Skagganauk abyss? In Roger Zelazney's Creatures of Light and Darkness, he imagines the Egyptian Typhon, brother of Set, as a void that often takes the form of a stallion. He calls this entity "Skagganauk Abyss", which I always took to be a form of Ginnungagap, the primordial void of Norse mythology. This modern interpretation is resonant, so I'm wondering about its mythical roots. * What is the possible meaning of "Skagganauk"? Was it purely invented, or does it come from somewhere?

As stated here: "Typhon appears as a black horse-shadow, without a horse to cast it. He contains within himself something called Skagganauk Abyss, **which resembles a black hole** , not a term in common use at the time"

So perhaps composed form Old Norse words with little regard for grammar:

* _skaði_ \- death, harm
* _ganga_ \- to go (into), to reside in
* _auka_ \- increase, augment; add; exceed, surpass;



as in "the abyss, going into it exceeds death", which would be a very poetic description for a black hole.