Name Meanings

Well, some are more obvious than others, but I always am curious as to the meanings of people’s names, and why they chose them. Explain your avatar as well, unless of course its just a picture of yourself. I spose I will begin

Apothis is a variation of the greek name Apophis (Apep in Egyptian). Apep is a serpent by symbology, however he is the manifestation of darkness and chaos in their pure forms. Apep was, by general consensus, the opposition of Ra, the sungod and upholder of Ma’at. Sometimes he was shown as a Dragon, and thus my theory on Christianity being a remnant of Akhenaten’s (Amenhotep IV) turning Egypt into a monotheistic state (for the first time in any civilization in recorded history) praying to the Sun disk, or Aten. Incidently, the word Amen is an ancient form of Aten (pronounced Ah-men when in that form… erm sorta like another word in the current vernacular.)

My avatar is an image of Set, who unfortuately has no understandable symbology. The animal and head dressing symbols for Set bear no relation to any animal that exists to this day. However, he was not evil as his sonwas , as he was the god of Deserts, Storms, Chaos and Foreign Lands. (Chaos doesnt need mean evil, as is often a misconception) He was the only egyptian god to bear the title ‘His Majesty,’ aside from Amen-Ra (Amun Ra). Set later became demonized by the egyptians, viewing him as the embodyment of the Romans, and other such nations, who were at that time whacking Egypt pretty well. Set was defeated by Horus, and this event was widely celebrated… oddly enough Horus is another aspect of the Amen-Ra ‘cluster’ I suppose you could call it, as another aspect of the Sun… there again later on, Akhenaten stated that the sun WAS god, and the only god, which would have turned Set into Lucifer, and his son is to destroy the world… atleast for comparison’s sake.

Mine’s a gun. The idea was to intimidate people into bending to my will (“if you disagree with me, I’ll blow your brains out”), but I don’t think I’ve had that effect.

When i first came up with my name i was thinking: “hmmm, what is it i am good at”?

I chose wonderer because that’s what i’ve always been.

My avatar is a portrait of myself that i had done while in quebec. I was able convince the artist who did it to do it for free, as he had no customers. And when he did a crowd gathered and he wound up with too much business.

I like to think of my name as humble, though i’ve been accused of not living up to my own name. In any case it’s a keeper…