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[hobbit of the shire]

I had no idea until now when I came upon a Wikipedia article for "Morrigan".  Apparently she was a Celtic goddess of sorts.  Quite fitting, don't you think, given her personality, shapeshifting skills and the storyline.  This may be old news, but I thought this was neat since the devs obviously picked this name!

http://en.wikipedia....ki/The_Morrígan

Modifié par hobbit_of_the_shire, 30 octobre 2011 - 03:00 .

[ShimmeringDjinn]

I didn't know that.......Thank you for the info.

[Ferretinabun]

Did not know that. Thanks for sharing. I always assumes it was a nod towards Morgana, the morally dubious sorceress from the Arthurian legends...

[ejoslin]

You should look up all the names, not only the crone of war. Someone was very into Celtic names and legends.  They were all deliberate.  At least, that's how the names struck me.  

Edit: For instance, Alistair means "the defender of men", Calin means "young pup" or "whelp."  Eamon means "wealthy protector."  It's pronounced the way Loghain pronounced it at the landsmeet, fwiw.

Modifié par ejoslin, 31 octobre 2011 - 02:05 .

[Brockololly]

Eh, they do make sense, however I know Gaider has mentioned before he just liked the name Morrigan since it was the name of a character somebody in a tabletop game was using I think. He claims there isn't any deeper meaning to the name, even though there do seem to be some telling connections.

[ejoslin]

Brockololly wrote...

Eh, they do make sense, however I know Gaider has mentioned before he just liked the name Morrigan since it was the name of a character somebody in a tabletop game was using I think. He claims there isn't any deeper meaning to the name, even though there do seem to be some telling connections.

Really?  That actually surprises me greatly.  I figured many of the names just had to be deliberate, Morrigan's being one of them.  I actually got a "Stranger in a Strange Land" naming vibe from DAO.  And I thought it was awesome.  Ah well.

Modifié par ejoslin, 01 novembre 2011 - 02:06 .

[MyNameIsPower]

greengoron89 wrote...

Many of the names in this game are Irish in origin ...

As is some of the music.

[gandanlin]

Another source of info about the name Morrigan and her role in Irish/Celtic mythology:

http://www.pantheon....m/morrigan.html

[Bayz]

But But But...did that Morrigan got pregnant by the King of a Country and a Dragon to give birth a Tainted God of Deth after having tricked (or so she thinks) chivalrous adventurers to kill her evil mother who was a dragon and tried to take over her body?

[maxernst]

ejoslin wrote...

Brockololly wrote...

Eh, they do make sense, however I know Gaider has mentioned before he just liked the name Morrigan since it was the name of a character somebody in a tabletop game was using I think. He claims there isn't any deeper meaning to the name, even though there do seem to be some telling connections.

Really?  That actually surprises me greatly.  I figured many of the names just had to be deliberate, Morrigan's being one of them.  I actually got a "Stranger in a Strange Land" naming vibe from DAO.  And I thought it was awesome.  Ah well.

Sometimes it just happens.  When I was writing Morrigan's Daughter, I more or less randomly selected Aife from a list of female names used in Ireland in the middle ages, and then learned that it came from Aoife meaning beautiful,  radiant.  Pretty good name for a child with the soul of the God of Beauty.