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TROUBLE NAMING SOME CHARACTERS >:c help?
Okay, so.
I got this idea while watching "A Year Without a Santa Claus" (don't judge me xD). And it involves a Heat Miser-ish character and a Snow Miser-ish character. (This'll probably be some kind of short story or something, so.)
And I wasn't sure what to name them- there's some lore and whatnot about the Holly King and the Oak King, I think? And they kind of represent summer and winter. So I didn't want to use plants, so I went with birds, since birds are pretty and different ones are out in different seasons.
I have the Heron and the Blue Jay. Heron = summer, Blue Jay = winter.
But- two things.
1) I need something like "The Holly King"- "The (insert bird) (insert king/lord/other address)". And I'm having trouble choosing. I don't want them to be named Heron and Blue Jay, because that sounds like Native American lore and I don't want the reader getting the idea that these guys actually look like birds or anything- that aside, I also want them to have actual names, too. So something like The Heron King, The Heron Lord- I'm not sure.
2) I'm also not sure whether to have the winter deity dude named The Blue Jay ___ or The Jay ____. I think 'Jay' sounds better, yes/no?
I also want a third entity that's kind of neutral to represent the more mild months. And he just kind of smirks and shakes his head while the other two are at each other's throats. Is there a bird that's only around in milder months, but not specific only to spring or only to fall? Sparrows or something? Him I might actually name after his bird to show that he's not royal- I plan for him to be lower in status but the more level headed and peaceful and whatnot of the three.
And I'm also having trouble picking actual names for the two guys. I'm thinking the Heron guy's name Samhradh is and the Jay guy's name is Geimhreadh, but those mean, respectively, 'summer' and 'winter'- is that too corny? Then again, that happens a lot in myth, where the names of certain figures are basically exactly what they represent... I dunno.
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