What DO those Bases mean?

[Headrattle]

Ever wonder what all those Bases mean? Well I figured it out and I had some time to waste.

Hossin - Mayan
Mulac
A Mayan giant, one of the Bacabs. Mulac stands in the north. His color is white.

Chac
The Mayan god of fertility and agriculture, the one who sends thunder and rain. Later he appears as one of the Bacabs, a group of four protective deities, where Chac is the personification of the east. The center of his cult was in Chichen Itzan (Yucatan). He is the Tlaloc of the Aztec and the rain god Cocijo of the Zapotec. Chac is portrayed with two curling fangs, a long turned-up nose and tears streaming from his wide eyes. His hair was made up of a tangle of knots.

Ixtab
Ixtab is the Maya goddess of the noose and the gallows. She is also the protector of those who committed suicide. It was believed that those who committed suicide or died by hanging, together with slain warriors, sacrificial victums, priests, and woman who died in childbirth, went straight to eternal rest in paradise. Ixtab gathered them and brought them there.

Naum
The Mayan god who created mind and thought.

Zotz
The Mayan bat-god of caves, and the patron of the Zotzil Indians in Chiapas (Mexico) near the Pacific Ocean. Zotz appears in many Central-American creation myths.

Acan
The god of wine in Mayan mythology.

Ghanon (Ghanan?)
A Mayan god of agriculture.

Hurakan
Hurakan is the ancient Mayan god of wind and storm. He visits the anger of the gods upon humanity by bringing about the Flood. He is a creator god who according to legend dwelt in the mists hanging over the primeval flood, in the form of the wind, ceaselessly repeating the word "earth" until the solid world rose from the seas. When the gods became angry with the first human beings, Hurukan unleashed the deluge which destroyed them. From his name the word 'hurricane' is derived. Hurakan means "one-legged".

Kisin
The Mayan god of earthquakes, often taken to be another form of the god of the
underworld Cizin.

Bitol
A Mayan sky god, one of the seven gods who created the world and the humans.

Voltan
A Mayan god of the earth.


Solsar - Egyption
Seth
The ancient Egyptian god of chaos, the embodiment of hostility and even of outright evil. He is also a god of war, deserts, storms, and foreign lands. As the god of deserts he protects the caravans which travel through the desert, but he also causes sandstorms which bring him into conflict with the fertility god Osiris. The two are adversaries and in the Osiris myths, Seth killed his brother and scattered the remains all over Egypt. Seth belongs to the Ennead of Heliopolis and is the son of Geb and Nut (or Re and Nut). He is the brother of Osiris, Isis, and Nephthys, who is sometimes given as his consort, although Seth is more commonly associated with the foreign, Semitic goddesses Astarte and Anat.

Bastet
The Egyptian cat-headed goddess, Bastet was strictly a solar deity until the arrival of Greek influence on Egyptian society, when she became a lunar goddess due to the Greeks associating her with their Artemis. Dating from the 2nd Dynasty (roughly 2890-2686 BCE), Bastet was originally portrayed as either a wild desert cat or as a lioness, and only became associated with the domesticated feline around 1000 BCE. She was commonly paired with Sakhmet, the lion-headed goddess of Memphis, Wadjet, and Hathor. Bastet was the "Daughter of Ra", a designation that placed her in the same ranks as such goddesses as Maat and Tefnut. Additionally, Bastet was one of the "Eyes of Ra", the title of an "avenger" god who is sent out specifically to lay waste
to the enemies of Egypt and her gods.

Hapi
The Egyptian solar deity and the symbolization of the annual flood of the Nile River, which deposited rich silt on the banks, allowing the Egyptians to grow crops.

Mont
An alternative name for the god Menthu, in Egyptian mythology. Menthu was a hawk-god of war.

Thoth
Thoth was the Egyptian god of the moon (lunar deity), wisdom, writing, magic, and measurement of time, among other things.

Sobek
In Egyptian mythology, Sobek was the crocodile-god who symbolized the fertility of the Nile River and the authority of the pharaohs.

Horus
Horus is the Falcon headed god of ancient Egyptian mythology. Like many other gods the nature of what he was and the legends and stories that went with him changed over the course of history.

