I am working on a novel right now, in a medieval type setting. I have grown up on Harry Potter, and have a deep love for the classics: Beowulf, The Odyssey, and The Iliad. This, mixed with a longtime near obsession with Tolkien, has made me want to write a novel in the vein of fantasy. I have most of the story written, but I have run into a problem. In my story there is an evil race of subhuman monsters (I know, very original) that appeared hundreds of years ago, and were fought off only through sheer determination and the sacrifice of a great king. The creatures are described as six to eight feet tall, and muscular, with two great horns curling from their foreheads, like those of a ram. This description is workable, and will probably be changed. They came from the east in huge ships made of black wood, if that helps. What would this race of evil creatures be called? I do not want to use a name taken by another writer, so they cannot be called Orcs or any of the other mainstream evils.
2007-10-21 18:08:41 · 7 answers · asked by pheonexking 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
They can't be called the Baphomet, because Baphomet is a mispelling of Mahomet (Muhammad). So calling the evil beings from the east "Evil Muhammad Creatues" does not quite work for me.
--Pheonexking
(Thanks Wikipedia for the info.... darn history, it's a cool name!)
2007-10-23 16:08:38 · update #1
The Baphomet.
Sorry, Yahoo!'s being retarded and won't let me post links, but just Wiki it.
Very appropriate I think.
2007-10-21 18:14:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A great 80's movie is The Breakfast Club. It's about 5 teenagers that spend a Saturday together in detention and end up pouring their hearts out to each other. A great movie for all to see. Another great movie(newer) that everyone should see is Crash(2004) which follows the stories of several different people during two days in Los Angeles whose lives become connected. A really great story that touches on the subject of prejudice in modern society.
2016-04-09 21:10:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Football's "Rams" also taken :)
"Climb the Highest Mountain," and "The Retreats of the Masters," Mark Prophet, have some interesting characters.
"Sexual Force or the Winged Dragon" and "Creation: Artistic and Spiritual," Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov, has some useful metaphors.
"Watch Your Dreams," Ann Ree Colton, has lots of telepathic dream symbols she encountered in her 60+ years of research into the inner planes or "middle world."
"The Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce?", Free and Wilcock, has an associated http://www.divinecosmos.com site which has some interesting science-imagination items
Http://www.coasttocoastam.com radio has plenty of guests talking about their fantasy items.
"Hidden Camera," Zoran Zivkovic, and "The Great Divorce," C. S. Lewis, are both amazingly good novellas.
cordially,
j.
2007-10-21 18:24:15 · answer #3 · answered by j153e 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a writer, you should be able to draw names from your own experience. Who or what do you know in your own life, that is evil?
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2007-10-21 18:17:47 · answer #4 · answered by Kacky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you trying to make up your own kind of new name for this monster?
2007-10-21 18:15:41 · answer #5 · answered by Lily Luna 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the sailing monsters.
the giants form the east
2007-10-21 18:13:21 · answer #6 · answered by nickipettis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cheney s // \\
Peace...........................
2007-10-21 18:16:55 · answer #7 · answered by JVHawai'i 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