Pike's Ghost

Larry Miller · 27 Nov 2011, 21:49 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: decanus1284 at gmail.com (Larry Miller)
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:49:27 -0500
Subject: (urth) Pike's Ghost
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While Jonas isnt a saintly name it is derived from the bible.  As to
your other point all the human characters that are from
pre-Conciliator era such as Declan, Hadelin,  Zama,  Herena, even Ymar
all named after saints.  Ceryx the Necromancer who also possesses some
mental abilities and who is also probably from off-world bears a
mythological name. Wolfes naming scheme still sticks.

On 11/27/11, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> --- On Sun, 11/27/11, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>
>>
>> I think your reasoning is spot on, larry. If Wolfe wanted
>> us to think
>>
>> of Typhon as a normal, Commonwealthy sort of human he would
>> have been
>>
>> given a saint name. Other non-human aliens are given Roman
>> names like
>>
>> Inire, Cumaean, Barbatus and Famulimus. Alien monsters are
>> given monster
>>
>> names from mythology like Abaia, Erebus and Scylla. Why
>> should Typhon not
>>
>> follow the same rules?
>>
>>
>
> The only thing here is that he is from pre-conciliator times (as was Jonas)
> so it is not clear whether his alien name is indicative of his nature or the
> time he was named and alive.  Admittedly, Jonas was not entirely organic,
> but his OT name is distinct from the saint's names, so the naming system on
> pre-conciliator relics and leftovers like Typhon (who could have even
> assumed the name in his pretension to godhood as he ascended to temporal
> authority) is a wee bit ambiguous.
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