References to Literature and Poetry in World of Warcraft

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World of WarcraftA Song of Ice and FireAlice in Wonderland

돌연변이 물고기 별미, : The Use effect states "Eat me," which is what Alice's cake says that causes her to grow.

노겐포저의 비약: The Use effect states "Drink me," which is what Alice's bottle says that causes her to shrink. Noggenfogger also can cause the user to greatly shrink (노겐포저의 비약). 소인족 기름 also has similar text and an effect.

The Anarchist's Cookbook신비술사의 요리책The Anarchist's CookbookBeat Movement연금술사 버로스William S. Burroughs신비술사 진스버그Allen Ginsberg아제크 루아크Jack Kerouac얼가딘 경J. D. SalingerThe Bible

온유한 자가 칼림도어를 차지할지니: "Blessed are the meek: for they will inherit the earth" is a line from Matthew's Beatitudes.

일용할 양식: Line from The Lord's Prayer.

경험치 더 쌓고 오세요: References to swords to ploughshares from the Book of Isaiah, showing how military equipment can be repurposed in times of peace. This achievement requires you to win the battleground quickly, minimizing bloodshed.

The Book of Five Rings다섯 고리의 어깨덮개The Book of Five RingsBeowulf드로틴 흐로스가르British Poetry"Ode to a Nightingale," John Keatsdissolve, and quite forgetDarklingOf perilous seasfaery lands forlorn

MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains

My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk,

Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains

One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk:

'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot,

But being too happy in thine happiness,

That thou, light-wingèd Dryad of the trees,

In some melodious plot

Of beechen green, and shadows numberless,

Singest of summer in full-throated ease.

Cool'd a long age in the deep-delvèd earth,

Tasting of Flora and the country-green,

Dance, and Provençal song, and sunburnt mirth!

O for a beaker full of the warm South!

Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene,

With beaded bubbles winking at the brim,

And purple-stainèd mouth;

That I might drink, and leave the world unseen,

And with thee fade away into the forest dim:

What thou among the leaves hast never known,

The weariness, the fever, and the fret

Here, where men sit and hear each other groan;

Where palsy shakes a few, sad, last grey hairs,

Where youth grows pale, and spectre-thin, and dies;

Where but to think is to be full of sorrow

And leaden-eyed despairs;

Where beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes,

Or new Love pine at them beyond to-morrow.

Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards,

But on the viewless wings of Poesy,

Though the dull brain perplexes and retards:

Already with thee! tender is the night,

And haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne,

Cluster'd around by all her starry Fays

But here there is no light,

Save what from heaven is with the breezes blown

Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways.

I cannot see what flowers are at my feet,

Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs,

But, in embalmèd darkness, guess each sweet

Wherewith the seasonable month endows

The grass, the thicket, and the fruit-tree wild;

White hawthorn, and the pastoral eglantine;

Fast-fading violets cover'd up in leaves;

And mid-May's eldest child,

The coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine,

The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves.

I have been half in love with easeful Death,

Call'd him soft names in many a musèd rhyme,

To take into the air my quiet breath;

Now more than ever seems it rich to die,

To cease upon the midnight with no pain,

While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad

In such an ecstasy!

Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain—

To thy high requiem become a sod.

No hungry generations tread thee down;

The voice I hear this passing night was heard

In ancient days by emperor and clown:

Perhaps the self-same song that found a path

Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home,

She stood in tears amid the alien corn;

The same that ofttimes hath

Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam

To toll me back from thee to my sole self!

Adieu! the fancy cannot cheat so well

As she is famed to do, deceiving elf.

Adieu! adieu! thy plaintive anthem fades

Past the near meadows, over the still stream,

Up the hill-side; and now 'tis buried deep

In the next valley-glades:

Was it a vision, or a waking dream?

Fled is that music:—do I wake or sleep?

