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Post by mushroom on Feb 10, 2003 23:15:42 GMT -5
I'm working on a story that takes place, for the most part, in the Lost Desert. A couple of main original characters are supposed to have Sakhmet-ish/Egyptian-sounding names. Do "Anuket" and "Khusu" sound like they could be from the Lost Desert? (Anuket was a goddess in Egyptian mythology; Khusu was adapted from an Egyptian god's name because the original name was a Petpet.  ) |
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Post by stoneman3x on Feb 11, 2003 0:13:51 GMT -5
They sound great to me! Here are some more I found: Horemheb, Akhanton, Nefertiti, Nefertiri, Senmut, Amenhotep... but I guess you can make up anything that sounds like that and it will be convincing.
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Post by sara on Feb 11, 2003 0:21:57 GMT -5
Hatshepsut, Osiris, Isis, Ra, Amen-Ra, Khufu, Hathor, Thoth, Bast, Zoser, Shu, Tefenet, Nut, Nun, Geb...
I could rattle on and on with names of Egyptian gods, pharoahs, and so on, but I'm sure this with Stone's list will suffice. Sorry if these are repeats of names already used on Neopets.
However not all residents of the Lost Desert have Egyptianized names. For example, King Coltzan III once rescued a princess called "Light Foot", although that might have been a translated name, or she was not from the Lost Desert in the first place (though Coltzan supposedly rescued her during the time of isolation)
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Post by oddhatter on Feb 11, 2003 0:33:24 GMT -5
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Post by stoneman3x on Feb 11, 2003 0:55:46 GMT -5
Whoo Hoo! This is fun! I found some more Egyptian names: Semti, Teti, Semerkhet, Raneb, Neferkara, Djoser, Khaba, Seneferu, Keops, Meresankh, Ibi, Min, Hatshepsut, Siamon, Alara, Kashta, Bokkhorus, Hakor , Khenemet, Hathor, Simut, Tahemet...
Here are some Egyptian names and their meaning:
Khu(Protected), Senbi(Healthy), Ptahhotep(Ptah is content), Satsobek(Daughter of Sobek), Menmaatre(Eternal is the Justice of Re), Ahmose (The Moon is Born), Wosret(Powerful One), Ankhesenamun (She Lives In Amun), Isetnofret (Isis is Beautiful), Mutnodjmet (Sweet One of Mut), Pedibastet (Wise One of Bastet), Rameses (Re has fashioned him), Her-uben (Resplendent Sky), Wahankh(Strong in Life) , Neferetiabet (The Orient is Beautiful), Nakhti(Strong), Miw-sher(Kitten), Kiya(Jovial Lady), Pamiu(Old Tom Cat), Pasebakhaenniut(The Star that appears in the city), Tepemkau(Best of Souls) and Netikerty(She who is excellent), Hebeny(Ebony).
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Post by Princess Ember Mononoke on Feb 11, 2003 12:54:37 GMT -5
Hatshepsut, Osiris, Isis, Ra, Amen-Ra, Khufu, Hathor, Thoth, Bast, Zoser, Shu, Tefenet, Nut, Nun, Geb... Some of those are Yu-Gi-Oh monsters. . . |
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Post by Patjade on Feb 11, 2003 15:09:02 GMT -5
Some of those are Yu-Gi-Oh monsters. . . That only goes to show that they use the same techniques to get names. |
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Post by hippiesoul on Feb 11, 2003 15:50:37 GMT -5
Nice, but how acurate are those? I checked the portuguese names section and let me just tell you someone was feeling creative when they wrote that! |
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Post by oddhatter on Feb 11, 2003 16:07:55 GMT -5
Nice, but how acurate are those? I checked the portuguese names section and let me just tell you someone was feeling creative when they wrote that! I have absolutely no clue how accurate they are. I just typed "egyptian names" into Google.=) |
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Post by stoneman3x on Feb 11, 2003 16:28:05 GMT -5
I think for the purposes of finding Egyptian-sounding names for characters in a Neopets story, that accuracy isn't really that important though, is it? As long as they sound about right, it's not really likely someone will look up the names to make sure they are authentic. I know if I was doing a report for school I would care about the accuracy of my information, but this is just for fun, right? I just thought it was a cool kinda challenge to see what I could come up with. Even so, I'd like to hear about those creative Portuguese names... now you've aroused my curiosity... anyway, I typed Egyptian names into the search thingy too and got a archeological site or something...
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Post by calvinseviltwin on Feb 11, 2003 16:29:33 GMT -5
Some of those are Yu-Gi-Oh monsters. . . \ *isn't big into Anime... but* I belive Yu-Gi-Oh has something to do with egypt, doesn't it? |
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Post by Lappi on Feb 11, 2003 16:51:20 GMT -5
I think it does, Megz. I thinkie. And Patjade-sempai, I agree.
*nods*
Ohh, Shing-sama! Moderator! ^__^ And cool sites you named.
Mushroom, good story plan! Sounds "convincing" ^__^
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Post by Linnen Malfoy on Feb 11, 2003 16:58:32 GMT -5
Nice, but how acurate are those? I checked the portuguese names section and let me just tell you someone was feeling creative when they wrote that! Most of those names are "user subimtted". My friend and I would always send it dumb names of our made up characters, just to laugh when they got up.. Some of them are cursewords in disguse as well. It's really amusing. ^_^ |
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Post by Lappi on Feb 11, 2003 17:00:54 GMT -5
Most of those names are "user subimtted". My friend and I would always send it dumb names of our made up characters, just to laugh when they got up.. Some of them are cursewords in disguse as well. It's really amusing. ^_^ O.o |
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Post by mushroom on Feb 11, 2003 17:16:59 GMT -5
^^ Thankies, everyone. I tried babynames.com, but I didn't like any of the Egyptian ones listed. Bleh. There're a lot of names they took from Egyptian mythology and made into petpets...Khusu was originally Khonsu, but then I checked and found out that they'd named a petpet that... Yeah, it doesn't need to be accurate; I'm mostly looking for the right sound. Thankies for all the help  |
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