User blog:OniKisaki/Word association used for naming things in ‘Deity’

(Character names were just names I liked.)

Hond, Goddess of Hearth and Home: I tried to name the Deities after animals that represent what they preside over. For Hearth and Home I thought of a Dog, which changed to Hound, and got shortened to Hond (hawnd).

Lyon, God of War: I tried to name the Deities after animals that represent what they preside over. For War I thought of a Lion, changed it to Lyon, and changed the pronunciation to (lee-un).

Malai, Goddess of Earth: I tried to name the Deities after animals that represent what they preside over. For Earth I thought of a Mole, changed the o to an a to get Male, changed the e to an a and got Mala, then added an i to make Malai (ma-lie).

Ryne, King of Baetir: When I thought of someone trying to use war to take over the world I thought of Hilter. Instead of starting there, thinking of Hitler reminded me of a much debated prophecy of Nostradamus that involves ‘Hitler’ and the Rhine (a European river). So I used that and changed the spelling to Ryne (rine).

Tabere, God of Luck: I tried to name the Deities after animals that represent what they preside over. For Luck I thought of a Rabbit, then I switched the first and last letters to make Tabbir, then changed the spelling to Tabere (tab-eer).

Wynne, God of Merriment: I tried to name the Deities after animals that represent what they preside over. I couldn’t think of an animal for Merriment, so I started at Wine, which changed to Wynne (win).

Maypha, Continent: Since it was the whole continent I started with alpha and omega, switched them to make Omegaalpha, shortened that to Mepha, and changed the e to an ay for phonetic purposes creating Maypha (may-fa).

Alachia, Country: The country is a forested mining area, which reminded me of the Appalachian mountains (in the eastern US). Then I shortened it to Alachia (alay-chee-ah).

Baetir, Country: When I first started trying to come up with names, I just threw random words together. This started as Bedtired, shortened it to Betir, which sounds like better, which is opposite the truth. One time, while typing, I accidentally added the a, which I liked, so changed it to Baetir (bay-tier).

Mytica, Country: The country is a beach vacation spot featuring gambling, which reminded me of Miami and Las Vegas, condensing that to Migas sounded terrible, so I started combining Miami with Atlantic City, and got Mitica, changed the first i to a y to get Mytica (my-tick-ah).

Naldia, Country: The country seemed very Nordic, which I changed to Nardic, then Nardia, realized that was too similar to Narnia, then changed it to Naldia (nal-dee-ah).

Riston, Country: The country’s main feature is the great division between the rich and poor, which reminded me of America. Using it’s full name: United States of America, got switched to America States United, used only two letters from each to make Ristun, and changed the u to an o: Riston (riss-ton).