"To Autumn," John KeatsSEASON of mistsfruit the vinesthatch-eves runbend with applesripeness to the core;flowers for the beeswinnowing windhalf-reap’d furrowtwined flowersgleanerbarred cloudsbloom the soft-dying day"To Sleep," John Keatsgloom-pleased eyessoothest Sleeplulling charitiesbreeding many woescurious conscienceburrowing like a molecasket of my soul"Bright Star," John Keatslone splendourmoving watersnew soft-fallen maskOf snowstedfastsweet unrest"The Waste Land," T. S. Eliotroots that clutchbroken imagesdry stonered rockStirring the patternwitheredstumps of time

Line 173:
The river's tent is broken: the last fingers of leaf
Clutch and sink into the wet bank. The wind
Crosses the brown land, unheard.rattle of the boneschuckle spread from ear to earfaces sneer and snarllamentationendless plains

Line 385:
In this decayed hole among the mountains
In the faint moonlight, the grass is singing
Over the tumbled graves, about the chapel
There is the empty chapel, only the wind’s home.
It has no windows, and the door swings,
Dry bones can harm no one.
Only a cock stood on the roof-tree
Co co rico co co rico
In a flash of lightning.aetherial rumours

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," T. S. Eliot

Line 4:

Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
The muttering retreats	5
Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:

Streets that follow like a tedious argument
Of insidious intent

Line 15:

The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes, 15

The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes

Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening,

Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains,

Line 84 (this item also summons a ghost):

I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,

And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, 85

And in short, I was afraid.

"The Daffodills," Wordsworth

The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee:
A Poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

"The Lady of Shallot," Tennyson

Four grey walls, and four grey towers,
Overlook a space of flowers,
And the silent isle imbowers
The Lady of Shalott.

There she weaves by night and day
A magic web with colours gay.
She has heard a whisper say,
A curse is on her if she stay.

"Sonnet 73," Shakespeare

In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,
As the death-bed whereon it must expire
Consumed with that which it was nourish'd by.

"Ode to Psyche," Keats

Yes, I will be thy priest, and build a fane
In some untrodden region of my mind,
Where branchèd thoughts, new grown with pleasant pain,
Instead of pines shall murmur in the wind:

"Ode on Melancholy," Keats

Though seen of none save him whose strenuous tongue
Can burst Joy's grape against his palate fine;
His soul shall taste the anguish of her might,
And be among her cloudy trophies hung.

"By the Aurelian Wall: In Memory of John Keats," Bliss Carman

By the Aurelian Wall,
Where the long shadows of the centuries fall
From Caius Cestius' tomb
A weary mortal seeking rest found room
For quiet burial,

Catch 22

순순히 물러나면 빠른 전멸은 일어나지 않을 것입니다: Reference to the following dialogue in Catch 22: "Dobbs: Help the bombardier!" "Yossarian: I'm the bombardier, I'm all right." "Dobbs: Then help HIM, help HIM!"

Charles Dickens

구두쇠: Reference to the main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, of A Christmas Carol who initially has a gloomy outlook on Christmas.

Crime and Punishment

니코바 라스콜, who wanders around Stormwind, is an inversion of Raskolnikov.
While thematically unrelated to the novel, 죄와 벌 is a quest in Dread Wastes. 죄와 벌 was a removed quest that sent players to the Stockades.

C.S. Lewis

여명의 발보호대: Voyage of the Dawn Treader is the name of the third novel in the Chronicles of Narnia series.

Dale Carnegie

How to Win Friends and Influence People is one of the most famous books on how to improve networking skills, and 친구를 사귀고 적을 감화시키는 방법 is one of the starting Death Knight quests.

Dances with Wolves

수액괴물과 춤을 (10인): Reference to the book Dancing with Wolves.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

감쪽같은 기계개구리: The main character in this story spends the story wondering if a toad pet is real or a robot.

Don Quixote

장난감 풍차: The titular character of Don Quixote famously attacks windmills, believing them to be giants.

Dracula

미나 하르켄 / 헤이즐 베인립: This Alliance Worgen follower, who fittingly is a Blood Elf Death Knight, is a tribute to the protagonist Mina Harker.

