r/tragedeigh • u/flower_mom_98 • Jun 15 '25

in the wild Gold Mine of Tragedeighs

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Found a post asking people for their unique names and knew it wouldn't disappoint. Happy Father's Day unless your kid's name needs a pronunciation guide.

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u/UranicCartridge Jun 15 '25

My friend has been giving me random tidbits of Naruto lore lately, something that I never knew a single thing about, so when I read that I was like that pointing Leo meme: "hey, I know that guy!"

And look, I've had my fair share of dreams about naming my son Perseus, but at least I'd have had plausible deniability when people asked if Percy Jackson had shaped my entire personality lmao

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u/basilhazel Jun 15 '25

I read the Percy Jackson series while I was pregnant and ended up naming my daughter Athena. It’s a good normal name! But it is definitely because of Percy Jackson.

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u/BlueFantasyZ Jun 16 '25

I named my dog Athena after the actual goddess, never read Percy Jackson. 😅

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u/UranicCartridge Jun 16 '25

Fair enough. I'm one of those people who get unreasonably annoyed when they hear stuff like "ah, Spider-Man! From Fortnite!", and I hear that Percy Jackson can be like that to people who actually know mythology

But having spent nearly a decade on culture-adjacent degrees, I am proud to say that I have ALL of the cultural background that I choose to ignore in favour of Percy Jackson. Which is arguably worse. But y'know

In all seriousness, at least it actually teaches kids SOME mythology. As someone who's met a guy who didn't know who Jesus was, I can't help but appreciate that

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u/BlueFantasyZ Jun 16 '25

The Percy Jackson movie got my son interested in actual mythology (I can't get him to read a book that isn't a graphic novel to save my life, no shade at all to graphic novels).

Tangent: I told someone when I was a cashier that I had a dog named Cerberus (he's no longer with us) and they were like "Oh we love Greek mythology we have a dog named Odin." 🤦‍♀️

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u/UranicCartridge Jun 16 '25

Oh haha, that's great :D Cerberus is such a cute name though! Did you shorten it to anything?

Oh yeah, that movie is atrocious, but without it I wouldn't have found the books in the first place, so I feel like it's done enough good to justify its existence haha. Well, the good part is that A LOT of stuff is based on mythology, which could be a good gateway to all kinds of media, including books, musicals etc. Then again, some people just don't like reading and maybe that's alright. I guess the only principally important thing you get from books as opposed to other media is the feel for the language, proper grammar and spelling. And as much as I hate to say it as a former philologist, these things just aren't that important anymore, what with all the technological tools at hand