MoonSylph Star Seed
Title : Moon Sylph Posts : 15 Join date : 2014-02-19 Age : 30 Location : Canada
 |  Subject: Theory: Inspiration behind Telulu's Name  20th November 2014, 11:54 am | |
| I’m not sure if someone has already brought this up here ...
I’m re-watching Sailor Moon S right now, and it occurred to me that Telulu’s name—seeing as she uses flowers as her weapons of choice—could be inspired by the Latin word Tellus, meaning planet Earth.
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Adelaide Lotus Crystal
 
Title : Unashamed Sailor Moon Crystal lover // Formerly Saturn Skyy - until I found out that it was the name of a car Posts : 1044 Join date : 2013-03-07 Age : 33 Location : Arendele
| | Subject: Re: Theory: Inspiration behind Telulu's Name 21st November 2014, 11:12 am | |
| Probably. I know there is symbolism behind many of the names so it definitely would not surprise me  |
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Professor Tomoe Inner Senshi Admin
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Title : Formerly Aurae; The Galaxy Cauldron Forums' Official Professor Tomoe Posts : 6250 Join date : 2013-07-23 Location : Chicago
| | Subject: Re: Theory: Inspiration behind Telulu's Name 21st November 2014, 12:19 pm | |
| The vast majority of the Sailor Moon villains are named for minerals/gemstones. Tellu ("teruru") is the first part of the mineral Tellurite ("teruruseki": "Tellurium stone"), composed of tellurium dioxide. The mineral tellurium is named for Tellus, Latin for Earth. So indirectly, yes, she is.  (I recommend the etymology articles by Ian Miller on his site Dies Gaudii as far as the sources of names in the Sailor Moon series.) |
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MoonSylph Star Seed
Title : Moon Sylph Posts : 15 Join date : 2014-02-19 Age : 30 Location : Canada
| | Subject: Re: Theory: Inspiration behind Telulu's Name 21st November 2014, 6:02 pm | |
| To Adelaide: Yeah, that's what I had in mind.  To Aurae: Oh, fascinating! Thanks for also sharing the website, by the way. I'm definitely eager to start reading his articles!  |
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Professor Tomoe Inner Senshi Admin
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Title : Formerly Aurae; The Galaxy Cauldron Forums' Official Professor Tomoe Posts : 6250 Join date : 2013-07-23 Location : Chicago
| | Subject: Re: Theory: Inspiration behind Telulu's Name 22nd November 2014, 9:48 am | |
| - MoonSylph wrote:
- Oh, fascinating!
Thanks for also sharing the website, by the way. I'm definitely eager to start reading his articles! I hope you enjoy it! I really like reading his work. He's put a lot of research and time into Sailor Moon.  |
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