Thursday, November 23, 2006

Shurtugal-Dragon Riders

Spelling:Shurtugal

Meaning:Dragon rider

Etymology:Fictional creation

Author: Christopher Paolini

Usage:Not known(let us know if you find out)

Date of creation:Not known(let us know if you find out)

Opposition:None till date

History:The word is used in Christopher paolini's Inheritance triology to describe "Dragon Riders who are humans or Elves who help maintain peace with the help of their dragons". These dragons and their riders share a mutual bond which is created when a dragon rider touches the dragon egg and the egg hatches.

Language of origin:(The Ancient Language-fictional)

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

There is a country in Europe with a similar name: Portugal. I don“t believe there is a connection between the names although the portuguese sailors, in the 15th. century, were considered as defeaters of the sea dragons that killed those who tried to discover new oceanic routes for the "new" worlds

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