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Hey, I was wondering if anyone knows the origin of the name:
Skylah? It's a female name. Other spellings include: Skyla, Skilah
Thanks!
Skylah? It's a female name. Other spellings include: Skyla, Skilah
Thanks!
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From *Encyclopedia Mythica":
"In Greek mythology, a sea monster who lived underneath a dangerous rock at one side of the Strait of Messia, opposite the whirlpool Charybdis. She threatened passing ships and in the Odyssey ate six of Odysseus' companions.
Scylla was a nymph, daughter of Phorcys. The fisherman-turned-sea-god Glaucus fell madly in love with her, but she fled from him onto the land where he could not follow. Dispair filled his heart. He went to the sorceress Circe to ask for a love potion to melt Scylla's heart. As he told his tale of love to Circe, she herself fell in love with him. She wooed him with her sweetest words and looks, but the sea-god would have none of her. Circe was furiously angry, but with Scylla and not with Glaucus. She prepared a vial of very powerful poison and poured it in the pool where Scylla bathed. As soon as the nymph entered the water she was transformed into a frightful monster with twelve feet and six heads, each with three rows of teeth. Below the waist her body was made up of hideous monsters, like dogs, who barked unceasingly. She stood there in utter misery, unable to move, loathing and destroying everything that came into her reach, a peril to all sailors who passed near her. Whenever a ship passed, each of her heads would seize one of the crew. "
P.S. In contemporary Greek, Skylla means bitch (of the female dog variety).
"In Greek mythology, a sea monster who lived underneath a dangerous rock at one side of the Strait of Messia, opposite the whirlpool Charybdis. She threatened passing ships and in the Odyssey ate six of Odysseus' companions.
Scylla was a nymph, daughter of Phorcys. The fisherman-turned-sea-god Glaucus fell madly in love with her, but she fled from him onto the land where he could not follow. Dispair filled his heart. He went to the sorceress Circe to ask for a love potion to melt Scylla's heart. As he told his tale of love to Circe, she herself fell in love with him. She wooed him with her sweetest words and looks, but the sea-god would have none of her. Circe was furiously angry, but with Scylla and not with Glaucus. She prepared a vial of very powerful poison and poured it in the pool where Scylla bathed. As soon as the nymph entered the water she was transformed into a frightful monster with twelve feet and six heads, each with three rows of teeth. Below the waist her body was made up of hideous monsters, like dogs, who barked unceasingly. She stood there in utter misery, unable to move, loathing and destroying everything that came into her reach, a peril to all sailors who passed near her. Whenever a ship passed, each of her heads would seize one of the crew. "
P.S. In contemporary Greek, Skylla means bitch (of the female dog variety).
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Interesting
In Danish today we actually have an expression which directly translated goes something like:
"Between Skylla and Charybdis"
e.g. "It was a tight fit between Skylla and Charybdis"
meaning that one has to walk a VERY narrow path between two evils.
In Danish today we actually have an expression which directly translated goes something like:
"Between Skylla and Charybdis"
e.g. "It was a tight fit between Skylla and Charybdis"
meaning that one has to walk a VERY narrow path between two evils.
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Bwahahaha! (Plus, another off-topic question for you...)
Phyllis , I'm mainly into classical mythology, so I need to pick yer brains regarding the Celtic stuff. Does the 3-fold goddess Brigit have different names for her other two incarnations? Or are they just Brigit-Brigit-Brigit?
I'm looking for a cool set of names for triplet girls, other than Alecto, Megaera and Tisiphone. And they have to be names that "go together". I'd really like something Celtic or Medieval-sounding. Who would you say are the top three Celtic goddesses? Are the top three related to each other in some way?
-- Nanaea
Phyllis , I'm mainly into classical mythology, so I need to pick yer brains regarding the Celtic stuff. Does the 3-fold goddess Brigit have different names for her other two incarnations? Or are they just Brigit-Brigit-Brigit?
I'm looking for a cool set of names for triplet girls, other than Alecto, Megaera and Tisiphone. And they have to be names that "go together". I'd really like something Celtic or Medieval-sounding. Who would you say are the top three Celtic goddesses? Are the top three related to each other in some way?
