I'm writing a new novel with the working title "The Saga of the Seven Planets". The first planet is called Monday, and our hero and heroine escape from slavery there to go on an epic journey. As you've noticed, there are seven planets in total.The planets are based roughly on the seven days of Creation in Genesis, but I don't want to name them all after days of the week - the analogy falls down at some point.
So can you help me?
Here's a list of the planets and their individual qualities:
1 - Monday; cloud-covered, chilly, only day and night, slave planet
2 - Airless rock, our heroes stop here for a short time to rest - doesn't necessarily need a name
3 - Oceania, air and water, no land masses
Here are the ones I really need help with:
4 - Plant life, tropical forest, loads of fruit; here our heroes meet the villain, who nearly keeps them from travelling on
5 - Like 4, but with birds and fish; here our heroes fight with temptation and nearly have an immoral scene
6 - Highly refined culture and technology; various races and cities with different characteristics; here our heroes visit many places and learn about racial diversity
7 - a holy planet, visited often by pilgrims from 6. Home of the Great King who sent our heroes on the journey.
So get your thinking caps on! The best suggestions will win either a Faith Awakened mousepad, or a Faith Awakened soundtrack CD.
7 comments:
Hi Grace,
How about a planet called Torahn
1 - Monday; cloud-covered, chilly, only day and night, slave planet
My ideas: Mayover (may it be over more), Morlock
2 - Airless rock, our heroes stop here for a short time to rest - doesn't necessarily need a name;
My ideas: Barrents (play on barren, or the Barents sea)
3 - Oceania, air and water, no land masses
My ideas: Thalassa (greek for sea), Pacifica
Here are the ones I really need help with:
4 - Plant life, tropical forest, loads of fruit; here our heroes meet the villain, who nearly keeps them from travelling on
My ideas: Eloi, Tropicana, New Cozumel, Nuevo Puerto, Verde
5 - Like 4, but with birds and fish; here our heroes fight with temptation and nearly have an immoral scene
My ideas: New Maccau, New Mumbai, New Thailand, Newport, Eloi, Tropicana, New Cozumel, Nuevo Puerto, Verde
6 - Highly refined culture and technology; various races and cities with different characteristics; here our heroes visit many places and learn about racial diversity
My ideas: Pathway, Gateway
7 - a holy planet, visited often by pilgrims from 6. Home of the Great King who sent our heroes on the journey.
My ideas: Respite, New Hope
I have different names for all seven. Hope that's okay. Here they are:
1.Tohu Bohu (formless void)
2.Yome Lale (Day Night)
3.Mayim Rawkea (Waters Expanse or Sky)
4.Desheh Peree (grass fruit)
5.Shehrets Oph (creatures of water and sky)
6.Adamah Barak (earth blessed)
7.Barak Qadash (blessed sanctified)
I thought finding a pairing of words and exotic sounding ones gave the worlds a realistic feel. Of course another name for our Earth could be Lukal Mellonath (light dark)
David Brollier
I liked Oceania, so thought I'd go traditional and use adaptations on Latin:
1. Orsa Major (beginning)(you can name the moon Orsa Minot if it has one)
2. Sterlilis (barren)
3. Oceania
4. Formositas, (beauty)
5. Tentatio, (temptation)
6. Fraternium, (brother)
7. Sanctura (holy)
Gotta say--I like David's though!
Blessings,
Karina Fabian
Infinite Space, Infinite God
www.fabianspace.com
All good suggestions, especially David's Hebrew-based & Karina's Latin-based ones. Is each planet
to be named by the protagonists, or
does each have its own name as designated by its own inhabitants?
If the latter, then you might want to create seven different languages, and then select a name from each of those languages. I mean-- Isn't that what Tolkien would have done? (Actually, he would probably have created several languages for each planet, and each planet would have several
different names, but that'd be
a bit too much!)
4-Greenterra
5-Aquamarine
7-Qaddosh
call the ocean planet posiedon, I belive its how its spelled, and the plant planet could be called tropica or somting along those lines
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