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Leila
Joined: 04 Aug 2003
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Location: the Pegasus Galaxy
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| PoweroftheBook wrote: | Hey Leila!
The score is from the Xena Warrior Princess Volume 6 soundtrack, number 10, 'The Power of the Book' - from the Season 5 episode known as 'Purity'. (The one where pregnant Xena, Gabrielle, and Joxer return to Ch'in - China - and explore the power of the Tao te'Ching with Lao Ma's twin daughters)
The music is in the episode, most noticeably heard when Xena and the 'good twin' are studying the wisdom of the Tao with an intent to use it for good, interspersed with shots of the 'evil twin' studying the wisdom of the book for evil. Very symmetrical - hence 'The Power of the Book'.
By the way, what does Leila mean?
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Ok. I know which one your talking about.
What does Leila mean? I looked it up. The meaning of the name Leila is: Dark Beauty The origin is: Arabic
It was the name I used once when I decided to give Legolas a sister, the first name that had popped into my head. I wound up hating the character but I took a liking to the name. (I didn't know it was an actuall name until fairly recently.) Then one day I decided to organize all my writing into different catagories using a name for each file name, kinda as though it was different people who had written the different stuff. My LOTR fanfiction wound up getting put in the file called Leila. So when I joined this site I decided to use Leila as my name.
That's pretty much it.
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Elentari
Joined: 12 May 2003
Posts: 254
Location: Lost in elven dreams...
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| Thuriniel wrote: | No, I'm not getting vexed here, believe me, it takes a lot to get me vexed ... sometimes  . For some reason some topics incense me more than others. This is not one of those!
As far as Elvish is concerned, I always approach it with a "I don't know much about it" attitude.
Your findings on "iel" are interesting, and as always, Quenya confuses me to no end, but it's definitely something that will go in my Elvish database ... now let me share my findings on "iell",
Iell: (Sindarin noun), girl, daughter, maid.
As far as I can tell, I think we're both right, no? Please, tell me we are because I don't even want to consider changing my name now to Thurinel ! |
You don't need to change! 
both langauges have a common ground, but Sindarin changes very swiftly across the millenia the grey and green elves were still on ME and the noldor were living blissfully (or not quite so) in Aman, while Quenya evolved more slowly... So it may well be that the two words are connected and had at one point being the same thing.  |
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Thuriniel
Joined: 29 Jul 2003
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Location: Watching the purple sky fly over me ...
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| Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 10:28 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | You don't need to change! |
I'm a bit of a perfectionist ... that's why I considered for a fraction of a second that maybe I should get rid of that "i" ... but I've been checking names at the Council of Elrond name database and a lot of the feminine ones end in "iel" ... so I guess I'm OK !
| Quote: | | Sindarin changes very swiftly across the millenia the grey and green elves were still on ME and the noldor were living blissfully (or not quite so) in Aman, while Quenya evolved more slowly |
Isn't it funny how we speak about these languages as if they were actually used? That's what I like so much about ME ... it's so detailed that it's actually believable ... and when I get into the linguistics arena ... it only makes me deepen my appreciation for Professor Tolkien's genius ... not only did he give us history, mythology, geography, theology (and more!) of a world that was imagined ... he also gave us the linguistic history of various languages. It absolutely amazes me!
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MoonRaven
Joined: 29 Feb 2004
Posts: 21
Location: Homer, Alaska
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| Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 12:02 am Post subject: |
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Nothing remotely Tolkienish about mine. Many years ago, I chose "Moon Raven" as my craft name--the Moon for the Goddess and Raven because in many Northwestern Native American cultures, the Raven was seen as a messenger or avatar of the gods. They are also just cool birds--smart, hardy, gifted flyers and loyal mates. So when I needed to find a Yahoo ID, I just added the first two numbers of my ZIP code to the old moniker.
My real name is Laura.
If I had to come up with a Tolkienesque alias, I would try to find some combination that suggested "water" and "silver" to suggest moonight on waters, as I am a lover of both night and the sea.
Thanks for the interesting thread. |
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LuthienTinuviel
Joined: 29 Dec 2003
Posts: 354
Location: Dancing in the clouds.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 1:19 am Post subject: |
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It's the custom of my race to name the children in Arabic names as it's our adapted nature ever since my Hindhu ancestors converted to Islam back in the 14-15th century.
It's Azira Binti ---- (Azira daughter of ----) and I've yet to figure out the meaning of my name... though it's a common enough name. Enough history lesson for now. Lol.
