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Sabrina came from a mythical mermaid in a Welsh river to a legenday beauty in a Hollywood classic. Along the way, it's become a near-classic girl name. 
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Carmen writes in to say that she is a fan of the Australian fantasy TV series Cleverman on the ABC, which stars Hunter Page-Lochard in the title role. The TV series takes several themes from Australian Indigenous culture and blends them with current ideas in Australian society and politics. The "clever man" is a shaman…
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In Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ulysses Klaue was a smuggler who sold a large amount of Vibranium to Ultron.
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"This really must be the season of the witch—there’s two great witchy new shows, The Witches of East End and American Horror Story: Coven—and now there’s even talk of a Charmed reboot. The cool thing is that many of these witchy characters come with enchanting names that might be worth considering for your daughter."
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This was originally going to be a post about mermaids, but I decided to switch it up and change it to all merfolk. Basically merfolk refer to creatures such as mermaids, selkie and sirens. They are...
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Here are some names with a tail to tell (sea what I did there?), from Effluvia to Ponyo to Madison.
For even more mernames, see http://nameisms.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/names-for-pirates-and-mermaids.html and http://www.thenamefreak.com/2013/05/diverted-by-name-melusine.html
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"In Battlestar Galactica, Hera Agathon was the first Human/Cylon hybrid. She was the daughter of Human Karl Agathon, and Cylon Sharon Agathon, both of whom were officers on Galactica."
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This is the second post in a new series called "names worn by mythical creatures." The first post, on werewolves, can be found here: http://namingthefishes.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/names-worn-by-we...
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From Norbert to Aithusa, and more.
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This year, dozens of names from the heavens and imagined worlds entered the land of baby names. Each of the names below just appeared in the U.S. name stats for the first time ever.
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It's really good to have some of these names explained!
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Guinevere reigned in Camelot, and inspired the top name of the 1970s, too. But the queenly appellation has been rare in recent years.
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In Disney channel's Star Wars Rebels, Hera Syndulla was a Twi'lek and the owner of the freighter ship, Ghost.
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" Andromeda was the first geeky name that I fell in love with. Andromeda is a name from Greek mythology, so it has some very non-geeky roots. Andromeda was a princess that was rescued by Perseus. The story should be familiar to anyone who has seen either of the Clash of the Titans films. "
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Monster High names are a surprisingly stylish and wearable bunch. From Twyla to Toralei, Venus to Blue, here are some frightfully delightful possibilities.
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These names are monstrously brilliant! And I do wonder about the question "Did the dolls you played with as a child inform the names you prefer as an adult?"
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Two surnames for boys and two A-A names for girls, plus opinions on spelling variants and on Kacella.
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"Callisto is one of Jupiter's moons that was discovered by Galileo. It is Jupiter's second largest moon, and is nearly as large as the planet Mercury. It is composed of equal amounts of rock and ices."
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There is something fascinating about mythical creatures...The legends, folktales, and spiritual stories of peoples around the world have always been filled with mythical creatures. From the earlies...
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