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First Name Etymology, WordPress Daily Writing Prompt
… hesitating to write about most of the WordPress Daily Writing Prompt: i make sure to be always conscious of protecting personal info under the Data Privacy Act: Without publishing any personal information with never-published-before names, numbers, addresses, contact info and without publishing about personal experiences with too much info, i use my old file travel photos that are semi-public anyway then construct a mini-narrative around them for the prompt…
Anyway, on the first name, it is already known, and historical records exist to look up its etymology.
Like most first names and last names in the Philippines – the archipelago being a colony of Spain for 300 years (with more than a total of 1,000 localized revolts by the inhabitants against the colonizers until the colonizers were overthrown) – the first name is Spanish in origin, a contraction of two names; it is also used in the Basque-Spanish region.
HOWEVER… one afternoon, during ashtanga yoga Led practice (Led is where the teacher calls out the Sanskrit names of the poses), the teacher called out my name so I turned my head with a puzzled look “what-did-i-do-wrong” expression.
Ashtanga Teacher: Maríchy!
Me (marichu): (turns head with a “Huh?” look) Huh?
Ashtanga Teacher: Maríchy. Maríchyasana A
Me: Oh.
Upon getting home, I looked it up. There’s a Hindu god called Marichy and a Buddhist goddess also called Marichy, a multi-limbed goddess as depicted in ancient art, Marichy means ray of light,
So, in the WordPress Bloganuary Daily Writing Prompt today on the etymology of one’s first name I wrote:
I have many names and they all derive from the sun
I have many runes and they all lead to one.
i don’t think my first name is Sanskrit in origin — but hey, Sanskrit is “one of three oldest languages”, so you’ll never know
The multi-limbed goddess as depicted in ancient stone bas or stone sculpture is recreated in this film, see video below of how the filmmakers patterned their CGI of a temple god/goddess after Marichy: (my “namesake” charozz)
