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Posted March 05, 2012
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Adzeth: It probably never meant a dragon in Norwegian, but for some reason Finns decided to call dragons salmon-snakes. Probably because it strikes fear into people's hearts.
Interesting. I find the sight to be rather ridiculous, (a salmon with wings breathing fire,) but it all comes down to connotations, I guess. (It also gets me kinda hungry - salmon is amazing! :p)
Posted March 05, 2012
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Dragobr: Yeah, I found orm (or ormr) too, but it indeed seemed more related to snakes, and doesn't sound very draconic, so I didn't consider it.

Well, Draki it is, then. If someone ever says it's wrong, I'll claim poetic license in the name of familiarity!

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amok: Old Norse did not really have dragons, as the traditional English, but giant worms. Especially worms that spew acid and have acid for blood. Or the really large kind, like Midgardsormen. The closest you get is probably Nidhogg, which according to Völuspá eats the roots of Yggdrasil.
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Dragobr: Nidhogg is called a dragon, and is said to have wings, even while being serpent-ish.

I've never seen Jormungandr being called a dragon, however.
mm, there is problem there, since Jörmungandr (Midgardsormen) and Nidhogg (with others) are usually been put in the same category. It stems from Norse not really having dragons in the same sense as Asian and later English. Though Draki and Dragon share the same name, it is not really the same thing. Very similar, but not same.
Posted March 05, 2012
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amok: mm, there is problem there, since Jörmungandr (Midgardsormen) and Nidhogg (with others) are usually been put in the same category. It stems from Norse not really having dragons in the same sense as Asian and later English. Though Draki and Dragon share the same name, it is not really the same thing. Very similar, but not same.
Indeed. In the same sense we call chinese dragons, well, "dragons", but they're not the same thing europeans usually call dragons at all.

Still, they're close enough for me =)
Posted March 05, 2012
Fus - Force
Ro - Balance
Dah - Push

At first I read old NORD.
Posted March 07, 2012
And here it is. Now, if the second part of this nick has some unflattering meaning in some language... I don't care =)
Post edited March 07, 2012 by Drakhyrr
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