Tattoo #6: Epithet of Caloteon

Neek · Post by **Neek** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 1:22 pm

My right wrist has now become dedicated to the 2nd Pantheon of Cadhinorian Paganism, and I need to follow the Caloteon carving on my arm with his epithet, my only problem is I don't think < druk uestu? > is a complete epithet.

And for your viewing pleasure, pictures of the "Caloteon carving" tat:

Pic 1: CA (Closeup)

Pic 2: LOTEO, the l is barely visible in this pic.

Pic 3: TEON

Pic 4: ON (Closeup)

Pic 5: Sunburst & A (Closeup)

Warmaster · Post by **Warmaster** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 1:43 pm

Dedicating your arm to Enaron!

Well, there are worse things you can do with an arm i suppose...

ketske · Post by **ketske** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:49 pm

Nice....in a morbid sort of way...

Rory · Post by **Rory** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:03 am

Who do you get to do your tatoos?

Neek · Post by **Neek** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:47 pm

My friend Lief does my tattoos these days. My two Avestan tats were done before I (re)met Lief, but I'll be down there next week to get the epithet done.

So far, I think I shall use the first line of his description, as I know not any epithets (like the kind you see in the Iliad, i.e. Apollo shoot-afar, son of Atreus Agamemnon shepperd of men, etc.), "The Sun, Lord of Day and Summer, Friend of Man" in Cadhinorian. Simply black lettering, nothing fancy.

Post by **zompist** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 4:16 pm

Whoops, I forgot about this thread. I am, of course, always in favor of permanent bodily alterations in Almean languages. I haven't really worked out any other godly epithets... you're welcome to invent something.

I do suggest you post the text here first... it'd be embarrassing to have to go back and tattoo in spelling corrections.

Neek · Post by **Neek** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 7:02 pm

< L?NOMAIS, SANNO DENNEI ER AESTAI, LESOS URESTUI > would be the tattoo if I were to get that, "The Sun, Lord of Day and Summer, Friend of Man," however I don't feel that's respective of Calto enough; he's the sun god afterall, he needs something more noble... Give me a few days, I'll think of something good.

Neek · Post by **Neek** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 1:27 pm

Addendum: Zompist, though it is not published online yet, I can still hazard a guess that it does exist: Is there anything in an unpublished, or even yet fully translated, copy of the Adhivro that details some great deed of Caloteon? Or is what is on the Almean Beliefs page the most we have of the Cadhinorian? If so, that means I might have to draft my own...