Fost
Tae Lodver (Touch the truth),
The Silver Elves
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An
excerpt from the "Introduction" to the book:
In the Beginning
Zardoa Silverstar has been giving out names for ages. He began
giving elf names before he entirely realized he was an elf. The
first ones he gave were in English. Thus he gave such names as
Debbie Moondust, Morning Moonstar, Silver Flame and names of this
kind. In time, he began to give names with a more direct elven
tone such as Kartakor and Kendor. In the 1990’s when he began
creating our elven language Arvyndase or Silverspeech (see our
book Arvyndase (silverspeech): a short course in the magical language
of the Silver Elves) and with the advent of the internet, he began
giving out Arvyndase names, which are the 5, 600 names you will
find within this volume.
Requests for Elf Names
We created a place on our website (http://silverelves.angelfire.com)
where elves can request a magical name and we give instructions
there on the information that we need to do so. Over years, besides
elves, we also have received a few requests from dwarves (see
if you can figure out which are the dwarven names) and otherkin
of numerous sorts. We also have gotten requests from writers wanting
elf names for stories they were creating and from gamers desiring
names for their characters. We have obliged as best we have been
able, although we encouraged the writers to create their own names.
We elves always encourage creativity.
Picking
an Elf Name
Every elf name is unique. It may be a variation of another name,
as in English there is Sue, Susan, Suzette, Suzanne, etc. and
this is the case in Arvyndase, as well. However, unlike most other
languages we don’t repeat names. We don’t have hundreds
of Johns, Michaels and Tiffanys and Deborahs.
Alas, while we have given out over 5,600 names (we still receive
requests), the vast majority of those who receive names never
use them. It is not wrong to use a name from this book that is
not being used, but it is considered highly rude by the elven
to use a name that someone else is using and no elf would want
to do that. And perhaps even worse, it is considered uncreative
to do so. So before using any name in this book please do an Internet
search to see if it is currently in use.
Far better, from an elven point of view is to request a name from
these elves at the site listed above, or through Facebook. Or
perhaps even better still, to use this book as an example of the
names that are out there and to create a variation of a name that
you like. For instance, we currently have Våvardor and Våvardorn
but there is not, as yet, a Våvarthor, or Våvardorys,
or Våvardoryn, etc. Remember, however, we are still giving
out names, so even when creating a variation, you may wish to
do an Internet search. No elf would want a name that another is
using; although using a name that has been cast into someone’s
magical mystical trash-bin is ever fair game.
Of course, one might ask, if creativity is so important to the
elves, why give elf names at all? And that fact is that most of
the names we give are gifted to those who have just discovered
their elven nature and need a bit of encouragement. Giving them
an elf name is giving them a bit of elf magic and power. When
we gift each name, we also indicate how the name may be pronounced
but it is up to each elf to put emphasis where it feels best to
them or alter the name to suit one’s own s’elf. How
it sounds, how it vibrates in one’s ear, soul and imagination
is most important.