Dr. Seuss

녹색 알과 새끼용 and 알 부침을 곁들인 녹색 햄 reference the famous children's book Green Eggs and Ham.
로락스: This NPC formerly gave Blacksmithing quests before Cataclysm. It is a tribute to the beloved tale The Lorax.
During the Feast of Winter Veil, players can defeat the 썩은내 그린치 who has stolen Christmas! He has the abilities 겨울맞이 축제 트리 던지기, 심장 축소 and 이상한 눈사람 던지기. This is needed for the quest 고약한 녀석... in which you acquire the 도둑맞은 장난감. These are all references to How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Dune

좀 가바르: Tribute to the deadly Gom Jabbar, a poison needle. The box icon refers to the box the "humanity test" is conducted in--if you pull your hand out of the painful box, you are stung with the gom jabbar. The buff icon looks like a needle too: 좀 가바르.
The quest rewards from 뼈미늘벌레 성충 are Crysknives, weapons created from Shai-Hulud the giant sandworm. 딥무아드의 비수 references Muad'Dib, 존경받는 어머니의 비수 references a Bene Gesserit after she's completed the Spice Agony transformation, and 샤니의 비수 references Chani.

Edgar Allan Poe

바다 옆에서, 두 번 다시는: This is a reference to two of his famous poems--"The Raven" (Nevermore) and "Annabel Lee" (In the kingdom by the sea).
길니아스 까마귀: This battle pet references "The Raven" and has the ability 엄금. The NPC who sells you the pet, 윌 라슨스, has the pet 포.
엄금: This Garrison mission sends you to fight the ravens in Spires of Arak.

Emperor's New Clothes

벌거벗은 임금님의 단망토: This cape has an invisible model, referencing the Hans Christian Andersen tale. In this fairy tale, two tailors convince the emperor that they have expensive cloth that only the wisest people can see. The Emperor is afraid to admit that he sees nothing, and "dresses" himself in nothing for a parade.

Fifty Shades of Grey

In the quest 예를 갖추어, Reshad and Percival are searching Syth's hut for important texts when they come across Fifty Layers of Shadow instead:
Reshad says: Fifty Layers of Shadows? PERCIVAL, YOU PUT THAT BACK THIS INSTANT.
Reshad says: Nasty bird...

Fight Club

싸움꾼 조합의 첫 번째 규칙 (1 시즌 또는 2 시즌), 피의 투기장의 첫 번째 규칙은 피의 투기장에 대해 이야기하지 않는 것이다: The First Rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club.
싸움꾼 조합의 두 번째 규칙 (1 시즌): The second rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club.
망할 템렙 따위는 중요하지 않아 (1 시즌): Reference to the anti-consumerist rant You Are Not Your ***** Khakis.
격투 곤봉: This rare item has such a low droprate from Scarlet Monastery, it's like they don't want you to talk about it.

Foxtrot

루날의 습기망치 is an imaginary weapon mentioned in this episode.

Hamlet

오필리아 몬테규 is a ghost banker in the Undercity, referring to her tragic story.
더지 퀵클레이브 gives the quest 조개 별미, in which he orders you to "Get thee to a cheesery!" This is a reference to the famous line "Get thee to a nunnery."

Harry Potter

살아남은 딸 is a reference to "The Boy Who Lived"--a common description of Harry Potter.
비밀의 방: This removed quest was part of the Scourge Invasion event before Wrath of the Lich King. It references the second novel in the Harry Potter series.

Hemingway

노움과 바다: Tribute to the novella The Old Man and the Sea, a fishing expedition gone badly.
가시덤불 골짜기의 푸른 언덕: Reference to Green Hills of Africa, Hemingway's second non-fiction work.
헤멧 네싱워리: 수집 퀘스트: Hemet Nesingwary is an anagram of Ernest Hemingway. He shows up in every expansion asking you to kill a certain number of animals.
흰 엘레크 언덕: Tribute to the short story Hills Like White Elephants.
노스렌드의 설원: Tribute to the short story The Snows of Kilimanjaro.
헤멧 네싱워리 is feeling exploited in Warlords of Draenor by the Alliance and Horde. You can find him drinking and throwing dynamite at fish in Nagrand. If you share a drink with him, he will later join your Garrison.
네싱워리의 잃어버린 뿔피리 is an item found in Ashran which summons a stampede of Nesingwary's pets: 비단날개, 수컷 무쇠가죽 갈래발굽, 사이프러스 대머리수리, 쿵쿵발, 공포뿔, 크로쉬크, 기비

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The four heads needed for 더러워도 없는 것보단 낫다 spell out Zaphod Beeblebrox. On this quest, you must fight two-headed ogres.

The Hulk

무적의 괴물: Tribute to the superhero The Incredible Hulk who has appeared in numerous comic books.

