How Did Your Downs Name Come About? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Brinniel · 01-25-2007, 04:33 PM

After four years on the BD, I'm surprised I have never before posted on any of the nickname threads...but I suppose that is because there is little meaning behind my name.

Brinniel was a 13-year-old girl's attempt to be creative and original. When I think of it now, it's not exactly either of those two.

I'm sure I would have thought up something better if I hadn't been so impatient to register, plus when I think about it...I was pretty darned young at the time.

As silly as my nickname is, I've never really hated it....so I suppose I could've picked a worse name. And after all these years, Brinniel has sort of stuck with me...it's become my user name practically everywhere. And I bet that if someone called that name out on the street, I'd come running...

LjósÁlfr · 04-07-2007, 06:35 AM

Well, I used to have a other account here called Amras Oronar, but I didn't like that name anyway, and I was inactive for quit a while. Also, I just discovered I spelled my name wrong, so I registered again under the properly spelled name, since I hadn't made a great ammount of posts anyway (LjösÁlfr first, it's LjósÁlfr now)

Well, LjósÁlfr is Old Icelandic (A dialect from Old Norse) for "(a) Light Elf". Since Tolkien had taken so much from Norse Mythology I wanted a name which connected both with eachother. What did he take from Norse Mythology? Well, the entire principel of elves, dwarves.. Barrow-Wights are basicly the Norse Mythological undead creature's called Draugar (I was considering to make my name Draugr

). And 'The Great End' about which can be red in for instance The Lost Tales, seems to look a lot like the 'Ragnarök'.

As to what Ljósálfar ("Light Elves") exactly are, I give you this text, first in Old Icelandic, then in English, considering Elves (Ljósálfar) and dwarves (Dökkálfar, in other texts by the same writer reffered to as Svartálfar). The text was writter by Snorri Sturluson, a Icelandic historian living from 1178-1241:

"Sá er einn staðr þar, er kallaðr er Álfheimr. Þar byggvir fólk þat, er Ljósálfar heita, en Dökkálfar búa niðri í jörðu, ok eru þeir ólíkir þeim sýnum ok miklu ólíkari reyndum. Ljósálfar eru fegri en sól sýnum, en Dökkálfar eru svartari en bik."

"There is one place there [in the sky] that is called the Elf Home (Álfheimr). People live there that are named the light elves (ljósálfar). But the dark elves (dökkálfar) live below in earth, and they are unlike them in appearance – and more unlike them in reality. The Light Elves are brighter than the sun in appearance, but the Dark Elves are blacker than pitch."

The Dark Elves are basicly Dwarves, they've been called Dvergar in other texts. And they seem sort of evil-ish in this text, well, origenally (in for instance "The Lost Tales") they were.

The Might · 04-07-2007, 11:27 AM

Well, I didn't want to choose a character name, but I wanted something that sounds important and cheesy
So I took The Might

Amariden Ravenhill · 05-16-2007, 04:37 PM

My name originated from my earliest role-playing game experiences as a young teenager. I had joined a Lord of the Rings online RPG at the invitation of a friend and created the eccentric Hobbit lass Amariden Ravenhill. Sadly, the forum was shut down, yet the two of us continued building upon the plot. Two years later, it had grown from a humble Lord of the Rings RPG that was barely surviving to an entirely new, enormous epic-scope story played only by the two of us and a few other friends. While it had drifted far from it's Middle-Earth genesis, we still payed due homage to Master Tolkien. Then, in February of 2004, my dad died suddenly. I used the RPG as a means to vent my emotions during the next several months. Our group had begun to slowly unravel and many of them lost interest in it, became involved in other RPGs or denounced it as "stupid". In the end, even my closest co-RPGer drifted away. During these times, I started working on an RPG/Webcomic in a completely different setting, but in the old one still lingered like a ghost flitting about the dark corners of my mind. As I was clearing out my e-mail of old letters and other such things last night, I found pieces of Amariden's long-lost Hobbit origins as well as my password for this forum (I had lost it in the summer of 2004) and now I return to the Barrow Downs at long last.

This, dear friends, is the origin of my name.

Nimrodel_9 · 05-25-2007, 10:10 PM

I wanted a cool elvish name that wasn't as common. One of my favorite song/poems Tolkien wrote is the one in FotR about Nimrodel. So there ya go!

