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qu'qul pong'egh (was RE: help me explain)



ja' qu'qul:

	*snip*

> I chose "qu'qul" for two reasons -- one, it means "Fierce Fire" which is
> very
> Klingon, and two, it has an echo of "CuChulain" the greatest hero in
> Celtic
> history, whom I admire greatly, for he was forced to kill his best friend
> in
> combat, to fulfill an oath and end a war.  So desirous was he of not
> appearing
> weak, and so fearsome was his face, that when he tied himself to a tall
> stone so
> he wouldn't fall over when he died, no one would approach for a long time,
> for
> fear he was just waiting for them.  Sounds Klingon to me!
> 
> qu'qul
> 
	Also sounds like kukul "feather" in Maya, as in Kukulcan "feathered
serpent" God of the Maya. (Quetzalcoatl to the Aztecs)

	- tuv'el



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