Two friends from college came into town this week. They are well into the family-making business, with an adorable 3 yr. old girl and newly created 3 month old boy. We got to talking about this whole pregnancy biz, and he suggested "Fetal Power Names" for the as yet unborn swaddlings, something that we could call our progeny besides Baby1 and Baby2 that would give them strength and power through their 9 month term (I believe they used "Ragnar" and "Mugatu").
Clearly, this was a brilliant idea and so Erin and I got to pondering. Her first suggestion was Romulus and Remus, the legendary Roman twins who were raised by wolves and went on to form Rome (an auspicious start to that civilization in my opinion). But Romulus had too much of a Star Trek feel to me, so it got vetoed.
Next we tried to think of boy/girl combos, you know, just to be equal. That led us to the trio of Ares, Aphrodite, and Athena from Greek Mythology. Ares was good - God of War, rolls off the tongue, perfect. I wanted to pick Athena over Aphrodite 'cause, well, if you have a choice between your prospective daughter being a) the book-smart tomboy, or b) the, um, veloptuous vixen, it seemed like an easy decision. But my wife countered with the power of love and beauty, pointing out that Helen of Troy was "a face that launched a thousand ships". Ultimately though, both lose to one simple fact: they're too long! Neither word is one you could drop into a casual conversation about the health of these critters. Thus, the search continued.
Keeping with the Greek mythology, I think we discovered a pair of names. Brother and Sister, these two ruled over the universe until Zeus blasted them with his lightning bolts. They were Titans, and thus our pre-natal infants are named: Cronos, king of the Titans, and Rhea, mother of the Greek gods. Sure, there's a bit of baggage here, since Cronos and Rhea were also actually married. And yes, Cronos did actually eat all of his offspring, so we'll have to work on that. BUT, but, the names are crisp, powerful, and we didn't have to think about it anymore. So, we'll take 'em.
2 comments:
Rhea actually isn't bad for a girl's name. The boy might have a little trouble in the schoolyard with "Chronos" though.
I always try to think of names that sound good followed by "Justice of the Supreme Court."
Well, as far as fetal powernames go, you could always go with the direct: Bringer-of-Nausea and Shatterer-of-Spleens.
As in "Uh-oh, I don't think Bringer-of-Nausea liked that chilli cheese dog" or "Honey, I think I just felt Shatterer-of-Spleens kick! Hard."
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