[quote="Bluetoes101" pid='85701' dateline='1781308140']
My own thought on this was that the person writing didn't have a word in their language to use.
I think it might be like people writing the "many names of God, Jesus or Maria" in a charm/curse. At the time people put a lot of weight in knowing the true name of "whoever" because that would mean they have to answer / pay attention. You can find examples of the true name of god being a hundred or more names, because people didn't know and so just gave them all a whirl in the hope one would work. I think it is possible we see this same thing with "Marix Morix Abia Ma Ria", looking for the "true name of "Maria"".
You can see this idea survive today in things like Japanese storytelling where if you know the name of the wind, or river you may control them (Any "Spirited Away" fans?)
Some of the ideas shown in this thread where not what I expected though and good food for thought. I'm glad there were no "its step 3 in the coding, step 2 is the "plain text" and step 1 is the "actual plain text".. because that one scares me
My own thought on this was that the person writing didn't have a word in their language to use.
I think it might be like people writing the "many names of God, Jesus or Maria" in a charm/curse. At the time people put a lot of weight in knowing the true name of "whoever" because that would mean they have to answer / pay attention. You can find examples of the true name of god being a hundred or more names, because people didn't know and so just gave them all a whirl in the hope one would work. I think it is possible we see this same thing with "Marix Morix Abia Ma Ria", looking for the "true name of "Maria"".
You can see this idea survive today in things like Japanese storytelling where if you know the name of the wind, or river you may control them (Any "Spirited Away" fans?)
Some of the ideas shown in this thread where not what I expected though and good food for thought. I'm glad there were no "its step 3 in the coding, step 2 is the "plain text" and step 1 is the "actual plain text".. because that one scares me