Joe ST he/him Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 Well, I was messing around today on google translate, with the 10 Herald's names. Here are the results: Chach → Welsh: Small [*]Nalan → Azerbaijani: Lament Basqe: Resource with a view Welsh: Halloween [*]Kelek → Malay: Banisher Azerbaijani: Artlessly Hungarian: Wake [*]Vev → Haitian Creole: Widow Hungarian: Receiver Indonesian: Armrest Swedish: Crank Vietnamese: Distinguished Road So far those are the ones I've found. Any more are welcome, and any conclusions/links/etc would be lovely
Truthless he/him Posted April 27, 2011 Posted April 27, 2011 I'm inclined to say this is coincidence. The Heralds have Roshar-ian names. It would be very odd for them to have meaning in a real language.
CrazyRioter she/her Posted April 27, 2011 Posted April 27, 2011 also "Kalak" (apparently the original spelling of his name) is a type of boat traditionally used in Asia. but yeah, probably just co-incidences.
Joe ST he/him Posted April 27, 2011 Author Posted April 27, 2011 No doubt some of them are coincidence yes. But writers usually do like to do that kinda thing....
Chaos he/him Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 I just find them to be entertaining coincidences. Brandon's great, but he's not omniscient.
ZeldaDad he/him Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 Brandon's great, but he's not omniscient. Agree to disagree. 3
lordofsoup Posted May 2, 2011 Posted May 2, 2011 So i was rereading and got to the part when Dalinar has the vision with the midnight essence. At one point the woman says "sweet wisdom of Battar" 298. I was wondering if Battar might also be a Herald?
Joe ST he/him Posted May 2, 2011 Author Posted May 2, 2011 So i was rereading and got to the part when Dalinar has the vision with the midnight essence. At one point the woman says "sweet wisdom of Battar" 298. I was wondering if Battar might also be a Herald? I've discovered (from the stormblessed wikia <http://stormlightarchive.wikia.com/> though I cannot find it any more >.<) that the ten heralds are known by these names (the numbers are the names of the numerals in Vorinism (?)): Jes: Jezrien, Jezerezeh Nan: Nalan Chach: Vev: Vedeledev Palah: Sash: Salash Betab: Battar Kak: Kalak, Kelek Tenat: Talenelat Ishi: Ishar
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