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JRR TOLKIEN - (invents a dozen languages to populate his epic fantasy myth cycle with made-up names that have rich symbolism and deep meanings rooted in centuries of alternate shared history)
ALSO JRR TOLKIEN - "in the land of murder ...mur-dor ...MORDOR! where the shadows lie."
Okay everyone shits on JKR for naming Remus Lupin “Wolfy McWerewolf,” but no one takes Tolkien to task for the fact that Maedhros means “Hot Ginger,” Silmaril means “shiny glowing rock,” and that Celegorm named his dog “Dog.”
ELVES ARE SO IMPORTANT
Or that Legolas means “a collection of green leaves” and his last name is Greenleaf. So his name is literally Green Leaves Greenleaf
Mount Doom.
To be fair the actual name of Mt Doom was Orodruin and Doom is colloquial.
*shoves self into locker to save everyone time*
also tolkien made up silly names in languages he also invented, rowling just used loan words