Isaac Asimov

아시모프의 외투: Named after the famous writer of science fiction and science books. The boss this drops from, Mimiron, fits the theme of his stories.
로봇이어도 괜찮아, which rewards the follower item 기름투성이 정비공 지침서, is a followup to the Burning Crusade quest 고철절단기 X6000 in which you test out a newly-controlled robot that save Area 52 from 네가트론. It looks like the robot controlling system has been perfected if you can acquire 기름투성이 정비공 지침서. These all refer to I, Robot, a collection of sci-fi short stories.

Jules Verne

해저 2만리: Name of his famous book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

King Arthur

창의 달인: Reference to Sir Lancelot, King Arthur's greatest champion. The achievement requires the player to joust at the Argent Tournament.
잃어버린 검을 찾아서: Reference to The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White covering the fantasy childhood of King Arthur.

Lovecraft

베리난드의 연구 일지: In the quest 부끄러운 줄도 모르나 봐요?, the research is referred to as the Arcanomicron, a clear reference to the Necronomicon that frequently appears in Lovecraft's short stories.
요그사론의 꿈속으로 (25인): Reference to "In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming."
While the 요그사론의 수수께끼 상자 is a Hellraiser reference, there are also numerous Cthulhu references that box can whisper to you.
잘라토 - 피의 울음소리의 황폐한 환영 also whispers things to users that build upon the mythology of the Old Gods.
덱스트렌 워드의 장갑 and 죄와 벌, removed Stockades quests, are tributes to The Case of Charles Dexter Ward which also has a body-snatcher.

Macbeth

소리와 분노로 가득한: From Macbeth's famous soliloquy: " It is a / Tale told by and idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing."

The Merchant of Venice

작업용 재료 수집: One of the materials needed for this quest is 갓 저민 고깃덩이, which is what Shylock must promise Antonio. This item is also sold by 안톤. There is also the junk item 살점 덩어리.

Mistborn

생존자의 동전 가방: Tribute to the Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. References Allomancy, which allows characters to push on metal in order to propel themselves great distances over articles. An important character with this ability was the Survivor of Hathsin. In WoW, this item has a really neat way to obtain it which pays tribute to the series as well, including 레이슬렉의 유령.
Moby Dick

지옥의 심장에서 그대를 찌르노라: Ahab dooms his crew and ship with his obsession with Moby Dick, yelling the famous line "…to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee." right before he gets stuck in his harpoon rope and is dragged into the sea.

Must Love Dogs

애견인만 모십니다: Based on Must Love Dogs, a book by Claire Cook that was later turned into a movie. This achievement requires players to all have dog pets out while fighting a specific boss.

Mythology

황금 양털: In Jason and the Argonauts, the Golden Fleece was a treasure Jason sought to find in order to rightfully claim the throne of Iolcus. In game, the fleece makes you shimmer and can spawn additional gold when a mob dies.
제초검: Named after a legendary broadsword which had the power to control the wind. Legend has it that when trapped in a burning field of grass, Yamato Takeru was able to turn the flames back on his enemies as he was cutting down the grass. This is also considered one of the three Imperial Regalia of Japan, which is referenced in the flavor text.

Nietzsche

심연도 너를 들여다보리니: Taken from the quote "He who fights monsters should see to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you," from the book Beyond Good and Evil.
광기의 수정: The flavor text references a famous quote by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche: "When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back into you."

Oglaf

해골 잔: This poorly-designed cup doesn't retain liquid, as according to the archaeology notes, the liquid drips out of the eye sockets. This is a reference to one of Oglaf's comics. (Note: the comic is safe for work, but many others are not.)

P.G. Wodehouse

지브스 is named after the butler in P. G. Wodehouse's short stories. Like the butler, the engineering robot is very talented and offers a variety of services like bank access and repairs.

Ray Bradbury

브래드베리의 엔트로피 다리보호대 is a direct reference to noted science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. They drop from 화염술사 쾨글러, who burns books in his encounter--a nod to Bradbury's famous book Fahrenheit 451.
온도 감지 목걸이: The flavor text references the title of Fahrenheit 451.

The Right Stuff

필사의 도전: The Right Stuff is a book covering the U.S. postwar space program. It was later turned into a film. This achievement describes a significant milestone in Azeroth travel.

