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Help[Opinions] Re: Apocalypse and Apocrypha
in reply to a message by RoxStar
The names do have a rather "dark" feel to them. Mostly because of their modern interpretations.
However they do seem to have interesting and mellifluous meanings:
Apocalypse from the Greek ἈðïêÜëõøéò meaning "lifting of the veil" or "revelation"
Apocrypha from the Greek Ἀðüêñõöá meaning "hidden away"
I don't see Apocalypse as meaning "the end of the world." I understand it as meaning more of "a new beginning." Apocryphal doesn't necessarily mean "not true" either. Those text, in my opinion at least, have the same authority as the other books in the Bible. Just because they were denied by some church officials that didn't want people to read them doesn't make them not true, or not worthy of being included.
One might choose to name their child Apocalypse if they were an admirer of the book of Revelation, and interpreted it as the coming of a new era, not "the end of the world." On the same hand one might name their child Apocrypha if they accredit the apocryphal texts.
Despite the fact that I believe these could be used as names, they are rather tough, and it would be even tougher to come up with nicknames! Cryphy? Calyps? Poky?
However they do seem to have interesting and mellifluous meanings:
Apocalypse from the Greek ἈðïêÜëõøéò meaning "lifting of the veil" or "revelation"
Apocrypha from the Greek Ἀðüêñõöá meaning "hidden away"
I don't see Apocalypse as meaning "the end of the world." I understand it as meaning more of "a new beginning." Apocryphal doesn't necessarily mean "not true" either. Those text, in my opinion at least, have the same authority as the other books in the Bible. Just because they were denied by some church officials that didn't want people to read them doesn't make them not true, or not worthy of being included.
One might choose to name their child Apocalypse if they were an admirer of the book of Revelation, and interpreted it as the coming of a new era, not "the end of the world." On the same hand one might name their child Apocrypha if they accredit the apocryphal texts.
Despite the fact that I believe these could be used as names, they are rather tough, and it would be even tougher to come up with nicknames! Cryphy? Calyps? Poky?
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The fact remains that in common language apocalypse means "end of the world" and apocrypha "false text". Throughout our lives, we don't interact only with our parents, and I think it would be cruel and unfair to saddle a child with such a name on the ground that these words have different original or alternative meanings, or because of a personal view or interpretation.
I struggle to picture them even on characters, at least in a realistic story. Maybe they could work in fanstasy/sci-fi, I suppose.
I struggle to picture them even on characters, at least in a realistic story. Maybe they could work in fanstasy/sci-fi, I suppose.
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