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Post by Pale on Aug 25, 2003 9:45:52 GMT -5
Similar to my thread in "The Scar" Forum. The following are possible,or scandously tenuous, meanings behind character or place names in PSS.
Perdido [Spanish:
noun Monte .a mountain in NE Spain, in the central Pyrenees. Height: 3352 m (10997 ft.)
French name: (Mont) Perdu
Runagate (Rampant )
noun (archaic) a a vagabond, fugitive, or renegade
b example: a runagate priest
[ETYMOLOGY: 16th Century: variant (influenced by run) of renegade]
More soon
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Post by Captain Psyko on Aug 25, 2003 23:24:03 GMT -5
Perdido is just spanish for Lost last I checked.
There may be something there, but it's not as deep as you seem to want to make it.
And yes, I am Captain psyko from WoTmania. I don't think I'll be taking a charachter name (even though this time all the good ones aren't quite taken yet)
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Post by Mort on Aug 28, 2003 17:15:34 GMT -5
I'm not sure that we need to ascribe hugely deep and meaningful reasons behind the names; however (howeve sounds better than the ubiquitous BUT) I think we also need to remember that CM is British and seems to enjoy having puns/literary allusions behind a lot of his names (a little similar to Gaiman here).
Hence - Perdido = Lost which is either a snide comment about New Crobuzon itself or else a ironic reflection that this is the only structure that cannot get lost in the entire city...
Trying to think of some others - obviously Isaac and Isaac Newton, although, let us face it, Newwton found a little more popularity in his time, and a lot more fame and influence.
More to come from me as well, just started to re-read this one.
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Post by Doul on Aug 29, 2003 2:56:02 GMT -5
actually, i just read an article on Newton and in the beginning of his career he was a loner and refused to share any of his theories with others etc.  |
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Post by Lus on Sept 5, 2003 12:23:26 GMT -5
Perdido indeed means "lost", but in this case it refers to Perdido St. in New Orleans. When he was younger, China read a book about voodoo (can't remember the title) in which a character named Mrs Crobuzon lived in that street. The names stuck and eventually made it to the novel.
Best,
Luís
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Post by Doul on Sept 5, 2003 12:50:28 GMT -5
Really? lol. Cheers luis (i assume you are luis rodrigues?). I suppose you can tell us loads of stuff about China and his stuff... *hint hint* ;D  |
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Post by Rutherford on Sept 9, 2003 11:33:16 GMT -5
Khepri was the one of the class of Egyptian gods associated with a particular animal. Khepri was the sacred scarab. The scarab is a type of dung beetle common throughout Egypt. The word Kheper means "scarab" in Egyptian and Khepri was also known as Khepera.
The scarab's habit of laying eggs in animal dung as well as the bodies of dead scarabs was noticed by the Egyptians. The subsequent hatching of the eggs from this seemingly unpromising material lead to the Egyptians associating the scarab with renewal, rebirth and resurrection. The scarab's habit of rolling up dung into spheres and pushing it across the ground was also noted by the Ancient Egyptians.
Khepri was often associated with the Sun and was conceived as a gigantic scarab rolling the Sun before him across the sky. The renewal and rebirth associated with the scarab also came into play here. Khepri renewed the Sun each day before rolling it above the horizon and carried it safely through the other world after sunset to renew it the next day.
Khepri was variously represented as a scarab, a man with the face of a scarab and a man whose head was surmounted by a scarab.
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Post by Luis on Sept 13, 2003 0:57:30 GMT -5
Yup, that's me. I'm afraid I don't know much more than what you already do, though, but I usually post to the RR mailing list whenever something new comes up. I'm just not updating the Runagate Rampant site because I'm practically locked outside of it, the service provided by Netfirms isn't what it used to be (I get what I pay for, anyway . . .)
I'll set up a new and improved RR site when I have more time in my hands -- if you know of a good host that supports Perl, PHP, MySQL, or even someone willing to donate server space, please don't hesitate let me know.
Best,
Luís
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Post by edboltz on Aug 3, 2004 0:11:58 GMT -5
VODYANOI (Aquatic Umber Hulk)
Large Aberration (Aquatic)
The vodyanoi are a variety of umber hulk that dwell in deep bodies of fresh water. They do not have the gaze attack of the umber hulk, but can swim (20 ft). They are otherwise identical with their land bound cousins.
From Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Fiend Folio
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