Amun
A major Egyptian deity, in the native language Amun, "the hidden one" (alternative spelling "Amon"). He was one of the Ogdoad. He was married to Ipet.

Aton
The name of the visible solar disc in ancient Egypt. Originally a manifestation of the sun god, Aten (Aton) became the only true sun god during the reign of pharaoh Amenhotep IV (1367 - 1350 BCE). The sun gods Re and Atum lost much of their importance during this period. In some of the older sources, it is stated that Amenhotep, who later assumed the name Akhenaten, attempted to establish a monotheistic cult with Aten as the sole deity and that after his death Egypt returned to polytheism. However, Akhenaten held other deities in reverence too, and his Atenism was not entirely monotheism. He did build the city Akhetaten (modern Tel el-Amarna) and erected a huge Aten temple at Karnak, but the city was abandoned after his death and the temple of Aten was destroyed by his successors.


Cyssor - African
Faro
The sky and water god of the Bambara (Mali; West Africa). He became pregnant by the rocking of the universe, and he gave birth to various twins, the ancestors of the human race. Faro gives water to all living creatures, and taught mankind the use of words, tools, agriculture, and fishing. The omni-present spirits serve as his messengers and representatives. He is continually reorganizing the cosmos, and every four hundred years he returns to the earth to verify that everything is still in harmony.

Ekera
In the religion of the Oromo of Ethiopia, the afterworld. Life after death is lived theree as a shadowlike existence.

Chuku
The supreme deity of the Ibo (the Calabar district, eastern Nigeria), Chuku is the creator, and the Ibo believe that all good comes from him. He is the creator and brings the rains that makes the plants grow. Certain trees are dedicated to him, and in bushes and under trees sacrifices are made to him. His wife is Ala, who is also given as his daughter. The sun is his symbol.

Gunuku (Gunuko?)
One of the principal deities of the Nupe of Northern Nigeria. He has been retained in the New World, where he figures in the African cults of Brazil.

Aja
This forest goddess is honored by the Yoruba people of Nigeria. She teaches her faithful the use of medicinal herbs found in the African forests.

Orisha
The Yoruba word for god.

Shango
The god of thunder and the ancestor of the Yoruba people of Nigeria. He is the son of Yemaja the mother goddess and protector of birth. Shango (Xango) has three wives: Oya, who stole Shango's secrets of magic; Oschun, the river goddess who is Shango's favorite because of her culinary abilities; and Oba, who tried to win his love by offering her ear for him to eat. He sent her away in anger and she became the river Oba, which is very turbulent where it meets the river Oschun.

Nzame
The high god of the Fan people of the Congo.

Wele
The supreme god of the Kavirondo (Vugusu) in Kenya. He first created the heavens, the sun and the moon, and the other celestial bodies. Finally he created the earth and mankind. He appears in two guises: as Omuwanga he is the benign 'white' god, and as Gumali he is the 'black' god who brings misfortune.

Bomazi
An ancestral deity of the Bushongo and other peoples of the Congo.

Mukuru
The ancestral god and creator god of the Herero bushmen of Namibia. The benevolent Mukuru, all alone with no parents or companions, shows his kindness trough life-giving rain, healing the sick and upholding the very old. The Herero believe that their tribal chief is the incarnation of Mukuru and that he continues Mukuru's task as a bringer of culture. Death is seen by them as the calling home of one of the god's children.

Pamba
The creator and sustainer of life in Ovambo mythology. The matrilineal Ovambo declare, 'the mother of pots is a hole in the ground; the mother of people is god.'

Tore
In the African Pygmy mythology Tore is a god of the forests and hunting.

Leza
Leza, the supreme god of the Central African people, gave the humans their customs. He created the world and ruled the sky. He created rain and when he blew, it became windy, and it thundered when he beat his rugs. Because he was growing old, he could not hear the people's prayers very well.

Itan
The concept of the Itan is vital in understanding Yoruba mythology. The word refers to the sum total of all the myths, songs, histories and other cultural concepts which make up the Yoruban religion and society.