Anyways, I used quite a number of nicks online, (kids aren't allowed to reveal their names. Most used are;
-ChibiMelody
-Chibster
-PrincessLadyChibimoon (I was 11, mind you. I dumped the name soon after)
-Celest (Utopia only)
My Elvish name;
-Morfiwen (Dark-haired-maiden)
-Morfaewen (Dark-spirit)
-Luthien Tinuviel (Elven Name Generator)
Ever since I accidentally got myself turned into an impromptu journalist, I've started using my real name all over the place though. =)
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Scarlett
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
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Location: Charleston, SC
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| Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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I was going to do the obvious, and just use the elvish equivalent of my real name, when I thought "why would I want to that?"My mother, with all the best intentions, gave me the name Virginia, thinking it was an excellent name for a proper southern girl...she just never stopped to consider that the literal translation was virgin, which naturally led to a bunch of dumb jokes throughout adolescence ... and now its just ironic 
SO I decided against Rodwen (or virgin, again...), and decided to go with Scarlett, because I'm southern in all the good ways... And because red is just hott...
Scarlett
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miriel361
Joined: 10 Jun 2003
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I've explained this before, but for those who don't know....
Miriel is the elf who having given birth to the greatest of all elves, lies down and falls into a deep sleep.
Well that appealed to me. My writing is my way of getting away from a world and from family duties that I often find overwhelming. It is me being selfish and leaving the boredom of daily monotomy for the sacred world of dreams and fantasy. Hence Miriel.
361? Well Miriel had already been taken elsewhere, so I just added my favourite numbers. |
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BellaDonna
Joined: 21 Apr 2004
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Location: Edoras of Rohan
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| Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2004 2:59 am Post subject: |
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I'll describe them the best I can!
BellaDonna = The first song I ever heard by Stevie Nicks!
desert_angel_2002 = Desert Angel is one of my personal fave songs by Stevie.
2002 = high school grad year!
Draven Doll = Draven is the last name of Brandon Lee's character in The Crow and I thought doll sounded cute on the end! lol
These are for other sites:
The Dark Insomniac: Dark = I'm a morbid and dark writer when it comes to poetry and some stories.
Insomniac = I'm a night owl and I don't sleep much. I've been up for almost 48 hours right now so as you can see! lol
And that's all I can think of for the moment! I'll edit this if I think of any more!
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kalliope
Joined: 27 Sep 2003
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Location: Italy
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| Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2004 6:38 am Post subject: |
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belladonna, it is italian word.
it means: beatifull woman but it is also a very poison plant.
my nick is greek word. kalliope was one of the muse. she was muse of epic poem. it meas: beautifull voice. |
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Moralanqua
Joined: 11 May 2003
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Location: Scotland
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Bella - You have a chris avvie and your a Stevie Nicks fan? I already love you!
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Roisin
Joined: 11 May 2003
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Location: U.S.A.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2004 11:23 am Post subject: |
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Roisin is the first name of an Irish activist that I was reading about at the time I registered. Also the name I was considering for a girl if I had one. That or Rosaleen, which is sort of the English equivalent.
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Hathor
Joined: 09 Jun 2003
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Location: Lancashire, England
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| Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2004 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Roisin wrote: | | Roisin is the first name of an Irish activist that I was reading about at the time I registered. Also the name I was considering for a girl if I had one. That or Rosaleen, which is sort of the English equivalent. |
Really?  I thought that your actual name was Roisin! I have a few friends called Roisin, so I just consider it a normal name...
Whoops.
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BittenBuggy
Joined: 27 Dec 2003
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Location: Busy Being the Queen Of Everything.. And Trying to Catch the Yoda-Copter
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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Ok peoples... AOL was being naughty, so I had to change my screen name from allenhm1 to LadyBuggy379 (much to the distress of hubby, who must share an email address with me... 
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DreadLadyFreya
Joined: 30 Mar 2004
Posts: 276
Location: A fantasy world, with beach front property
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Hm-m-m, names I've been called. . . Can we really use that kind of language in this forum? Oh, USERNAMES! Oh, okay. Let's see. . .
Dread Lady Freya: I came upon a fictional warrior named Freya and I liked the name. It wasn't until later I found out she was the Norse (?) goddess of fertility - very ironic, but that's a story for a different forum.  Of course, says I, this fierce warrior is no commoner, but a Lady, so for a while I was Lady Freya. Then I came upon a character referred to as "dread lord" and I thought, yeah, cool. So I added that, too.
SheWhoIsToBeObeyed: A moniker given to me by a former boss (and what I make my hubby call me )
Trihallah: Hebrew (I believe) for "song of praise," liked the sound & meaning of the name - she's the "good twin." |
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Mitasova
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Location: Russia
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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It seems that of all of you guys I'm the least inventive. Mitasova is my real surname. And Tanya's my real first name, short for "Tatiana".
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