-- Nanaea
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Nanaea
The Morrigan was considered at one time to consist of three aspects, named Nemain, Macha and Badb.
The sources I've encountered about the triple aspects of Brigid said that they were all named Brigid (or Bride or something similar, I'll have to look it up again).
Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphora)
A little side note: You might get a kick out of this one legend pertaining to Macha and the warriors of Ulster (hint, hint).
The Morrigan was considered at one time to consist of three aspects, named Nemain, Macha and Badb.
The sources I've encountered about the triple aspects of Brigid said that they were all named Brigid (or Bride or something similar, I'll have to look it up again).
Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphora)
A little side note: You might get a kick out of this one legend pertaining to Macha and the warriors of Ulster (hint, hint).
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I kinda remembered that all three Brigids had the same name. Thanks for confirming! I'll check out those legends you'd mentioned.
-- Nanaea
-- Nanaea
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Nanaea
The legend concerns how Macha, pregnant at the time and VERY close to her due date, was forced by the King of Ulster to a footrace against his horses. She begged everyone she could to stop the race, but no one would.
She won the race, dropped in heavy labor, then, after delivering twins, set the curse upon the Sons of Ulster: "For nine generations, when the need for your strength is the greatest, you will suffer the pains of labor for four days and four nights."
I believe it is one of the side stories mentioned in the Tain (but I may be mistaken). Happy hunting ;D.
Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)
The legend concerns how Macha, pregnant at the time and VERY close to her due date, was forced by the King of Ulster to a footrace against his horses. She begged everyone she could to stop the race, but no one would.
She won the race, dropped in heavy labor, then, after delivering twins, set the curse upon the Sons of Ulster: "For nine generations, when the need for your strength is the greatest, you will suffer the pains of labor for four days and four nights."
I believe it is one of the side stories mentioned in the Tain (but I may be mistaken). Happy hunting ;D.
Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)
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Sounds like Esther Friesner may have borrowed some elements from that legend for a scene in her novel *Harlot's Ruse*. A good book, btw, by a great fantasy writer. Plus, Esther throws the coolest parties at her place.
-- Nanaea
-- Nanaea
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Not at all!
I like all three of those names -- no, actually I *love* those names -- and they go together nicely. Only drawback is that the characters represented by those names are completely opposite of what I'm looking for.
Hey, but you've got lots of good ideas, Zelda. Can you come up with triplets suggesting independent, self-sufficient, and perhaps even warlike qualities?
Thanks!
-- Nanaea
I like all three of those names -- no, actually I *love* those names -- and they go together nicely. Only drawback is that the characters represented by those names are completely opposite of what I'm looking for.
Hey, but you've got lots of good ideas, Zelda. Can you come up with triplets suggesting independent, self-sufficient, and perhaps even warlike qualities?
Thanks!
-- Nanaea
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The Black Trillium Triplets
I come to think of the The Black Trillium written by Marion Zimmer Bradley , Julian May and Andre Norton , which is about a terrible regicide. The murdered king's triplent daughters witness the murder but manage to flee each to different parts of the kingdom.
The books centers on how thy each of the triplents go through a development finding out their place in the world and the path they each were chosen for from the beginning of time.
In the end they meet anew and as one force break the rule of evil.
An interesting tale indeed if one has a taste for fantasy.
Their names are:
Haramis, Kadiya, Anigel
I come to think of the The Black Trillium written by Marion Zimmer Bradley , Julian May and Andre Norton , which is about a terrible regicide. The murdered king's triplent daughters witness the murder but manage to flee each to different parts of the kingdom.
The books centers on how thy each of the triplents go through a development finding out their place in the world and the path they each were chosen for from the beginning of time.
In the end they meet anew and as one force break the rule of evil.
An interesting tale indeed if one has a taste for fantasy.
Their names are:
Haramis, Kadiya, Anigel
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I haven't read *The Black Trillium* but I'm familiar with its authors. I'll remember that one, Selwyn! Many thanks!
-- Nanaea
-- Nanaea
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