Honsi
Honsi and Honsu are a pair of mythical twins who figure in the enfants terribles category of Dahomean folktales. In these stories, the magical exploits of these twins is always the point of a given tale.

Kaang
Creator God of the Botswana Bushmen. Kaang is said to have made all things, but met with such opposition in the world that he went away. He is regarded as the god of natural phenomena, present in all things, but especially the mantis and caterpillar. Receiving disobedience from the first men he had created, Kaang sent fire and destruction to Earth, and removed his abode into the top of the sky. Kaang has many myths attached to him, and is almost figured as an epic hero himself. One of the myths concerns his being eaten by an ogre, who then vomited him back up. Another relates to the occasion that he was killed by thorns. The ants picked his bones clean, but Kaang reassembled his skeleton and rose again.

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Oshur - Persian
Atar
Persian hero who battled Azhi Dahaka, the great dragon of the sky, and bound it in chains on a high mountain. The dragon was, however, destined to escape and destroy a third of mankind at the final reckoning, before it was slain.

Zal
In Persian mythology, the father of the hero Rustam. Zal was raised by Simurgh in the mountains.

Izha
The Indo-Iranian goddess of the sacrifice.

Yazata
The Old Iranian designation for 'god', next to Baga.

Rashnu
The Persian divine angel of justice and last judgement and the personification of righteousness. Along with Mithra and Sraosa he judges the souls of the dead. Rashnu guards the Chinvat bridge leading to heaven

Mithra
An old-Iranian god of light, contracts and friendship. He also maintains the cosmic order. Sometimes mentioned as the son of Ahura Mazda, he assists him in his struggle against the forces of evil, represented by Angra Mainyu.

Jamshed
The Persian name for Yima. In Iranian mythology, the first man, how became sovereign of the abode of the blessed.

Hvar
A Persian sun-god. He belongs to the Yazatas, a group of good spirits.

Dahaka
An ancient Persian god of death and demon of deceit and mendacity. He loves destroying life. Dahaka is usually depicted with three heads, while scorpions and lizards crawl all over his body.


Esimer - Norse
Helheim
Helheim ("house of Hel") is one of the nine worlds of Norse mythology. It is ruled by Hel, the monstrous daughter of the trickster god Loki and his wife Angrboda.

Nott
In Norse myth, Nott is the personification of night, and the daughter of Narvi. Nott was married three times and with each husband she had one child. Her first husband was Naglfari, and their son was Aud. Her second husband was Annar, father of Earth. Her third husband was Delling, the personification of twilight, father of Dagur (Day). She and her son were given horse-drawn chariots by the gods and were placed in the sky to round the world every two half-days. Notts chariot is pulled by the horse Hrimfaxi ("frost-maned") which covers the earth with dew early in the morning.

Ran
Ran is the goddess of storms, and the wife of the sea god Aegir. She rules over the realm of the dead which is situated on the bottom of the ocean. She sinks ships and collects drowned sailors in her nets and takes them to her hall where she tenderly ministers them (drowned persons neither go to Valhalla nor to Helheim). With Aegir she is the mother of nine daughters (the billows), who wore white robes and veils.

Mani
In Norse myth, Mani is the personification of the moon, son of Mundilfari and brother of Sol, the sun. At night he rides a chariot pulled by horses through the sky, and determines its waxing and waning. Mani is chased by the wolf Hati ("hate"). Whenever the wolf managed to catch the moon, a lunar eclipse would take place. This caused great consternation, and by making a lot of noise people tried to scare the wolf away.

Vidar
In Norse myth, Vidar is the son of Odin and the giantess Grid (Gridr). He is the god of silence and revenge, the second strongest of the gods. At the destruction of the world, Odin will be killed by the wolf Fenrir, and Vidar will avenge his father by killing the wolf with his bare hands. He will press one foot on Fenrir's bottom jaw, and will take hold of his other jaw and tear the wolf apart. He is one of the gods that will rule the new world when it is created. His hall in Asgard is Vidi.

Eisa
The daughter of Loki and Glut (Loki's first wife). Her sister is Einmyria.

