New cool fantasy names

[orichalcum]

For anyone looking for a new source of fantasy names, I offer this selection of Mongol clan names, collected and translated in the latest Harper's

Argalchin - collectors of dried dung
Baga doshin - the lesser ruthless ones
Bagtaamal - the included ones
Boosniikhon - the descendants of lice
Galzuud - the insane ones
Khachid - the weird ones
Khorkoi nudten - those with bug eyes
Khurlagad - those whose animals grow fat later than others
Lalaryn guchid - the great-great-grandchildren of the one-eyed ogre (my favorite)
Sawsag doloon - the wanton seven
Showkhnar - the coneheads
Solgoi - the left-handed ones
Tursaga - the skins of animals that have starved to death
Zalkhuus - the lazy ones
Zazgar - those with small, hairy bodies

Comments

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

I thought the same thing about some Mongol names I found this spring, but these are better. Wasn't there a famous movie about the Sawsag Doloon? No, my bad, that was the magnificent seven.