01-25-2007, 04:33 PM	#1
Brinniel Reflection of Darkness Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull. Posts: 2,983	After four years on the BD, I'm surprised I have never before posted on any of the nickname threads...but I suppose that is because there is little meaning behind my name. Brinniel was a 13-year-old girl's attempt to be creative and original. When I think of it now, it's not exactly either of those two. I'm sure I would have thought up something better if I hadn't been so impatient to register, plus when I think about it...I was pretty darned young at the time. As silly as my nickname is, I've never really hated it....so I suppose I could've picked a worse name. And after all these years, Brinniel has sort of stuck with me...it's become my user name practically everywhere. And I bet that if someone called that name out on the street, I'd come running... __________________ Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

04-07-2007, 11:27 AM	#3
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Well, I didn't want to choose a character name, but I wanted something that sounds important and cheesy So I took The Might __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

05-16-2007, 04:37 PM	#4
Amariden Ravenhill Wight Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In Mordor where the Shadows lie Posts: 113	My name originated from my earliest role-playing game experiences as a young teenager. I had joined a Lord of the Rings online RPG at the invitation of a friend and created the eccentric Hobbit lass Amariden Ravenhill. Sadly, the forum was shut down, yet the two of us continued building upon the plot. Two years later, it had grown from a humble Lord of the Rings RPG that was barely surviving to an entirely new, enormous epic-scope story played only by the two of us and a few other friends. While it had drifted far from it's Middle-Earth genesis, we still payed due homage to Master Tolkien. Then, in February of 2004, my dad died suddenly. I used the RPG as a means to vent my emotions during the next several months. Our group had begun to slowly unravel and many of them lost interest in it, became involved in other RPGs or denounced it as "stupid". In the end, even my closest co-RPGer drifted away. During these times, I started working on an RPG/Webcomic in a completely different setting, but in the old one still lingered like a ghost flitting about the dark corners of my mind. As I was clearing out my e-mail of old letters and other such things last night, I found pieces of Amariden's long-lost Hobbit origins as well as my password for this forum (I had lost it in the summer of 2004) and now I return to the Barrow Downs at long last. This, dear friends, is the origin of my name. __________________ Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.= I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head Utúlie'n aurë! Aiya Eldalië ar Atanatári, utúlie'n aurë!

05-25-2007, 10:10 PM	#5
Nimrodel_9 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Utah Posts: 734	I wanted a cool elvish name that wasn't as common. One of my favorite song/poems Tolkien wrote is the one in FotR about Nimrodel. So there ya go! __________________ .:A friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart:.

04-07-2007, 06:35 AM	#2
LjósÁlfr Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sá er einn staðr þar, er kallaðr er Álfheimr. There is a place in the sky, that's called Elf Home. Posts: 23	Well, I used to have a other account here called Amras Oronar, but I didn't like that name anyway, and I was inactive for quit a while. Also, I just discovered I spelled my name wrong, so I registered again under the properly spelled name, since I hadn't made a great ammount of posts anyway (LjösÁlfr first, it's LjósÁlfr now) Well, LjósÁlfr is Old Icelandic (A dialect from Old Norse) for "(a) Light Elf". Since Tolkien had taken so much from Norse Mythology I wanted a name which connected both with eachother. What did he take from Norse Mythology? Well, the entire principel of elves, dwarves.. Barrow-Wights are basicly the Norse Mythological undead creature's called Draugar (I was considering to make my name Draugr ). And 'The Great End' about which can be red in for instance The Lost Tales, seems to look a lot like the 'Ragnarök'. As to what Ljósálfar ("Light Elves") exactly are, I give you this text, first in Old Icelandic, then in English, considering Elves (Ljósálfar) and dwarves (Dökkálfar, in other texts by the same writer reffered to as Svartálfar). The text was writter by Snorri Sturluson, a Icelandic historian living from 1178-1241: "Sá er einn staðr þar, er kallaðr er Álfheimr. Þar byggvir fólk þat, er Ljósálfar heita, en Dökkálfar búa niðri í jörðu, ok eru þeir ólíkir þeim sýnum ok miklu ólíkari reyndum. Ljósálfar eru fegri en sól sýnum, en Dökkálfar eru svartari en bik." "There is one place there [in the sky] that is called the Elf Home (Álfheimr). People live there that are named the light elves (ljósálfar). But the dark elves (dökkálfar) live below in earth, and they are unlike them in appearance – and more unlike them in reality. The Light Elves are brighter than the sun in appearance, but the Dark Elves are blacker than pitch." The Dark Elves are basicly Dwarves, they've been called Dvergar in other texts. And they seem sort of evil-ish in this text, well, origenally (in for instance "The Lost Tales") they were.