Saturday, October 10, 2015

New Page-Hero Name Origins!

I did some research and recalled some things from memory, and compiled this page. This page is a list of all the four-stars and their name origins.

Also, believe it or not, this was 100% from my brain. No searching anything up.

Achilles-Greek mythological hero who was invincible everywhere but his heel, which led to his unfortunate demise when an arrow hit his heel.
Alash-?
Anatol-The name of the main character from an Austrian play.
Bellerophon-A Greek hero who killed many monsters.
Belthor-?
Cannon-?
Carter-?
Cedric-?
Charles the Great-Also known as Charlemagne, he was a Frankish king that extended the kingdom of the Franks to it's greatest size.
Charles Martel-The grandfather of Charlemagne, he was known for inflicting an epic defeat upon a Muslim army at the battle of Tours. The last name "Martel" was dubbed onto him later, meaning "hammer".
Circe-The Greek god of magic.
Cyrus-A Persian that assassinated the last king of the Medes, and started the Persian Empire that would later extended from the Indus to Egypt.
Edward-Also known as Edward Teach/Blackbeard, he was a pirate known to attack enemy ships and plunder loot.
Edward IV-A king of England that began the house of York.
Einar-?
El Cid-A Spanish lord whose full name is El Cid Campeador (The Lord Champion). He fought for many different Spanish kingdoms at a time when Spain was chaotic and fragmented.
Elizabeth-England's Virgin Queen who never married. Elizabeth was known for several notable events during her reign.
Eugene-?
Galahad-A knight serving King Arthur in Celtic mythology. He found the Holy Grail, according to the myth.
Gawain-Another knight of the Round Table, along with Galahad and Lancelot. He was the greatest knight until Lancelot came.
Gilles de Rais-A lord working with Joan of Arc during the French attempts to free themselves from English rule. Eventually executed for torturing children.
Hedvig-?
Helmar-?
Hilda-?
Hyacinth-?
Ignatius-Also known as Ignatius of Antioch, he was a church bishop.
Jerome-?
Joan-A.K.A, Joan of Arc. French rebel until the English burned her, believing she was a witch.
Kelly-?
Lancelot-A knight of the Round Table who was the purest until his downfall in having an affair with King Arthur's wife, Queen Guinevere.
Leonidas-King of the Spartans during a golden age of Sparta.
Manto-?
Mary Read-An infamous female pirate that plundered ships in the Caribbean.
Merlin-King Arthur's advisor that eventually fell under a spell cast by Vivian, Lady of the Lake.
Morgana-King Arthur's sister that attempted to kill him several times.
Nicolai-?
Octavius-Julius Caesar's grandson that became the first Roman Emperor. Also known as Augustus or Octavian.
Philinus-A Carthaginian historian who served as head advisor to King Hannibal of the Carthaginians as Hannibal led them in an attack on the Roman Empire.
Ragnar-?
Reinhard-?*
Robinhood-A 11th century British hero that supposedly stole from the rich to give to the poor.
Saladin-A Muslim king that fought many Europeans during the Crusades.
Sarah-The wife of Abraham in the Bible.
Sarky-?**
Seamas/Summers-?
Shazzo-?
Terim-?***
Uriah-A Hittite (an ancient Turkish kingdom) that did many great deeds.
Urza-A character from Magic: The Gathering?
William-A German leader?
William Tell-A Swiss hero reputed to have shot an apple off his son's head.

Alexander-A Macedonian who liberated all of the Greeks and led them on a conquest which eventually led to the downfall of Persia.
Arthur-King of Camelot in Celtic mythology. May have actually existed.

*-I do know a friend who is a WWII geek, and he has told me Reinhard was a Nazi general.
**-Couldn't think of anything relating to Sarky, but I did find out it actually is a word meaning "sarcastic".
***-In the story/description of Terim, it states his name is Tristram, for some reason. Closest thing I could find was another Knight of the Round Table.

5 comments:

  1. Ragnar is from "Vikings" tv series. There was a real Ragnar, but this one definitely from tv.
    Nicolai could be a Russian emperor.
    Hyacinth is from Greek mythology.
    William must be William Wallace.

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    1. Oh wait, Nikolai/Nicholas II.

      Thanks for the help!

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    2. My pleasure. Actually "Nicolai" is original Russian pronunciation.
      Between Nicholas I and NicholasII I would chose the first one. But, for example, there also was Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker (he is an antecedent of Santa Claus), so I'm not sure about emperor.

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  2. Prince Eugene of Savoy was an Austrian general
    Ragnar is probably a reference to Ragnar Lodbrok,
    Einar and Hilda are both names deriving from Old Norse words roughly translating to 'lone warrior' and 'battle' respectively. There was a Saint Hilda also.
    There were several people named Manto in greek mythology a few seers/daughters of seers and the daughter of Hercules.
    Jerome is probably Saint Jerome.

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