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 Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:50 pm
I'm a big fan of H.P. Lovecraft, and he has a story called Nyarlathotep... I'm pretty sure it's not a "real" Egyptian name, but how would that be pronounced?
The character of Nyarlathotep is a sinister evil creature of some kind that traumatizes people at the mere sight of him. (I based my avatar off of him for Halloween ^^)
Anyways, I was wondering how you'd go about pronouncing the name, and an help would be wonderful!
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Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 12:18 am
Well, as an elder god, Nyarlathotep's name couldn't be pronounced by the human tongue, but...
Knee R lah th oh tep
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:26 pm
Personally I would pronounce it as Nee-arl-at-hotep
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Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 2:00 pm
Interesting- I've always been curious about Lovecraft but never have managed to read much of his work. The only part of that name which actually sounds Egyptian is the "hotep" at the end, which means "satisfaction, peace, contentment" that sort of thing. It would translate to "Nyarlat is satisfied," and the formula as it is used in Egyptian usually refers to a god- so Nyarlat I suppose would one of the Elder Gods?
Anyway, the "hotep" is generally pronounced "ho-TEP," with the first syllable sounding like "hoe" as in the gardening instrument and the stress on the second syllable.^_^ However, we do not know exactly how it was pronouonced since the Egyptians did not record their vowels, and that pronunciation is merely a scholarly custom. James P. Allen's grammar seems to suggest a reconstruction of "hatpa" (HAT-pa), based on the records of contemporary and descendent languages. 3nodding
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:39 pm
Lovecraft's names, though they look like they should belong to a culture, generally do not when you gain knowledge of the culture.
Take a look at the writer of the Necronomicon, Abdul Alhazred, the 'Mad Arab' the name Al hazred is not a real last name, nor would it ever be, as names with 'Al' in them relate to the several names of god, which usually translate to things like 'the just, the creator, the wonderful'.
Also, as for pronunciations, let's try Cthuhlu?
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:37 am
Hm, I usually pronounce it like this: "Kuh-THOO-loo." That's how I've heard others pronouncing it as well, so I think that's pretty much the accepted pronunciation- anyone have a different one?
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:00 pm
I read recently that they believe it may be pronounced Clue-loo.
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:45 pm
How interesting... what is that pronunciation based on?
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:11 pm
Probably based on large quantities of pot consumed by grad students.
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:56 pm
Well, knowing me, because that name is harder to say, I would just pronounce it as "Na-hotep". Said completely wrong, I know, but just so that when reading the name, I don't keep getting stuck on how it's said.
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