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Re: Real World Name Origins?
In French, Yves literally means "yew," though one could take that as referring to the Tree of Life. :) (I'd never caught the semi-Hebrew pun, though; clever!)
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07-01-2013, 09:39 PM | #12 |
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Re: Real World Name Origins?
Although there is a major strain of Islamic folklore which identifies them as angels who refused to take sides in the Rebellion. They were cast out of Heaven for not serving God, but not bound in Hell because they didn't rebel. A similar origin for the Faerie folk is postulated in European Christian folklore.
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07-02-2013, 11:17 PM | #13 | |
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07-03-2013, 12:16 AM | #14 |
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If it helps, the Queen of Faerie is popularly supposed to owe a tithe to Hell every seven years, usually paid in the form of a kidnapped mortal, for otherwise one of their own would have to go.
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07-03-2013, 12:37 AM | #15 |
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It's also the Victorian age reason for why they were once mighty greater than man, but by the "modern age" had dwindled to tiny pixies. Without God, Satan, or true eternal souls to maintain them, they naturally fade.
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07-03-2013, 12:41 AM | #16 |
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Christianity never liked anything fanciful or magical that couldn't be directly tied to their God, or Satan. Kind of a dark syncretism version of Roman's turning every foreign god into another name for their own.
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07-03-2013, 01:10 AM | #17 | |
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Well, naturally. Islam's not any different, really, hence the folklore about the Djinn, whose origins, like the Faerie, are divine/spiritual beings reverenced locally before the imposition of monotheism. |
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07-03-2013, 06:51 AM | #18 |
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Interesting stuff! I love folklore like this. I wish I had more time to study it!
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02-22-2014, 09:10 PM | #19 |
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Re: Real World Name Origins?
I found myself checking "Khalid" recently. While it's a fairly common name in Arabic, it's also exceptionally fitting for the Archangel of Faith -- the name means "Eternal" or "Immortal."
It probably also doesn't hurt that Khalid ibn al-Walid was a noted military commander who converted to Islam and was a companion of Muhammad himself. At one battle, Khalid is said to have fought so fiercely that he used and broke nine swords.
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02-22-2014, 11:29 PM | #20 |
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Re: Real World Name Origins?
Baal, Saminga (or Samigina), Valefor (or Valefar), Beleth, Asmodeus, Furfur, Malphas, Haagenti, Vapula, Andrealphus, and Belial all go back to the Goetic precursor of the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, although obviously Baal, Asmodeus, and Belial extend further back. I'm not going to bother cross-checking the Goetia and Incyclopedia extensively but there are a few more minor NPCs from the Pseudomonarchia/Lesser Key as well.
Nybbas appears in some sources as a bufoonish demon who sends false dreams, which seems about accurate. Maybe some etymological connection to Nihbhaz of 2 Kings or the Babylonian god Nebu, but that seems to be speculation. |
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