adams ' Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy .
- Snickersnee , the artifact Katana , is from the Gilbert And Sullivan Operetta '' The Mikado ''.
- Stormbringer , the artifact runesword, is from the Fantasy Fiction stories by Michael Moorcock .
- Gremlin s appear with their unique characteristics as portrayed in the 1984 movie '' Gremlins ''.
- Grid bugs are from the 1982 movie '' Tron ''.
- The Rogue class pantheon (Issek of the Jug, Mog, Kos) is from Fritz Leiber 's Fafhrd And The Gray Mouser stories. {Link without Title}
- The Eyes of the Overworld and Sandestins are from Jack Vance 's Dying Earth books.
- The Magic Mirror of Merlin is from Edmund Spenser 's poem " The Faerie Queene ".
- The save and exit message "Be seeing you..." is from '' The Prisoner ''.
- References to 'Maud' when the player characters lose their memory are inspired by Alfred Lord Tennyson 's ''Maud''.
- The brass lantern, the fortune cookie message "The magic word is XYZZY " and the graffiti message "You won't get it up the steps" are references to Adventure .
- The graffiti message "notary sojak" is a reference to Smokey Stover .
- The graffiti messages "A.S. ->" and "<- A.S." are references to Journey To The Center Of The Earth .
- Other graffiti messages include " Kilroy Was Here ", " Hello, World !" and "For a good time call 8?7-5309 ".
- Sometimes Spinach can be found in tins. If you eat it, it increases your strength and tells you that "This makes you feel like Popeye !"
- A player who has become Invisible can wear a " Mummy wrapping" in order to become visible again - a reference to the opening scene of H. G. Wells 's The Invisible Man .
- When a baby dragon hatches from an egg, it make a cry of "Gleep!" - a reference to the dragon Gleep from MythAdventures .
Some characters are based on historical persons:
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