Red Riding Hood

커다랗고 나쁜 늑대 is one of the possible Opera Events in 카라잔. In this encounter, the 커다랗고 나쁜 늑대 chases around a player, who turns into 빨간 두건 and has no armor but gains increased run speed.
커다란 나쁜 늑대의 머리 and 커다란 나쁜 늑대의 앞발 are obvious references to the evil wolf in the fairy tale.
늑대잡이 저격용 총: In some versions of the fairy tale, a hunter shoots the wolf at the end.
빨간 두건의 망토: Just like Little Red Riding Hood's noticeable cloak, the in-game one is red too.
가시 돋힌 목줄: This pet is a tiny version of the wolf--the flavor text suggests he's often hidden in Red Riding Hood's basket of sweets.

Rime of the Ancient Mariner

보물이 차올라서 가방을 들어: Reference to the poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Coleridge, specifically the phrase "Water, water, every where, / And all the boards did shrink; / Water, water, every where, / Nor any drop to drink."

Robert Burns

장미처럼 붉은 내 사랑: Reference to the famous poem "My Love is Like A Red, Red Rose". This achievement is part of 온누리에 사랑을 as well.

Romeo and Juliet

The 로밀로 and 줄리엔 encounter in 카라잔 have loot that references Romeo and Juliet. Romeo's abilities reference swordsmanship, such as 독칼 찌르기, and 줄리엔's abilities reference their love, such as 눈부신 열정. To defeat these encounter, they must both die at the same time or they will resurrect each other.
로밀로의 독약병: When Romeo thought Juliet had died, he ended his life by drinking a vial of poison.
대답 없는 사랑의 비수: When Juliet woke up after faking her death and saw Romeo had killed himself, she stabbed herself with his dagger. This could also reference Paris, whose love for Juliet was not returned.
가장무도회 드레스: Romeo and Juliet met at a masked ball.
절망의 검: While the name is generic, the rest of 줄리엔's loot explicitly references the play and the name does fit the theme of the doomed lovers.
두 오우거 일족에게 저주를!: This Burning Crusade quest references the famous line "A plague o' both your houses!"
Several Undercity bankers are named after the Montagues, Romeo's family: 윌리엄 몬테규, 모티머 몬테규, 란돌프 몬테규
이름 이름이 뭐길래?: This Horde quest refers to the famous line "What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet."

Rowan of Rin

로완의 은탄환 소총: In this children's book, Rowan is an adventurous shpherd who has a magical gun and flock of sheep.

Sherlock Holmes

바스티아나 모란 / 코그아이 에임봇: This follower references the character Sebastian Moran. The in-game follower is a hunter, while Sebastian Moran was a sniper from the military.

Silence of the Lambs

When you grab the 오우거 타닌, an ogre screams "Noo! It puts the tannin in the basket, or else it gets the mallet again" which is a reference to the serial killer "Buffalo Bill" lowering a bucket down the well to his victims and saying "It rubs the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again."

A Song of Ice and Fire

시리오의 후견 장갑: A nod to Arya's dancing master, Syrio Forel. The gloves are itemized for agility, as fits his nimble fighting style, and the flavor text references his famous line, "What do we say to death?"
무정한 대가의 도끼: References the Greyjoy philosophy that one should pay the "iron price" and loot riches by killing foes, instead of acquiring riches through spending gold. The irony is that this is a great twink weapon with ilvl 417 available to level 81 players--so it's highly sought-after on the AH.
곰과 달곰한 아가씨: "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" is the name of a popular bawdy song frequently referenced in Westeros (lyrics here). It's also the name of the Season 3 Episode 7 show featuring Brienne fighting a bear in a pit (similar to a Brawler's Guild quest) wearing an ill-fitting pink dress (아름다운 블라우스).
조용한 섬의 로브: Mysterious location in A Feast of Crows which several characters visit.
대네리스 앰버스타 / 펠레졸: References Daenerys Targaryen--the follower has a Fire Mage spec as a tribute to Daenerys' dragons, is a Night Elf with white hair to match her appearance, and is dressed in a regal robe.
너흰 노예가 되지 않는다!: This is named after one of Daenerys' many titles.
서리와 불꽃의 노래: This is the very first quest players get in Frostfire Ridge.
티리온 is a gnome in Stormwind, 레이디 is a pet in Arathi Basin, "까마귀" 존존 was formerly an Undead in Stranglethorn, and 케르사이 더스크싱어 is an annoyed power-hungry blood elf.
The mission 다가온 여름 is the opposite of the motto "Winter is Coming." It rewards the item 야생의 벗과 친해지기, a term the Seven Kingdoms uses to describe the Free Folk.

