2009-07-21, 06:33 PM
MetaSeraphim Wrote:http://bellocan.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=104&start=0
Very excellent resource, and very well done.
Amnesia Wrote:Leviathan means whale in hebrew [pronounced Leviatan]
Ariant is all based on Arabic stories.
El Nido, California
Nautilus Submarine.
Ereb, or Erebus, the god of Darkness.
"place of darkness between earth and Hades. Erebh means sunset, or evening". Maybe from here they got the Dawn Warrior.
Just a few comments on this... :f6:
Leviathan does mean whale in modern Hebrew, but in ancient Hebrew it refered to any large sea animal, and in particular a large sea monster that Yahweh defeated in the bible. Follow the etymology here.
Scherezade was Persian, not arabic. And the Farsi language is not related to Arabic, although Hebrew is.
Nido is spanish for nest, so "el nido" is "the nest."
Nautilus comes from greek meaning sailor, not submarine. It was the fictional submarine in Jules Verne's 20,000 leagues under the sea that was named after this.
Ereb is still throwing me for a loop, though. Anyone want to take up the etymology on this?