: This is about unit names, their similarities and their
: origins. Some names have obvious European roots, such
: as those of Villagers, Peasants, Warriors and Bowmen.
: But other seem rather odd. What about the fir'Bolg,
: Mauls, and Warlocks? Where do their strange names come
: from?
It's mentioned in the Myth II Handbook that all Mauls are named for traditional names of Australian geographical landmarks (caves and such.) Apparently some aboriginal tribes found this somewhat offensive (though I'm not sure how they found out; I find it hard to imagine a tribesman living the traditional nomadic, palaeolithic life who happens to carry around a solar-powered laptop to play Myth on). The handbook also mentions that the Bowmen are all named after Popes and that the Warlock names are, as you might guess, Gaelic. "Eireallach" is a monster and "Malairt" means to barter. Also, all the target dummies are named after Bungie folks who worked on Myth. Useful thing, that handbook.
: Others still show striking similarities to eachother. The
: Ghols are named for actions; Basher, Killer, Beater,
: Mangler, and my favorite, Lamer. (Yes, 'lame' is a
: real verb, not just an adjective). Similarly, the
: Berserks are given a true name, and some verb-noun
: title, such as "Turgies with Burning Steel".
: And Myrmidons, being the dark kin of Berserks, have
: lost their true name and combined their titles to
: single strings, so Turgies above would become
: "Steelburn", or maybe the existing Myrmidon
: name "Ironflame". Igne Ferroque, anyone?
: And speaking of Latin, what of the Trow names? Does
: anyone here speak Latin? Care to translate them for
: us?
It's "Turgeis", by the way. I remember that a site used to list translations of the Trow names, but I'm not sure which
one or if it's still up. I can do it again over the next few days.
: One of my favorites is the Heron Guard naming scheme, as
: they are named after dates on the Bruig calender.
: Notice that the names are a number and a description
: of at least one thing. So I'm guessing that the Bruig
: calender is based on constellations and groups therof,
: such as: Flint Deer, Eagle Falling Sun, Motion Bloody
: Jaguar, Heron Waiting Cactus, Pride Stalking Rabbit,
: Vulture Drum, Stone Reed, Serpent Seeking Shadow,
: Lizard Tongue, Eagle Red Skull, Flint Puma, Serpent
: Falling Eagle, Wind Lizard, Serpent Rising Puma,
: Crocodile Rain, Coyote Flower, Bloody Crocodile,
: Rabbit Fleeing Jaguar, Moon Jeweled Fan, Jaguar White
: Flower, Obsidian Heron, Serpent Green Talon, Seven
: Devil Puma, Monkey Bloody Stone, Vulture Dog Star,
: Deer Burning Skull, Serpent Bloody Sun, Vulture Fire
: Serpent, Eagle Burning Stone, Eagle Jaguar Claw, Flint
: Sun Collar, Devil Burning Wind, Rain Jeweled Fan, Wind
: Moon Stone, and Flint Moon Eagle
: Maybe these contellations themselves are actually groups
: of constellations, like "Flint" and
: "Deer", "Eagle" and "Falling
: Sun". A few of them seem to break this rule, such
: as "Motion" and "Pride", as I
: can't think of how those would be displayed in images.
: But in general, this seems to be how Heron names work.
"Pride" could mean a group of carnivores, like a pride of lions (though I've never seen a pride of lions stalking a rabbit before.) And maybe the Motion constellation is the closest to the equator, so that it rotates faster than any of the other ones.
--SiliconDream
