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Forum Name: Undocumented Features General
Topic ID: 23
Message ID: 27
#27, RE: Last Names - why?
Posted by Ebony on Jun-21-01 at 12:44 PM
In response to message #24
Question that probably belongs in another section of the forum: If
>>those Three are sisters, shouldn't they share the same surname? Now
>>granted, what they've got are more descriptors, but still...
>>
>
>Don't see why. After all, the custom of family names is comparatively
>recent - it's been around in the Western world only half a millenium
>or so. The norse beliefs that involve the Norns lapsed long before, so
>descriptors are much more appropriate for the Norns, but any more
>recent arrivals could logically TREAT them as family names.

They might follow the Scandanavian naming tradition, though. If I recall correctly, it would be Skuld Ymirsdottir. Or something like that. Could be wrong about the parentage, but I think that the Norns came into existence during the death of Ymir.

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