Kvasir
In Norse mythology, Kvasir was the wisest of the Vanir fashioned from the spittle of all the gods. Two brothers, the dwarves Fjalar and Galar, invited him to a feast in their dismal cavern and killed him. The dwarves mixed his blood with honey and preserved it in two jars and a cauldron. The mixture fermented, creating the mead of poetry. Those who drink it become inspired poets.

Gjallar
Gjallar ("ringing horn"), is the horn carried by Heimdall, the watchman of the gods. It lies hidden beneath the third root of the World Tree Yggdrasil. With a soft tone Heimdall announced the arrival of the gods, but sounded it more forcefully in times of danger. At Ragnarok it will sound one final time and will be heard all over the world, calling the gods and the warriors to the battlefield.

Ymir
In Norse mythology, Ymir is the primordial giant and the progenitor of the race of frost giants. He was created from the melting ice of Niflheim, when it came in contact with the hot air from Muspell. From Ymir's sleeping body the first giants sprang forth: one of his legs fathered a son on his other leg while from under his armpit a man and women grew out.

Dagur
In Norse myth, Dagur is the personification of the day. He is the son of Delling, the personification of twilight, and Nott. The gods gave Dagur a chariot and put him in the sky. His chariot is pulled by the horse is Skinfaxi, whose shining mane illuminates the earth and the sky.

Andvari
In Norse mythology, Andvari is a dwarf who can assume the shape of a fish if he is pursued. He lives underneath a waterfall and collects great wealth with the help of his ring Andvaranaut. He was caught by Loki with a net provided by the goddess Ran and forced the yield all the gold he possessed. The dwarf tried to withhold his ring so that he could rebuild his wealth. Loki made him give up the ring as well and the dwarf cursed the stolen gold which would from then on bring disaster to all who owned it. The gold was used by the gods to pay a blood-debt to pay Hreidmar, the father of Fafnir, because they had killed his son Otter. This myth formed in later times the
prelude to the Nibelungsaga.

Freyr
Freyr is the god of sun and rain, and the patron of bountiful harvests. He is both a god of peace and a brave warrior. He is also the ruler of the elves. Freyr is the most prominent and most beautiful of the male members of the Vanir, and is called 'God of the World'. After the merging of the Aesir and the Vanir, Freyr was called 'Lord of the Aesir'. Freyr was also called upon to grant a fertile marriage.

Jarl
On his third and last journey, the god Rig reached a beautiful mansion. The inhabitants were Fadir and Modir, Father and Mother. They offered Rig an excellent meal with plenty of food and wine, and used their finest tableware. At night, Rig slept between his hosts and nine months later Modir gave birth to a handsome, intelligent son. They named the boy Jarl ("earl"), and he was the first of the race of warriors.


Searhus - Polynesian
Drakulu
With Cibaciba, one of the cave entrances to the Fijian Land of the Dead in the Polynesian Mythology.

Rehua
A star-god, one of many Polynesian stars who are gods. He lives in Te-Putahi-Nui-o-Rehua ('the Great Crossroads or Rehua'), which is located in the tenth heaven called Rangi Tuarea. No mortal has ever visited this place. One day Rehua's son Kaitangata fell down and his blood colored the sky; the origin of sun-set. Rehua is a son of Rangi and Papa, and the ancestor of Maui and his four brothers.

Sina
The Samoan name of the moon-goddess, known in Polynesia as Ina. She kept an eel in a jar, but when it grew as long as a man she let it swim free in a pond. One day, while she was bathing and that same pond, the eel assaulted her. She cried out for help and was saved by the people of Upolo, who sentenced the eel-man to death. Before dying, the eel-man (who was the god Tuna) asked Sina to bury his head in the sand on the seashore. She followed his request and after some time the first coconut palm came out; a gift from the gods.

Iva
In Polynesian dirges, Spirit Land, where the souls live.

Laka
Hawaiian goddess of plenty, the song and the dance, and especially of the rainstorm. She is the patroness of the hula-dancers. She is very popular and her cult include the placing of wreaths in her sacred halau ("temple"). She appears in the many hymns and prayers in repertory of the hula dancers.

Hiro
A Polynesian hero who lived during the expansion of the twelfth century. He explored the western Pacific, the reputed home area of the Polynesians from which he returned with the art of writing. He introduced the script on Rapa Nui (Easter Island).

