Names of Nature

[Evan Turner]

I am writing a fic (see sig), and I've decided to use nature names for reasons I choose to leave unknown. But, I only know the name for the Earth, Gaia. I was wondering if anyone, by chance, new what the names for the Sea and the Sky, if there are any. Thank you, and have a good day.

Smuggler

 

[Yami Ryu]

I thought Terra Firma or whatever it was, was the name for earth, and Gaia was the name of a Goddess of the earth if that's what you're looking for, you could try BehindTheName.com, it's an awesome name source when you need to find a name for some specifics you want, or just need some random thing o.o

 

[Evan Turner]

Thanks! That's just what I'm looking for! Well, off to go write some more!

Smuggler

 

[Kyle of Pallet]

If you were looking at Greek mythology, here are the names:

Gaia- Earth
Uranus- Sky
Oceanus- Sea

And a few others

Cronus- Time
Atlas- Mountain (Titan that held the weight of the sky on his shoulders)

 

[dude]

i thought apollos was for the sea but what do i know about greek or anything like that

 

[Seijiro Mafuné]

Apollo's the Sun.

 

[Elemental Charizam]

Greek Titans:
Gaia- Earth/Nature
Oranos- Sky
Oceanus- Sea
Kronos - Time (its affects on living things)
Helios - Sun

They were essentially forces of nature... Or the avatars of these forces, so they could work. Maybe Atlas as Gravity? Could work...

 

[Kthleen]

Kronos - Time (its affects on living things)

Chronos, or even Khronos (the original Greek spelling), but not Kronos. Kronos is Cronus, Zeus's Titan dad. Khronos is Chronos, the personification of time.

 

[Elemental Charizam]

I thought Zeus' dad WAS the personification of time o.o What WAS Kronos the personification of, then?

*takes out notepaper*

 

[Kthleen]

From what I can tell, Kronos was a Titan who was worshipped as a god of agriculture. His parents were Gaia and Uranus; he overthrew Uranus, but later was overthrown by Zeus and banished to Tartarus. Khronos is the personification of time who came from "primordial chaos." There was a game called Age of Mythology where it was all mixed up, though (where Kronos=Titan of Time).

Teh infos

 

[Elemental Charizam]

Oh, I see! I haven't read much about the titans apart from Prometheus and Atlas. In the book I read, Kronos and Cronus were confused >>;

So erm, don't pay attention to that part of my post.

 

[Kthleen]

Kronos is Cronos is Cronus.
Khronos is Chronos is Chronus.

Just remember that the ones with the h are Time and the ones without it are Zeus' father. Think of the word "chronometer" ("time measurer"), and it'll be easier.

 

[Kiyohime]

Helios is the god of the sun. A heliosphere is the magnetic bubble holding our solar system, solar winds, and so on.

 

[Elemental Charizam]

Or if we go by Norse mythology, Thor kinda was, because he pulled the sun along in his boar chariot. Or Ra/Amon-Ra in Egyptian mythology, and so on. And in Greek mythology, the god of the sun was Apollo. There are hundreds out there...

And I shall remember that drom now on Kthleen...

 

[Kthleen]

Scrap is right. The god of the sun is Helios. Apollo is associated with light (along with prophesy, healing/medicine, and poetry/music), but although he is often associated with the sun, it is Helios that is the sun god. Oddly enough, Apollo too is often confused/mixed with someone else (obviously Helios).

Yays!

 

[Elemental Charizam]

But Helios wasn't a god, he was a Titan

That's why I mentioned him after Helios... But if he's only the god of light, then it doesn't quite work. I mean, you could use him as the force of the sun using artistic license, but there really isn't much point. I really should read up more on Greek mythology...

 

[Kthleen]

Hyperion is the Titan and Helios' dad. :D