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Offline Cinth

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Name That Woe!
« on: May 22, 2013, 09:26:03 pm »
So I'm not the only person around here that wanted the woes to feel like they were part of Luminith's mythology.  Now Luminith has a mixed bag of mythologies (Greek and Norse currently), but do the woes feel like they reflect those mythologies.

Now lets play "Name That Woe!"
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"Drug Lord"  -->  "Cult of Dionysus"

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Re: Name That Woe!
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2013, 10:03:18 pm »
Perhaps Serial Killer could be changed to "Fanatic of (name)" where name is one of the greek/norse gods for whom it would seem logical (in a twisted sort of way, perhaps) for one of their devotees to go off the deep end in the direction of becoming a serial killer.

Or maybe something indicating a mythological killer, like "Recruiter for Hades" or "Rogue Valkyrie" or something.
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Re: Name That Woe!
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2013, 10:09:57 pm »
I've added a few optional choices.

Feast --> Persephone/Demeter/Freyr's Bounty

Persephone and Demeter were both Greek Gods of agriculture. Freyr was the closest to a God of farming I could find for the Norse being associated with prosperity, sunshine, and fair weather.
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Re: Name That Woe!
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2013, 10:12:28 pm »
Quote from: keith.lamothe on May 22, 2013, 10:03:18 pm
Perhaps Serial Killer could be changed to "Fanatic of (name)" where name is one of the greek/norse gods for whom it would seem logical (in a twisted sort of way, perhaps) for one of their devotees to go off the deep end in the direction of becoming a serial killer.

Or maybe something indicating a mythological killer, like "Recruiter for Hades" or "Rogue Valkyrie" or something.

Hand of Hel
She see death above, now she wants her share.
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Re: Name That Woe!
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2013, 10:31:47 pm »
Wildfire --> Logi's Wildfire/Fire/Flame

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There really was no Norse "god" of fire. There was Logi, who was of a race of sort of proto-giants who seems to have represented fire and whose name means "wildfire."

So Logi's name actually means wildfire.

Source: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_was_the_god_of_fire_in_Norse_mythology
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Re: Name That Woe!
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2013, 10:35:21 pm »
Quote from: Pepisolo on May 22, 2013, 10:31:47 pm
Wildfire --> Logi's Wildfire/Fire/Flame

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There really was no Norse "god" of fire. There was Logi, who was of a race of sort of proto-giants who seems to have represented fire and whose name means "wildfire."

So Logi's name actually means wildfire.

Source: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_was_the_god_of_fire_in_Norse_mythology
Might be easier if we go with the other side of the board for that one.

"Prometheus's Big Whoopsie"? ;)
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Re: Name That Woe!
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2013, 10:37:05 pm »
Quote from: Pepisolo on May 22, 2013, 10:31:47 pm
Wildfire --> Logi's Wildfire/Fire/Flame
Logi's Appetite

A play on the consuming nature of fire :)
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Re: Name That Woe!
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2013, 10:39:00 pm »
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"Prometheus's Big Whoopsie"?

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Logi's Appetite

I vote for both.
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Re: Name That Woe!
« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2013, 10:45:03 pm »
Or you could look to the actual deity that embodied fire (and some other stuff)  :P 
Hephaestus
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Re: Name That Woe!
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2013, 11:26:16 pm »
Quote from: Pepisolo on May 22, 2013, 10:09:57 pm
I've added a few optional choices.

Feast --> Persephone/Demeter/Freyr's Bounty

Persephone and Demeter were both Greek Gods of agriculture. Freyr was the closest to a God of farming I could find for the Norse being associated with prosperity, sunshine, and fair weather.

And Persephone won!
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Re: Name That Woe!
« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2013, 04:13:55 am »
Influenza -> Apollo's Judgement (or Asclepius or another)

Black Death -> the passing of Hel (Holler or Hel)? Norse god of disease.

I think serial killer and human vanity can be further renamed.
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Re: Name That Woe!
« Reply #11 on: May 23, 2013, 10:42:27 am »
I think Black Death is already suitable to the overall theme of the game.  Avoiding modern or matter-of-fact/literal terminology is nice, but I don't think everything has to fit into greek or norse categories.
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Re: Name That Woe!
« Reply #12 on: May 23, 2013, 11:05:04 am »
Site for further research: http://www.godchecker.com/
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Re: Name That Woe!
« Reply #13 on: May 23, 2013, 01:24:51 pm »
Quote from: Pepisolo on May 23, 2013, 11:05:04 am
Site for further research: http://www.godchecker.com/

Is that site trustworthy? I wasn't all that sure when I came across it.
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Re: Name That Woe!
« Reply #14 on: May 23, 2013, 03:26:37 pm »
Quote from: zharmad on May 23, 2013, 01:24:51 pm
Quote from: Pepisolo on May 23, 2013, 11:05:04 am
Site for further research: http://www.godchecker.com/

Is that site trustworthy? I wasn't all that sure when I came across it.

Looks alright to me. Only recently stumbled across it, though. Looks fairly professional.
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