Star Wars Universe

제국의 그림자: This novel fits in between "Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi." Sadly it was not made into a movie.

A Tale of Two Cities

The tailoring building in Booty Bay is called "A Tailor to Cities."

Terry Pratchett

Sam Vines of the City Watch shows up as 사령관 사마울 and 사령관 개런 바임스 in Dustwallow Marsh. 사령관 바인스 was added to the Blasted Lands in Warlords of Draenor.
Other members of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch show up: 하사관 크롤란 and 하사관 노브시.
Many NPCs in Duskwood are part of the Night's Watch.
고르인 리틀보톰 is running around panicked in Wyrmrest Temple along with 쿵쿵 군. The dialogue references the Lord Rhyolith encounter but the name refers to Cheery Littlebottom.
병영장 하르가: Reference to Harga's House of Ribs.
: Perfect for Rincewind who is always running away from danger.
The 으스스한 상자 battle pet, obtained during Hallow's End, is a reference to The Luggage which followed Rincewind around and ate anything harmful in its path. In-game, 으스스한 상자 will eat all critters in its path.

Tolkien

쐐기검: When Bilbo is killing spiders with his sword, he names it Sting.
아옳 칼날:Tribute to Morgul Blade, wielded by the Witch-King of Angmar.
한반지, 두반지, 오반지: Direct reference and humorous variations on The One Ring, the most powerful item in Middle-Earth, which drives the plot of Lord of the Rings.
귀중한 핏빛가시 실반지: This ring turns you invisible and is dropped by 고룸.
There is a special vignette in Spires of Arak at 58.6, 59.6 referencing The Hobbit. 투움, 보트, and 우림 (references to the three ogres Tom, Bert, and William), guard a chest. If you defeat the ogres and open the chest, you loot 12 드워프 수염 반지 and a 빈집털이의 조끼 for Bilbo.

Treasure Island

땅딸보 존 미스릴, who announces the start of the Gurubashi Arena, and 꺽다리 존 코퍼, a Bloodsail Buccaneer, are references to the opportunistic pirate Long John Silver.

Twilight

The first two novels of the Twilight Series are referenced in 황혼의 마법서, 초승달 의식, and 야한 연애 소설 - 푸른 달.
월식: Reference to The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third installment of the series. This achievement requires players to kill Twilight Sparks.
우아한 스완, the Innkeeper on the Timeless Isle, is named after the protagonist Bella Swan.

Unstoppable Force

불굴의 방패 and 단호의 철퇴: These two Alterac Valley items reference the popular question "What would happen if an unstoppable force would hit an immovable object?" They later made a reappearance in The Burning Crusade, with 단호하지 않은 철퇴 as vendor trash.

Walt Whitman

휘트 완트몰, a resident of Duskwood, is an anagram of the American poet Walt Whitman.
Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz encounter is a potential Opera Event in Karazhan. Players defeat Dorothee (Dorothy), Tito (her dog), Strawman (Scarecrow), Tinhead (Tin Man), Roar (Cowardly Lion) and finally the The Crone (Wicked Witch).
루비 끌신: Red slippers just like Dorothy's--while hers take her to Kansas, yours work as a Hearthstone.
사악한 마녀 모자 and 푸른 다이아몬드 마녀마법봉 are suitable props for the Wicked Witch of the West, Dorothy's antagonist.
The Wrath quest 녹는다... 녹아! references the final words of the Wicked Witch of the West.
티토 is a battle pet that can drop from this encounter, and 티토 장식 오라 can 뇌우 소환.

Wonder Woman

In a removed Feralas quest, players would free 아르코나린 from a prisoner's cage and escort her to her armor. She spins several times and then is fully dressed in her combat armor, and then says she wishes she has a golden lasso.

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Don't forget the battle pet, Tito. When he is active there will be a periodic mini tornado with a house in it that spawns around him.

