Keywords
| Term ID |
Term |
Parent | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 411 | Narrative | (First level term) | ||
| 3848 | Narcissus | Allusion, Mythical | ||
| 5033 | Narcissa's anonymous letters | Recurring Episodes | ||
| 5217 | Narcissa marries Bayard | Recurring Episodes | ||
| 1685 | Napoleon | Allusion, Historical | ||
| 5051 | Nancy confronts white man | Recurring Episodes | ||
| 1172 | Mystery | Genre Conventions | ||
| 5707 | Mussolini, Benito | Allusion, Historical | ||
| 4207 | Musical imagery | Figures of Speech | ||
| 5568 | Murat, Joachim | Allusion, Historical | ||
| 3561 | Multiple quotations in a single paragraph | Narrative | ||
| 5376 | Mozart | Allusion, Historical | ||
| 5386 | Mount Vernon | Allusion, Geographical | ||
| 4765 | Mottstown | Allusion, Geographical | ||
| 2336 | Moth | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2057 | Moses | Allusion, Biblical | ||
| 4324 | Morgan, John Hunt | Allusion, Historical | ||
| 5390 | Morgan, J.P. | Allusion, Historical | ||
| 495 | Monument | Figures of Speech | ||
| 4789 | Montgomery, Alabama | Allusion, Geographical | ||
| 4730 | Montesquieu | Allusion, Literary | ||
| 2941 | Monteagle, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical | ||
| 2168 | Monroe, Marilyn | Allusion, Historical |
| Term ID |
Term |
Parent | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3141 | Napkin | Objects | ||
| 463 | Naming | (First level term) | ||
| 1166 | Named for historical figure | Naming | ||
| 860 | Named dog Lion | Animals | ||
| 1830 | Named bear Ben | Animals | ||
| 2019 | Nakedness | Appearance | ||
| 5137 | Naked | Body | ||
| 2389 | Naivety | Character | ||
| 2220 | Nail | Objects | ||
| 877 | Mystery | Meaning | ||
| 852 | Mysterious | Arrivals/Departures | ||
| 4317 | Musical instrument | Objects | ||
| 1934 | Music | Art | ||
| 2229 | Murder | Death | ||
| 661 | Mules | Animals | ||
| 4790 | Moving a dead body | Death | ||
| 2271 | Movement | Philosophical | ||
| 2995 | Mouth | Body | ||
| 2491 | Moustache | Body | ||
| 5393 | Mottoes | Texts | ||
| 1774 | Motivation | Psychological | ||
| 1820 | Mosquitoes | Animals | ||
| 1092 | Morals | (First level term) | ||
| 3722 | Morality | Morals | ||
| 1630 | Moral authority | Values | ||
| 1803 | Monument | Objects | ||
| 5741 | Monster / monstrous | Supernatural |
| Term ID |
Term |
Parent | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 311 | Naming slaves | Slavery | ||
| 2280 | Naming | Race |
The informal names given to people of another race, especially African-Americans. In particular, names like "Uncle" or "Mammy" stand out here. This is a bit distinct from "Naming slavery" as these practices post-date enslavement. JB |
|
| 1469 | Mute | Health and Illness | ||
| 4637 | Music | Entertainment | ||
| 300 | Music | Slavery | ||
| 750 | Murder | Crime | ||
| 1722 | Municipal meeting | Government | ||
| 3207 | Multiculturalism | Cultural Identity | ||
| 4953 | Moving away | History | ||
| 1285 | Movies | Entertainment | ||
| 1287 | Movies | Mass Media | ||
| 2242 | Movement to city | Migration |
This keyword refers to references or descriptions of characters who move from a less urban to a more urban environment, and is equally appropriate when someone moves from Frenchman's Bend to Jefferson and when someone from Jefferson moves to Memphis or New York. SR |
|
| 1656 | Mourning | Clothes | ||
| 2285 | Motoring clothes | Clothes |
Clothes that people wear when they go for a drive. JB |
|
| 2278 | Motoring | Entertainment |
Any time someone goes driving for recreational reasons. JB |
|
| 2277 | Motor vehicle | Law |
This keyword notes the creation and enforcement of motor vehicle laws. Notably the prohibition on automobiles by Colonel John Sartoris. JB |
|
| 3934 | Moonshining | Crime | ||
| 3935 | Moonshine | Economy | ||
| 3249 | Moonshine | Alcohol |
| Term ID |
Term |
Parent | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1057 | Naming self | Verbal | ||
| 4846 | Mutilation | Violent | ||
| 819 | Murder | Violent | ||
| 3152 | Mumbling | Verbal | ||
| 1128 | Mule | Movement | ||
| 351 | Movement | (First level term) | ||
| 3054 | Mourning | Emotional | ||
| 4405 | Moralizing | Verbal | ||
| 350 | Moral | (First level term) |
| Term ID |
Term |
Parent | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2858 | Must | Olfactory | ||
| 4481 | Music | Auditory | ||
| 2771 | Murmur | Auditory | ||
| 3541 | Mud | Natural | ||
| 4806 | Moving wagon | Auditory | ||
| 3540 | Mountains | Natural | ||
| 2274 | Motordrome | Place | ||
| 3980 | Moss | Natural | ||
| 492 | Morning | Time of Day | ||
| 603 | Moonlit | Atmospheric | ||
| 3946 | Moon / Lunar | Otherworldly | ||
| 2049 | Moon | Place | ||
| 1427 | Moon | Natural | ||
| 3710 | Month of brides | Time of Year |
| Term ID |
Term |
Parent | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4307 | Multiple | Romantic |
I created this term for Gavin Stevens's multiple romantic relationships in Knight's Gambit to capture the emotional rather than sexual nature of his attachments.--LW |
|
| 1859 | Motherhood | Familial |
As a part of one's identity. I created it when Temple Drake (in Requiem) notes that she had become a mother but never exorcised her culturally improper sexual desires. SR |
|
| 656 | Mother-son | Familial | ||
| 2472 | Mother-son | Familial | ||
| 4837 | Mother-infant | Familial | ||
| 4550 | Mother-in-law | Familial | ||
| 1271 | Mother-daughter passim | Familial | ||
| 604 | Mother-daughter | Familial |