- Bel Shamharoth is a chthonic god of the Underworld and the Dungeon Dimensions of Discworld who is drawn — with extra tenacles — greatly from the works of HP Lovecraft and is encountered in the first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic.
- Alphecca (stars.astro.illinois.edu)
ALPHECCA or GEMMA (Alpha Coronae Borealis). One of the very few stars with two commonly used names, Alphecca is the dominant (mid- second magnitude, 2.23) Alpha star of the delightful constellation Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, a semicircle of stars to the east of Arcturus that truly reminds the viewer of a heavenly crown, the constellation representing the crown of Ariadne.