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The NPC Nikova Raskol in Stormwind is a reference to the protagonist of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov

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There is also the toy; Rime of the Time-Lost Mariner from Timeless Isle, referencing The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and the battlepet Archimedes that shows up in the menagerie, referencing Merlin's pet owl in the disney classic "The Sword in the Stone".

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One of the early Draenor missions is called Speaker for the Dead, which is the title of the sequel to Ender's Game.

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You forgot As I walk Through the Valley of the Shadow of Moon

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There are so many! Thanks for this awesome guide!

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Another Bible reference, I believe, are the three Security/Interface computers in the Tribunal of Ages event in the Halls of Stone. Kaddrak, Marnak, and Abedneum are references to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abendnego, three young Jews brought to Babylon by the conquering Babylonians as told in the book of Daniel.

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This is a great list, but you missed one of my favourites. I guess this would be listed under Mythology: in the Highmaul raid area in draenor, there is a is a duo of Bosses who are huge cyclops (one-eyed ogrons in wow) named Pol and Phemos. This is in reference to Homer's "The Odyssey" where the hero Odysseus comes across a nasty Cyclops named Polyphemus - and Pol and Phemos is a reverse-portmanteau of his name :)

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if im not much mistaken there are a few flaws in your references to Tolkien
is sting not named after the slughter of the orcs and/or goblins in the hobit and the majority of kills there goes to gandalf the gray tho i can be mistaken but im pretty sure there are not spiders involved in that part.
is the Morgul Blade not wieled by all 9 dead kings of man from ages ago(the once using the 9 rings of man)
the rings could they not also relate to the rings the dwarf(7 rings), elf(3 rings) or man(9 rings) got?

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I think the 광포한 늑대 is also a reference to A Song of Ice and Fire. The flavor text on the mounts list says: "Once thought to be extinct except in the far north. Highly sought for those preparing for winter."

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the dune book series is represented also with a npc 슈이 할라드 the big worms of dune shai'hulud

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It's rather long but human males have a /silly joke referring to the Tolkein's LotR trilogy:

"So, I have this idea for a great movie. It's about two gnomes who find a bracelet of power, and they have to take it to the Burning Steppes and cast it into the Cauldron. They form the Brotherhood of the Bracelet. Along the way they're trailed by a murloc named Gottom, who's obsessed with the bracelet, and nine bracelet bogeymen. It could be a three-parter, called 'Ruler of the Bracelet'. The first part would be called 'The Brotherhood of the Bracelet', followed by 'A Couple of Towers', with the climactic ending called 'Hey, the King's Back!'"

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There is another Harry Potter reference you missed, though it is very recent. Beakbuck, he's in the broken isles somewhere. I forget exactly where. It's a reference to Hagrid's gryphon Buckbeak.

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Regarding the Fresh Pound of Flesh, the OP says "which is what Shylock must promise Antonio." Actually, it is the other way around. Shylock requires no usury for his loan to "a friend," but "in a merry sport" exacts an "equal pound of your fair flesh, to be cut off and taken In what part of your body pleaseth me."
And Antonio agrees to this. o.O

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The opening warfront quest line into Nazmir for the Alliance is basically Joseph Conrad's "The Heart of Darkness" (made into a movie "Apocalypse Now"). Sub Blood Trolls for savages and going up the river to meet (in WOW's case) Conrad while in the book and movie it's Kurtz (who's gone native) is also mirrored in the quest.

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Under "Dune" your missing Maud and Deeb. Rares in Tirisfal Glades

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The Sha of Fear achievement "The Mind Killer" is a reference to Dune. The Bene Gesserit's Litany Against Fear.

I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

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Oof, you missed one of the biggest references, The Legend of Zelda. The quest in Un'Goro , not sure if its still there but in vanilla, was one of my fondests memories for quests. Then theres the reference of Silvermoon City, taken from one of R.A. Salvatores books of Silverymoon coven.

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Another reference I appreciated a lot was Ari in the Mage Order Hall in Legion. She's a reference to Auri from Patrick Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicle series, and her quest The Proper Way of Things is a reference to the novella she narrates, The Slow Regard of Silent Things. At one point, she gives Kvothe, the protagonist a wooden ring, and a wooden ring is one of the quest rewards!

References to Literature and Poetry in World of Warcraft

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