What is a Gode?

[Kristoffer O]

I think Kunshu is a title, like drott. Kumo-kunshu, bakemono-kunshu etc. My knowledfge of japanese is limited to the occasional word or prefix, so 'm not sure.

Uba means old woman or hag I think.

The nushi appears in both Bushido and other RPG's IIRC. In bushido it's a kind of Uba-hag of the swamps.

[archaeolept]

i think both kunshu and nushi mean lord or master of a place, which are modified by some adjective. Kunshu is a higher honorific. like lord, while nushi is more localized, like master. The Yama-uba is a seductive crone from old folktales

[sector24]

Ok, I finished peeking at the database, this is the last bunch I have questions about.

Mandaha
Ri (unit 1754)
Davana - (Actually I am having general trouble with Hindu demonology)
Kalendologist
Astrapelagist
Kenzoku

[Gregstrom]

Ri I think is a Celtic word meaning king (approzimately).

Kalendologist would I guess be someone who studies days or patterns of days (think calendar - calens is latin for 'day') in order to see the future.

Astrapelagist comes from astra (star) and pelagos (sea) - the meaning (in the context of the unit) presumably being 'one who studies the great sea of stars', or in other words an astrologer.

[sector24]

Originally Posted by sector24

Ok, I finished peeking at the database, this is the last bunch I have questions about.

Mandaha
Ri (unit 1754)
Davana - (Actually I am having general trouble with Hindu demonology)
Kalendologist
Astrapelagist
Kenzoku

Maybe it's supposed to be Danava?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danava_(Hinduism)

Still lost on Mandaha and Kenzoku.

[lch]

Originally Posted by sector24

Still lost on Mandaha and Kenzoku.

Came up with this for Kenzoku (http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/k/kenzoku.htm):

Disciples or followers of Buddha. Often refers to groups of devotees who accompany an important buddhist deity, for example the ten disciples of *Shaka 釈迦 (*Juudai deshi 十大弟�*�); the twelve guardians of *Yakushi 薬師 (*Juuni Shinshou 十二神将); or *Kongara douji 矜羯羅童�*� and *Seitaka douji 制た迦童�*�, who accompany *Fudou Myouou 不動明王.

Though there are probably other explanations, the translation means "family, dependents, household" apparently.

One obscure source lists Mandaha as the Hindu interpretation of the roman Saturn.

Davana is one of the reincarnations of God Shiva in the Hindu religion. The blossom of the plant with the same name are being used as an offering at his altar.

[archaeolept]

Mandaha, probably a "creative" spelling ;p

Manda would be Saturn; but not the Roman god, but rather the planet, and so the god associated w/ the planet, and the quality "slow"

however, perhaps KO was linking w/ Saturn, who is a version of the greek Kronos... the devourer?

[Kristoffer O]

The Mandaha is actually a Mandeha. When I discovered the misspelling there was already discussions on the Mandaha on the forum, and I decided confusion and problems with finding references in the forum would cause more problems than it would was worth to change the name to the proper one. My references on the subject are quite vague anyway.

If you like you can make a mod replacing the name for the correct one.

The Davana is of course a Danava. I hadn't realized I misspelled that one. I guess the same applies here as well, but Danavas are well known so it might be good to change their name anyway.

Damn sanskrit spellings

[lch]

Given how most people can't even spell most nations correctly, famous examples being Niefel, Agartha, Abysia, Arcoscephale and others, I think there would not be much of an impact by correcting the names of those units with their correct ones. Some fuzziness is always there.

[Gregstrom]

The spelling of R'lyeh seems to vary a lot too