Tara
In Hindu mythology, Tara was an astral goddess who was the wife of Brihaspati.

Wakea
The Hawaiian equivalent of Vatea. His wife Papa gave birth to a calabash, out of which Wakea fashioned the vault of the sky. A different version of this myth relates that Papa was a giant bird who laid an egg which opened and became the island of Hawaii. Soon, green trees grew there and Wakea and Papa went to live there themselves, as the first human beings. It happens quite often that gods descend to earth and live human lives for a time.

Karihi
A Maori deity, the elder brother of Tawhaki. Together with their mother Urutonga they avenged their father's death.

Matagi
'Wind'. It is related that Maui the sun-god brought all the winds under his control, except for the Fisaga -- a soft breeze -- which was allowed to remain free.

Oro
In Tahitian mythology, the god of war and peace.

Akua (Atua?)
An atua is the spirit of an ancestor in Polynesia, who is revered like a god. The family gods are also atua. They are not worshipped like gods, but they do receive veneration. They can fly and they live in trees, like birds. Atua are sometimes referred to as Nuku-mai-Tore, the "People of the Other World".

Pele
The Hawaiian (Polynesian) goddess of the fire in the volcano, the mother of eruptions.

Ngaru
A great hero from Polynesian mythology. He dared the king of the sharks, Tumuitearetoka, to catch him, but the shark was never able to because Ngaru invented the surfboard.

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Forseral - Celtic
Lugh
The Celtic lord of every skill.

Bel
The Celtic god of light and healing

Pwyll
Pwyll, lord of Dyfed, encountered while hunting a strange pack of hounds, pure white except for their red ears. Beating them off their prey, he set his own pack upon them, an act for which he was chided by their owner, who turned out to be Arawn, King of Annwn (the Underworld).

Neit
None found. Not even anything close. Some help here would be handy.

Dagda
The Irish-Celtic god of the earth and treaties, and ruler over life and death.

Gwydion
one of the nephews of Math ap Mathonwy, and brother of Arianrhod. He contrived Gilfaethwy's rape of the maiden Goewin, Math's foot holder. He did this by starting a war with Pryderi of Dyfed, stealing his pigs, and thus taking Math away on campaign.

Caer
An Irish swan maiden with whom Aengus (god of poetry) fell in love. He became a swan also.

Anu
An Irish/Celtic fertility goddess, venerated as the mother of the gods.

Ogma
In Irish-Celtic myth, Ogma is the god of eloquence and learning

Eadon (edain?)
The Celtic goddess who is associated with horseback-riding. She isprobably equivalent to the Gaulish goddess Epona.


Amerish - Native American
Tumas
Crow Mother To the Native Americans.

Onatha
The Iroquois spirit of wheat and of harvest.

Qumu
The Fire medicine (or hot rock power) of Bear that provides him with his great strength. Because Bear is in a killing spree, the Ute culture hero, Wolf (Sunuwavi), finds the qumu's hiding place and douses it with water, extinguishing Bear's power and curbing his indulgence of slaying people.

Sungrey
A nukatem, Sungrey founded Agua Caliente (Hot Water) on the desert. He made it magical, to cure diseases amongst people.

Azeban
A lower level trickster figure, Racoon deceives animals and other beings for food or other services.

Xelas
The transformer-culture-hero of the Lummi Indians of the Puget Sound region.

Mekala
A terrifying female spirit whom the Aymara Indians accuse of lying waste their fields and of killing their herds.

Verica
none found. Nothing even close.

Kyoi
The creator in the mythology of the Sinkyone Indians (central California).

Heyoka
A Lakota way of being, a medicine way. A Heyoka is one who does things backwards or opposite.

Cetan
Hawk Spirit, is regarded for speed, perseverance, a keen vision, and is associated with the East.

Ikanam
The creator of the Chinook of the Lower Columbia River region of Oregon and Washington.


Ishunder - Sumanian/Mesopotamian
Dagon
Dagon, is an ancient Mesopotamian vegetation god, father of Baal in his father's attributes. He is the god of crop fertility and the inventor of the plough.

