Thursday, January 25, 2001

I find it interesting that the team o good guys in Akihabara Dennou Gumi is referred to as Anima Mundi, since the rebel group that Zaphikiel leads in Angel Sanctuary (or Tenshi Kinryoku X3;) is named Anima Mundi as well. Although I am (was, really.. I'm taking French now, but I still luv Latin to pieces) a Latin student, I'm not entirely sure what Anima Mundi means. You see, Anima is the word for 'mind' or 'soul', and mundus (from which mundi is derived) means 'world.' Therefore, based on mundi's form, the most obvious translation is Soul of the World, which is pretty and makes vague sense. However I don't know if mundi is in the proper genitive/poss. form for it to mean 'of the world.'

I use Latin a lot in my stories and everywhere else I can.. I usually assume my usages are correct since no one's ever pointed out mistakes, but if any of you out there do, do not hesitate to hit me with trouts. xx
One example is the name of the world that several of my peeps were born on (i.e., Reve); it's called Aliamunda (often just munda for short), which means 'another world.' It's essentially alternate reality earth, which is why languages like english and latin still exist. ^^; My other world, which is also alternate reality earth, is called Septerra..however it's sort of a high fantasy world, so its native tongue is basically a mangling of Latin and English. ^^; It's name is Septerra Celinae, which means world of the seven moons (since it has seven moons :b;) but like Aliamunda it's just called Septerra for short. Most of the characters that hang out in the forest are from there, since the forest is on that world. ^^; Vande and his family of soul-suckahs hail from there too (Vande being from an original story of mine that needs to be worked on that was once called beautiful creatures but has since changed its name to drawing a breath of air^^;). Necavi and Alistair (characters in the claris project) are from the future Septerra.

Vinton (the fictional town in which all of my stories take place) acts as a go-between for the two worlds; it has connectors to them everywhere, which are augmented by events in TCP.

Yes, ALL of my stories are bound together, often in more ways than one. ^^;

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