Etymology

Setebos

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Today it means: A fictional deity worshipped by Caliban and his mother Sycorax in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest. Full definition →

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The deity was named by William Shakespeare after a Patagonian deity mentioned in accounts of Magellan's voyages. The moon was named after the fictional deity.

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