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One-Eyed Baylor, or "Baylor of the Poison Eye," was one of the Formorians in Irish myth, essentially a monster famous for his eye that killed people with a look. (I think he was finally defeated by being tricked into looking at his reflection in a lake, but I'll have to double-check.)
I cannot understand why someone would name their daughter Baylor... That's worse than Charybdis...
EDIT: Just looked it up, the mythological character is actually Balor, but I wonder if it's pronounced as BA-lor (with a short 'a') or the same as Baylor. In any event, he was actually killed by Lugh, with a slingshot to the eye that drove the eye out of the back of his head, which then killed his army when it looked upon them. Gruesome stuff.
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I cannot understand why someone would name their daughter Baylor... That's worse than Charybdis...
EDIT: Just looked it up, the mythological character is actually Balor, but I wonder if it's pronounced as BA-lor (with a short 'a') or the same as Baylor. In any event, he was actually killed by Lugh, with a slingshot to the eye that drove the eye out of the back of his head, which then killed his army when it looked upon them. Gruesome stuff.
Please rate my personal short name lists (the latter includes combos):
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381/91835 (updated)
http://greens-end.myminicity.com/
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