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Nlame (nLAH-may) is the Vaska word for name, whether of a person, a Deity, a Sabeot/d, etc..
But I decided to write on this topic to explain that the names given to Sorgae Deities on this blog and my Coven's site, in many cases, are not Their actual names. They are simply the designations the Deities have agreed to answer to for our purposes. Some of Them have revealed other names which the Coven uses in our private work, but not all. In planning out going public with Sorgae information, each of the Deities were asked what name They preferred and what should be said of Them. Nearly all the names were revealed to us during Channeling.
Atamenoch insisted we give Him one, since all others we would recognize have been vilified by Christianity. Erian was briefly known as Erishkegal, because someone suggested it and She agreed, until we were given this name instead.
For some of the Gods, the name is one that has been applied to Them for so long, it's simpler to keep using it. Hekate is one example, as is T'hot'. Dionysus has another name in our work, but we were told that our public references to Him should be under that name (part of that reason is that the known associations with the Greek Dionysus are the same as the Sorgae Deity).
Ariadne is a Deity that, to me, bears little resemblance to Her known form and associations. Yet this is in keeping with the Goddess we know; She says She has worn a mask for a very long time, and it is one of our duties to remove Her mask and reveal Her true form. What that means in terms of Her name, has yet to be seen. Perhaps the name itself is part of that mask, and in time we will be given another.
But I decided to write on this topic to explain that the names given to Sorgae Deities on this blog and my Coven's site, in many cases, are not Their actual names. They are simply the designations the Deities have agreed to answer to for our purposes. Some of Them have revealed other names which the Coven uses in our private work, but not all. In planning out going public with Sorgae information, each of the Deities were asked what name They preferred and what should be said of Them. Nearly all the names were revealed to us during Channeling.
Atamenoch insisted we give Him one, since all others we would recognize have been vilified by Christianity. Erian was briefly known as Erishkegal, because someone suggested it and She agreed, until we were given this name instead.
For some of the Gods, the name is one that has been applied to Them for so long, it's simpler to keep using it. Hekate is one example, as is T'hot'. Dionysus has another name in our work, but we were told that our public references to Him should be under that name (part of that reason is that the known associations with the Greek Dionysus are the same as the Sorgae Deity).
Ariadne is a Deity that, to me, bears little resemblance to Her known form and associations. Yet this is in keeping with the Goddess we know; She says She has worn a mask for a very long time, and it is one of our duties to remove Her mask and reveal Her true form. What that means in terms of Her name, has yet to be seen. Perhaps the name itself is part of that mask, and in time we will be given another.
