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- No acronyms
- Nothing “Open”
- Nothing that’s a literal description of the work
- Evocative, simple, memorable
Theme Thought Starters:
- Historical
- Mythical
- Symbolic
- Team Sports (Who do you play for?)
- Water Theme (and/or water deities): Ties into the traditional OPNFV releases using rivers, also meant to symbolize strength via flexibility / adaptability.
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- Goddess Anuket: Anuket was the ancient Egyptian goddess of the cataracts of the Nile and Lower Nubia in general, worshipped especially at Elephantine near the First Cataract. Symbols: Bow, arrows, gazelle, ostrich feather
- Hapi: God of the annual flooding of the Nile (By harnessing the floodwaters, Egyptians were able to take something chaotic and tame it and build a civilization from it)
- Goddess: Janus: Shows 2 entities as one.
- Grannus: Celtic deity associated with thermal springs and spas, associated with the concept of gleaming or shining
- Ascionna: Gallo-Roman water goddess, associated with the Orleans region of France
- Lir: Irish/Welsh god of the sea
- Sequana: Goddess of the River Seine, healer of sickness
- Sirona: Celtic goddess associated with healing springs
- Danu: Celtic Mother of the gods, associated with streams and flowing water
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Butterfly Theme: Ties into transformational narrative of OPNFV. Stages: Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly.
- The name "chrysalis" might work? Each release could be a new butterfly species.
- We could also use a Latin name for a butterfly species as the project name
- Asiona (a genus of moths)
Team Sports
- Harpastum: ancient ball game played in the Roman Empire
- Phaininda: Greek version of the above
- Cuju or T'su-chu – ancient Chinese game, though to be the earliest version of football
- Pokolpok – Ancient Meso American ballgame, similar to racquetball
Purpose / Background
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