SPOILERS Eric Discussion **Spoilers**
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I do not know about the Muslims but Hindus definitely have a elaborate naming ceremony. So elaborate, it differs from place to place, culture to culture, caste to caste ... whatever you name it. As for water, in any Hindu ceremony, Holy water is sprinkled over all gathered to purify (or maybe to grant extra good karma, I am unsure) them. It is done at the end of the ceremony though, and with all steps, the naming can be as long as six hours
By the way, Hi Boardizens, glad to meet you.
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I do not know about the Muslims but Hindus definitely have a elaborate naming ceremony. So elaborate, it differs from place to place, culture to culture, caste to caste ... whatever you name it. As for water, in any Hindu ceremony, Holy water is sprinkled over all gathered to purify (or maybe to grant extra good karma, I am unsure) them. It is done at the end of the ceremony though, and with all steps, the naming can be as long as six hours
By the way, Hi Boardizens, glad to meet you.
That link does generalize a lot. And as I said, the Naming Ceremony among hindus is so different, it cannot do all of them justice .
Among Hindus in Nepal, the naming is done on the tenth day. The Annaprasan has no relation to naming, it is just the first day that the baby is given solid food. It is on fifth month for girls and sixth on boys in Nepal. I did not know buddhist did it too, but yeah, the first letter of the name is suggested by the birth time for Hindus. In fact, there are 27 Nakshatra (some special stars) which comprise different parts of zodiac. Each day is assigned a Nakshatra (in cycle. If today is Aswini, tomorrow is Bharini, the third is Krittika etc etc.). Each Nakshatra has four parts, each bearing a letter. For example, Aswini's letters are Chu, Che, Cho, La. so, if somebody is born during first six hours of the Aswini's day, his/her name MUST begin with Chu. and that person's zodiac will be Aries.That is a simplified version of the naming system.
The letters are funny, and the name comes out funnier. Now a days, anyone has two names. One religious (that we hide out of shame ), and one for normal/academic/official use.
On the topic of the thread, I enjoyed Eric a lot. I enjoy all Pratchett's books. I mostly read them for laughs the first time, and then comb them philosophically the next time. I recently found this board and I never noticed many of the connections you guys are making. For me, the books are/were satirical, funny, light readings. I liked the unique twists of the wishes and I was happy that Rincewind has returned to the Discworld.
Apologies for any spelling/grammatical mistakes
.Among Hindus in Nepal, the naming is done on the tenth day. The Annaprasan has no relation to naming, it is just the first day that the baby is given solid food. It is on fifth month for girls and sixth on boys in Nepal. I did not know buddhist did it too, but yeah, the first letter of the name is suggested by the birth time for Hindus. In fact, there are 27 Nakshatra (some special stars) which comprise different parts of zodiac. Each day is assigned a Nakshatra (in cycle. If today is Aswini, tomorrow is Bharini, the third is Krittika etc etc.). Each Nakshatra has four parts, each bearing a letter. For example, Aswini's letters are Chu, Che, Cho, La. so, if somebody is born during first six hours of the Aswini's day, his/her name MUST begin with Chu. and that person's zodiac will be Aries.That is a simplified version of the naming system.
The letters are funny, and the name comes out funnier. Now a days, anyone has two names. One religious (that we hide out of shame
), and one for normal/academic/official use. On the topic of the thread, I enjoyed Eric a lot. I enjoy all Pratchett's books. I mostly read them for laughs the first time, and then comb them philosophically the next time. I recently found this board and I never noticed many of the connections you guys are making. For me, the books are/were satirical, funny, light readings. I liked the unique twists of the wishes and I was happy that Rincewind has returned to the Discworld.
Apologies for any spelling/grammatical mistakes
I thought it was very good for what it was (a short, illustrated bit of fun). I especially loved Sir Terry's take on the Trojan/ Tsotean Wars, really funny and inventive. I can't think of anything I didn't like... well except one thing... the hat. The hat that a wizard always comes back for, it was a line in Sourcery that really got my imagination running, thinking about the next Rincewind novel. I can't remember if the book specifically said he had it, however the illustrations with him wearing it and the lack of him wanting it at least kinda made my excitable imagination trip up and land in the mud.
But that was only a tiny thing, maybe it is something he mentions in a later book (as I'm still working my way through them) or maybe not. It was just a concept from sourcery that I had really liked and was looking forward to reading.
Anyway, overall it was a great wee book that I did thoroughly enjoy!
But that was only a tiny thing, maybe it is something he mentions in a later book (as I'm still working my way through them) or maybe not. It was just a concept from sourcery that I had really liked and was looking forward to reading.
Anyway, overall it was a great wee book that I did thoroughly enjoy!
Re: Eric Discussion, regarding the edition
Hi,
I tried several times to create a new topic, but I couldn't, don't now why (bug?)...
My question concerns the edition. I just started collecting the books reissured by corgi, but Eric doesn't seem to be included in the list. Guards!Guards! was published by Corgi November 5, 2012, Moving Pictures as well. There seems to be a new edition of Eric called The Illustrated Eric, would this be the equivalent I'm right now so desperately looking for?
I would like to have all the books from the same edition, that's why I'm asking...
Sorry if this question was already answered once, at least I couldn't find anything about it...
Hi,
I tried several times to create a new topic, but I couldn't, don't now why (bug?)...
My question concerns the edition. I just started collecting the books reissured by corgi, but Eric doesn't seem to be included in the list. Guards!Guards! was published by Corgi November 5, 2012, Moving Pictures as well. There seems to be a new edition of Eric called The Illustrated Eric, would this be the equivalent I'm right now so desperately looking for?
I would like to have all the books from the same edition, that's why I'm asking...
Sorry if this question was already answered once, at least I couldn't find anything about it...
Hi OldBaron - the software doesn't allow a new member to start a topic until they've made another post. This is because we were getting so many spammers trying to sell us handbags and Viagra.
Eric wasn't published by Transworld, the parent company of Corgi. It originally came out as an illustrated edition with artwork by Josh Kirby. It was a softcover large format book. Later a version without the illustrations was released, but Transworld still didn't and doesn't own the rights to it, so they cannot issue a new version. It's all very complicated, as the version without the illustrations was published "in association with Corgi".
Welcome to the site - I hope that answers your questions.
Eric wasn't published by Transworld, the parent company of Corgi. It originally came out as an illustrated edition with artwork by Josh Kirby. It was a softcover large format book. Later a version without the illustrations was released, but Transworld still didn't and doesn't own the rights to it, so they cannot issue a new version. It's all very complicated, as the version without the illustrations was published "in association with Corgi".
Welcome to the site - I hope that answers your questions.
