Craft Names

Do you have to have a magical name or a secret name?

Of course not. I don't. How do you find a name? If you're patient enough, one will choose you.

AMAZON NAMES (from history and mythology)

M. Gargarean (the tribe whose men the Amazons mated with)

F: Aella (whirlwind), Antianara, Antiope, Hippolyte or Hippolyta, Lysippe, Marpesia or Marpessa, Melanippe, Omphale, Otrere, Pantariste, Penthesilea, Thalestris,

CENTAUR NAMES (from mythology and botany)

M: Chiron (the hand), Dexamenus, Nessus

F: Centaurea

DRAGON POWER NAMES (from myths, legends and botany)

M: Drake, Draco, Firedrake, Mandrake, Ladon, Raja Naga

F: Dracena, Mandragora, Medea, Ti'amat

DRUID NAMES (from myths, legends and history)

M: Amairgen or Amergin, Calatin, Cathbad, Dubhtach, Lochru, Mael, Maithghean, Mathgen, Mide, Morann, Morias, Myrrdin, Niul, Olc Aiche, Ono, Rechrad, Senias, Sitchenn, Tages, Taliesin, Trosdan, Tulchinne, Urias

F: Aoife, Biróg, Bodmall, Camma, Druidia, Dryade, Dryadia, Fidelma, Gáine, Ganna, Geal Chossach (white legs), Milucrah, Sin (storm), Smirgat, Tlachtga, Veleda

ELEMENTAL NAMES (from geology, meterology, oceanography, etc.)

EARTH Arroyo, Beck, Brae, Cairn, Chalcedon, Cor, Crag, Dolman, Dune, Fen, Foessa, Gemma, Mesa, Moor, Moraine, Ravine, Savanna, Stone, Tarn, Tor

AIR Argon, Breeze, Ether, Gale, Keen, Scirocco, Tempest, Vortex, Wind, Zephyr

FIRE Ardent, Blaze, Candle, Censer, Ember, Flame, Flare, Hearth, Magma, Molten, Pyre, Salamander, Smoke, Smolder, Tallow, Taper, Torch, Wick

WATER Brine, Cascade, Delta, Deluge, Dew, Flood, Fog, Grotto, Ice, Mist, Oasis, Rain, Rivulet, Scald, Spume, Steam

FAERY NAMES (from myths, legends and literature)

M/F: Selkie

M: Aillen, Credne, Finvarra, Luchtar, Melwas, Oberon, O'Donoghue, Puck, Tammerlane, Urisk, Wichtlein

F: Aeval, Airmed, Caer, Clethrad, Donagh, Eri, Heliconian, Mab, Summer, Titania

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

M/F: Abydos, Amenti, Byblos, Carthage, Delphi, Persis, Saracen, Saxon, Sumer, Tyre, Ur, Uruk

M: Baalbek, Troy, Karnak

F: Alexandria, Babylonia, Ionia, Nubia, Olympia, Petra, Tara, Thera, Tyana, Umbria, Willow Palisade

NATURE SPIRITS (from mythology)

M: Faun, Satyr, Sylvan

F: Nymphs: Abrya, Amaltheia, Andrastea, Asteria, Echo, Egeria, Leuce, Minthe or Menthe, Perdix, Philyra, Phyllis, Pitys, Sagaris, Salmacis, Sylvana, Syrinx

By Type:

Caryatid (nut tree nymph)

Dryad (forest/tree nymph), Beldis, Clytia or Clytie, Daphne, Melia

Hamadryad (woodland nymph), Pomona

Naiad (fresh water nymph), Arethusa, Lotis, Oeneus

Nereid, Oceanid (ocean nymph), Metis

Oread (hill and mountain nymph)

POWER NAMES (from myths, legends and history)

M: Anu, Hercules or Herakles, Merlin, Samson

F: Ambika, Aoifa, Boadicca or Boadicea or Boudicca, Cartimandua, Delilah, Galiana, Kali, Macha, Macha Mong Ruadh (Macha of the Red Hair), Medb, Morrigan, Myrine, Nessa (ungentle), Omphale, Onomaris, Oya, Scathach, Tlachtga, Vashti, Veleda

PRIEST/ESS NAMES (names and titles of historical and mythological priest/esses)

M: Adapa (Ea), Astronomus, Balahala, Balsam, Brendan, Camma (Brigit), Flamen Dialis, Galli (Cybele), Hierophant, Kristophores, Manneras, Melanephoris, Moses, Nebseni, Neocoris, Osorkon (Amun), Pastophoris, Stolist, Zarathustra

F: Althaea or Althea, Boadicca (Andrasta), Dryope (Apollo Oeta), Entu (Ishtar), Io (Hera), Ishtarith (Ishtar), Kassandra (Athene), Nadith (Ishtar), Pythia (Apollo), Pythoness (Apollo), Qadishtu (Qadesh), Tcherau-ur (Isis), Volva

RAVEN NAMES (god/desses)

M: Adam, Bran, Bram, Kronos, Morvran, Vron

F: Badb, Eriu, Etain, Macha, Medb, Morrigan, Nemain

SERPENT POWER NAMES (from mythology and geology)

M: Ananta, Mahanaga, Ophion, Ouroboros, Rajanaga

F: Kundalini, Lamia, Pythia, Serpentia, Serpentine, Uatchet or Uadjit

WOLF NAMES (from mythology)

M: Fenris, Lycaon, Lykeios

F: Faula, Lupa

WITCH AND ADEPT NAMES (god/desses and historical figures)

M: Ĺ, CuRoi, Djedi, Djeheuty, Ea, Emrys, Enki, Fintan, Gwydion, Irin Mage, Magus, Mait' Carrefour, Marduk, Merddin, Mithra or Mithras, Simon Magus

F: Aradia, Arionrhod, Carman, Cessair, Circe (circle), Ertha, Etain, Greine, Hallawes, Hecale, Hecalene, Hekate, Heket, Helice, Maia, Margawse, Medea, Medusa, Nemain, Nimuë, Rhiannon, Viviane, Yemaya

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