What's in a name?
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A slightly odd idea - I was wondering how much relevance we put on the name of a horrific creature, and how the name of a creature relates to the fear we feel.
So, what would you say is the scariest name that you have seen attributed to a monster? Why do you find it unsettling?
>>17778301
Fluffy the terrible
Candleja
>>17778351
...ck. It's okay, guys!
>>17778301
Anonymous
>>17778301
Trigglypuff
People renamed the bear in some places in the middle ages because of superstition that calling them by their then-current name would attract them.
Bear means "brown one". Their original name was something like arctos.
>>17778301
Morgoth, only it's fictional.
>>17779271
The original name was "artko." People thought that if you said the name, the bear would understand and come to his calling.
>>17778301
Power. There is power in a name.