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- From: Ulf.Gunnarsson@f1077.n147.z1.fidonet.org (Ulf Gunnarsson)
- Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
- Path: sparky!uunet!blkcat!Uucp
- Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
- Subject: HELP! name searching.
- Message-ID: <725367689.AA00000@blkcat.UUCP>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 23:31:00 -0500
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- Lothar talked some on names:
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- TWB>>Not all of the names of characters in period stories were borne by real
- >>people. "Kvedulfr" from Egil's Saga means "Night Wolf" or werewolf.
- >>This is NOT a name that a real Norseman would be proud to bear. It had
- >>overtones of berserk madness, evil and magic, three things that made
- >>Norsemen edgy.
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- I'm not so sure of this, Lothar. I have a friend here who goes by the
- handle of "Werewolf" and has had his name legally changed to "Wolf". He
- likes to make people edgy. Some people are proud of their misdeeds. Look
- in the armorial sometime at the various anti-social bynames being used
- in the SCA.
- Now, I am not speaking from a researched point of view, but I would
- assume that the Norse were not too different than we are today. They
- would have their share of self-proclaimed trouble-makers. AS WELL AS the
- number of people who get a name stuck on them by others. A friend of
- mine is named Hakon, but my children had trouble saying the word. To
- this day, they and many others call him "Bacon".
- So. I would not toss out the names that are a bit disturbing. BUT I
- do agree highly that one should examine the source and the meaning
- behind literary names before adopting them, if for no other reason than
- to be aware of how others will perceive you.
-
- Ulf
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