Folklore of the Day

[Mike Baker]

Cathal (James Pratt) offered the following possible correction:
> As I recall the "Eumenidies" or "Kindly Ones" as the
> Furies were often styled were _never_ named.  It was felt that
> to name them invoked them.  Hence, as some folk style the
> Sidhe the "wee folk", it was an ommission on the side of caution.

It is indeed possible that my memory-reference giving names to the Furies is 
in relation to a post-Classical (i.e. derivative) source of knowledge.  I 
was only passing along the names as I had learnt them some years ago, from a 
source not immediately returning positive i.d. to my forebrain.

In truth, we could make for a great deal of discussion upon the whole 
subject of "truenames", use-names, birth / baptismal names, descriptives, 
_nom de guerre_, and so forth...

Kihe Blackeagle (the Dreamsinger Bard)  s.k.a. Amr ibn Majid al-Bakri 
al-Amra
     currently residing in Barony of the Steppes, Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mike C. Baker                      mbaker at rapp.com
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