Baal
The antiquity of the worship of the god or gods of Baal extends back to the 14th century BCE among the ancient Semitic peoples, the descendants of Shem, the oldest son of Biblical Noah. Semitic is more of a linguistic classification than a racial one. Thus, Baal in his many forms was first worshipped by people speaking the same or similar languages. The word Baal means "master" or "owner". In ancient religions the name denoted sun, lord or god. Baal was common a name of small Syrian and Persian deities. Baal is still principally thought of as a Canaanite fertility deity. The Great Baal was of Canaan. He was the son of El, the high god of Canaan. The cult of Baal celebrated annually his death and resurrection as a part of the Canaanite fertility rituals. These ceremonies often included human sacrifice and temple prostitution.

Girru
The Akkadian god of fire and light, the patron of civilization. He is the messenger of the gods

Hanish
A divine herald of storm and bad weather in Mesopotamian mythology.

Irkella
Another name for Ereshkigal, the Queen of the underworld.

Lahar
The Sumerian god of cattle and particularly of sheep. He was created by Enlil.

Kusag
The patron-god of priests in ancient Babylonia. He is the god who is the high priest of
the gods.

Zaqar
A Sumerian god of nighttime visions or dreams.

Neti
The Sumerian form of Nedu, the chief gate-keeper in the underworld.

Marduk
Literally, "bulf calf of the sun". The son of Ea, and leader of the gods. He was a fertility god, but originally a god of thunderstorms.

Enkidu
Molded by Aruru out of clay in the image and 'of the essence of Anu', the sky god, and of Ninurta the war god.

Akkan
The Akkan are a quadrinity of Saami Goddesses who oversee conception, birth and destiny.


Ceryshen - Eskimo/Inuit
Igaluk
The Eskimo supreme god and god of the moon. He is associated with natural phenomena, animals, and sea animals

Sedna
The Inuit goddess of the sea and the creatures that inhabit it. She was greatly feared but sought out by Shamans for the release of the seals for hunting.

Anguta
Anguta, known as "His Father", is responsible for conveying the dead to Adlivun where they must sleep for a year. The supreme being of the Inuit.

Akna
"The mother". An Eskimo goddess of childbirth.

Nerrivik
An Eskimo sea-goddess who is regarded as the mother of all sea creatures. She was invoked by hunters and fishermen invoked for success in their trades.

Tootega
An Eskimo deity who resembles a little old woman.

Pinga
"The one on high". The Eskimo goddess of game, the hunt, helper of medicine, men and the living. She brings the souls of the recently deceased to heaven and who watches over the deeds of humans.

Tarqaq (Tarquiup? that is the closest I could find.)
The Eskimo moon spirit.

Xeelut
None found.


I got most of this from www.pantheon.org. But I used a few others as well.

Interesting isn't it? I noticed something though. Notice that the Reagion that the Names come from match the climate of the Continent that has the names. Ceryshen is Eskimo, while Oshur is Persian. Esimer is Norse while Solsar is egyptian.

Yes, I was bored and at work. What of it?

[dscytherulez]

wow...good research...lol

[Sentrosi]

Old news, but still interesting to re-read it.

[Headrattle]

You telling me that someone already posted the Bases and what they meant?

[Sentrosi]

Yes, back at release. Including base pronounciations.

[Headrattle]

Really? You got a link? Know where I can find that?

[Sentrosi]

Hamma cleans these threads so that you can only go back a month or so, so I doubt it.

[Veteran]

I'd like to see numbers associated with the bases, so I could say "plz repair the gen at 77" instead of having to exit the chat window, click on the map, and then click back to type it in

then again, I have a crappy memory

[SandTrout]

You get used to the names after a while.

I enjoyed reading about the myths of different cultures. I'm I bit of a history buff, and mythology is based on history, however altered.

[Ait'al]

he doesnt clean it you have to changet the settings to show more than a month.

[MuNsTeR]

Ixtab=

[RagingSpeedhorn]

Woo Badger! Nice post feller.

[Motorhead]

Thanks for all the work you put into your post. For me, It gives the game a sense of history and culture that will add to the overall experience of playing. Thanks again.