The "Twilit"

[Axle the Beast]

Alright, so we all know about the Twili in Twilight Princess. But what exactly does "Twilit" mean?

All of the bosses in the game except for Zant and Ganondorf had the word "Twilit" in their subtitle:

Twilit Parasite: Diababa
Twilit Igniter: Fyrus
Twilit Aquatic: Morpheel
Twilit Fossil: Stallord
Twilit Ice Mass: Blizzeta
Twilit Arachnid: Armogohma
Twilit Dragon: Argorok

But what does the term twilit mean? It could be a misspelling of Twili, or perhaps it was intended as "twilight lit" as in "lit by twilight". Both seem a bit weird and unlikely.

What makes it a little more confusing is the nature of all of the bosses. Not all of them are the same sort of creature. Fyrus and Blizzeta were people who were cursed by one of the Fused Shadows and then a Mirror Shard, respectively. Stallord was a dead beast, only revived by the Twilight Sword. The rest seemed to be just beasts.

All I can really theorize is that the term "twilit" applies to beasts or creatures created through dark twilight power. I assume this because it's the only explanation that really applies to all of these bosses. Most of them were dark creatures either created or mutated by a Fused Shadow or Mirror Shard (both containing some kind of Twili magic). Fyrus and Blizzeta were innocent people turned into monsters by the same power. And Stallord was revived through the Twilight Sword, which likely contained Twili sorcery as well.

Thoughts? Anyone agree with me?

[Shadsie]

I think you hit it on the head - "Twilit" in the case of the bosses seems to mean "possesed of twisted/incomptable with the Light Twilght Realm sorcery."

Or, it could have just been Nintendo naming to fit in with a running theme.

The general meaning of the word "twilit" is "lit by twilight." In "The Tweleve Kingdoms" (anime and book series completely unrelated to Zelda), there's a character who resides at "The Pagoda of Twilit Dew," for example, so I've seen the word used in a non-Zelda context. In Zelda context, I'd say it has something to do with the Twilight Realm magic (which, itself is clearly different than normal sunset-sunrise hour twilight).

[mandym287]

According to the link, http://www.translation-guide.com/free_online_translators.php?from=Latin&to=English, the entry 'Twilit' translates from Latin to English as 'crepusculum'.

Definitions of crepusculum on the Web:
• (Latin) dusk; this word is linked to the Latin word creper, meaning dark.
--And dusk is also twilight.