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Hi, the idea of a dragon theme reminded me of the dragon-like serpents called "Nāga" from Cambodian mythology, among other places. Here's a brief link explaining the specific Cambodian meaning - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga_(mythology)#N.C4.81gas_in_Cambodia I like this as a name, because it's unique short and easy to type and remember (as long as you omit the accent, which is com...

On Apr 12, 2007, at 12:57 PM, Michael McCracken wrote: > Hi, the idea of a dragon theme reminded me of the dragon-like serpents > called "Nāga" from Cambodian mythology, among other places. Interesting, my only comment is if we pick this we need to just spell it Naga. Naga are also snake people in D&D (yea... I know). > > Here's a brief link explaining the specific Cambodian meaning - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga_(mythology)#N...

On Apr 12, 2007, at 10:57 AM, Michael McCracken wrote: > Hi, the idea of a dragon theme reminded me of the dragon-like serpents > called "Nāga" from Cambodian mythology, among other places. naga.org already exists, though. We probably want to have the .org available. I like the dragon theme but most of the familiar dragon names are taken. The Hydra of Greek mythology was a dragon-like creature with multiple heads, and hydra.org seems not to exist.

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