I’m writing a flash fiction story with a dragon in it. He’s a good dragon and the protagonist will be a dragon rider. I imagine him to be similar to this picture. I’d like to get some ideas on what to call him. Any thoughts for a name?
Thanks to Jordan Bernal, author of The Keepers of Eire, (on amazon) for the inspiration.
Trigger? Silver (Hi Ho)? Flicka?
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LOL, Lady Winfred. Thanks.
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Draticus.
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Thanks, Sheila. Good idea.
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Lyn Morris-Smith commented on this post when she saw it on LinkedIn. She said, “How about using one of the original terms for them, or a derivative of one…? Greek mythology: Drákōn // Latin draconem (nominative DRACO) //Southeast Asian dragon-like creature is a NAGA // a dragon in Japanese is TATSU //Vietnamese dragon is the symbol of ‘YANG’, representing the universe //India : VRITRA was also known in the VEDAS as Ahi (“snake”) (Sanskrit: अहि),[11] and he is said to have had three heads. In later Puranic mythology he came to be identified with an ASURA // .Slavic mythology, the words “zmey”, “zmiy” or “zmaj
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I like the research you did, Lynn. Very interesting.
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