So the type of translation above is difficult to achieve. Plus there are a lot of false cognates (much has been made of, and tales invented, linking Paris of Troy with Paris, France. After the fall...
The trojans or their allies may have truly fled to Italy and become the Etruscans (there is evidence of Anatolian influences) but somehow I think that Northwest France would be a stretch. Of course the historical Troy may have imported some tin (to make bronze) from Cornwall as well as other spots, so who knows.
I agree that Avalon was probably the primary influence for RJ's choice, so the real question is what it meant for him.
I assume, as a minimum, Arthurian associations with the Lady of the Lake and the magical island.
But there's probably more.
The trojans or their allies may have truly fled to Italy and become the Etruscans (there is evidence of Anatolian influences) but somehow I think that Northwest France would be a stretch. Of course the historical Troy may have imported some tin (to make bronze) from Cornwall as well as other spots, so who knows.
I agree that Avalon was probably the primary influence for RJ's choice, so the real question is what it meant for him.
I assume, as a minimum, Arthurian associations with the Lady of the Lake and the magical island.
But there's probably more.
Translation of "Tar Valon"
- 18/12/2009 05:08:49 PM
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As far as we can tell
- 18/12/2009 05:32:31 PM
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Wait, so it translates similarly to Minas Tirith, the White Tower of Gondor? *NM*
- 18/12/2009 07:26:37 PM
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Well, it's based on Avalon
- 18/12/2009 05:33:44 PM
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I think there is an actual old tongue dictionary ...
- 18/12/2009 10:08:27 PM
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Place Names Drift Over Time
- 19/12/2009 12:59:25 AM
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I think you meant this in response to the main thread, and not my post
- 19/12/2009 11:13:14 PM
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Given how terrible Jordan's "language" system was, it could be almost anything.
- 20/12/2009 05:26:56 PM
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