Re: Copycat warning ;) Names I hate (long)
in reply to a message by humblebee
No, Angus doesn't sound like something nasty in Swedish, but it makes me think of an almost ancient guy from Scotland sitting with a nasty meerschaum pipe in his mouth, going: "Aye, lad, ye ken, 150 years ago when I was a laddie..."
I know, I'm weird. ;)
Mara doesn't exactly mean nightmare, but almost. The Mara is a kind of evil spirit that rides your body during the night, causing a mardröm (a nightmare, or litterally, a Mara dream). In Norwegian it's called mareritt, "Mara's ride".
You can also call an evil woman "satmara", which litterally means "Satan's Mara".
Does the sea exist
Because of our longing?
My PNL
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/3258/61573
I know, I'm weird. ;)
Mara doesn't exactly mean nightmare, but almost. The Mara is a kind of evil spirit that rides your body during the night, causing a mardröm (a nightmare, or litterally, a Mara dream). In Norwegian it's called mareritt, "Mara's ride".
You can also call an evil woman "satmara", which litterally means "Satan's Mara".
Does the sea exist
Because of our longing?
My PNL
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/3258/61573
This message was edited 8/17/2014, 10:08 AM