Today while getting my daily dose of wikipedia I've been learning about Native American Indians.
In particular Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. One aspect of the culture I find fascinating is the way they are named and the names they give each other.
It seems that at birth you were given a name and then as your life progressed you would take on a new name of you own choosing or one your peers would give you one. For instance Sitting Bull at birth was named 'Jumping Badger' but later was named 'Sitting Bull' after his Father whose name then became Jumping Bull.
Some of the other ones I liked were:
For females: 'they are afraid of her', 'looks at it', 'Good voice woman', 'kills Enemy', 'red Leggins'
For Males: 'Worm', 'Slow', 'Stands Up for Him', 'Iron between Horns', 'Conquering Bear'
Although I'm sure alot of what they are meant to mean is lost in translation i still like them.
Wouldn't it be good if we all had names that reflected our characteristics or would that be terrible?
What would your native american name be?
2008-04-23 @ 18:24