Eve Ship Fun Facts!

[Tekeran]

Here are some fun facts as to what the ship names mean in Eve. I will start out with Gallante and move to other races throughout the day.

Astarte - Astarte (from Greek Αστάρτη (Astártē)) is the name of a goddess as known from Northwestern Semitic regions, cognate in name, origin and functions with the goddess Ishtar in Mesopotamian texts. Astarte was connected with fertility, sexuality, and war. Her symbols were the lion, the horse, the sphinx, the dove, and a star within a circle indicating the planet Venus. Pictorial representations often show her naked. (Thats my sexay babe!)

Ishtar - Ishtar is a goddess of fertility, love, and war.[1] In the Babylonian pantheon, she "was the divine personification of the planet Venus". Ishtar was above all associated with sexuality: her cult involved sacred prostitution;

Nyx - n Greek mythology, Nyx (Νύξ, Nox in Roman translation) was the primordial goddess of the night.

Thanatos - In Greek mythology, Thanatos (in Ancient Greek, θάνατος – "Death") was the Daimon personification of Death and Mortality.

Moros - In Greek mythology, Moros ("doom", "fate") is the personification of impending doom, who drives every being, mortal or otherwise, to its fated doom. He is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent, and not even Zeus can defeat him. He is a son of Erebus and Nyx

Eos - Eos (Greek Ηώς, or Έως "dawn") is, in Greek mythology, the Titanic goddess[1] of the dawn, who rose from her home at the edge of Oceanus, the Ocean that surrounds the world, to herald her brother Helios, the sun.

Enyo - In Greek mythology, Enyo (Greek: Ενυώς, English translation: "horror") was an ancient ker or daimon known by the epithet "Waster of Cities" and frequently depicted as being covered in blood and carrying weapons of war...

Ares - In Greek mythology, Ares (Ancient Greek: Ἄρης, modern Greek Άρης [pron. "áris"]) is the son of Zeus (ruler of the gods) and Hera. Though often referred to as the Olympian god of warfare, he is more accurately the god of savage warfare, or bloodlust, or slaughter personified.

Deimos - In Greek mythology, Deimos (Δεῖμος – "dread") was the personification of dread. He was the son of Ares and Aphrodite. He, his brother Phobos and the goddess Enyo accompanied Ares into battle, as well as his father's attendants, Trembling, Fear, Dread, and Panic.

Eris - Eris (Greek Έρις, "Strife") is the Greek goddess of strife...

I knew there was a reason I flew Gallante! (sex, death, strife and war! w00t!)

[Tekeran]

Nighthawk - Nighthawks are birds of the nightjar family in the New World subfamily Chordeilinae.

Kitsune - Kitsune (狐, Kitsune? IPA: [kitsɯne])(Pronunciation) (help·info) is the Japanese word for fox. Foxes are a common subject of Japanese folklore. Stories depict them as intelligent beings and as possessing magical abilities that increase with their age and wisdom. Foremost among these is the ability to assume human form. While some folktales speak of kitsune employing this ability to trick others — as foxes in folklore often do — others portray them as faithful guardians, friends, lovers, and wives.

Cerberus - In Greek mythology, Cerberus or Kerberos (Greek Κέρβερος, Kérberos, the daemon or ker of Erebos) was the hound of Hades, a monstrous three-headed dog with a snake for a tail (sometimes said to have 50 or 100 heads) who analogs in other cultures are hellhounds.

Drake - A term used to describe a heavy state of alcoholic intoxication. (lol)

Caracal - The Caracal (Caracal caracal), also called Persian Lynx or African Lynx, is a fiercely territorial medium-sized cat. The Caracal is labeled as a small cat, but is amongst the heaviest of all small cats, as well as the fastest.

Chimera - In Greek mythology, Chimera (Greek Χίμαιρα (Chímaira); Latin Chimaera) is a monstrous creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, which was made of the parts of multiple animals. Chimera was one of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna and a sibling of such monsters as Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra.

Wyvern - A wyvern (or wivern) (pronounced /ˈwaɪvərn/) is a legendary winged reptilian creature often found in medieval heraldry. Its usual blazon is statant (standing). Its origin is in Europe.

Leviathan - Leviathan (Hebrew: לִוְיָתָן, Standard Liwyatan Tiberian Liwyāṯān ; "Twisted; coiled") is a Biblical sea monster referred to in the Old Testament (Psalm 74:13-14; Job 41; Isaiah 27:1). The word leviathan has become synonymous with any large sea monster or creature. In the novel Moby-Dick it refers to great whales, and in Modern Hebrew, it means simply "whale".

Most of Caldari ship names were after birds of prey or other carnivorous animals.

[Tekeran]

Sleipnir - In Norse mythology, Sleipnir is Odin's magical eight-legged steed, and the greatest of all horses. His name means smooth or gliding, and is related to the English word "slippery".

Claymore - Claymore (IPA: [klæʝmɔrɐ]) is a term used to describe two distinct types of Scottish swords. The name claymore is thought to be from claidheamh mòr—a Gaelic term meaning "great sword". However, another theory suggests it may come from claidheamh da lamh, literally "two-hand sword."

Hugin and Munin - Huginn and Muninn, sometimes Anglicized Hugin and Munin, are a pair of ravens associated with the Norse god Odin. Hugin and Munin travel the world bearing news and information they have collected to Odin. Hugin is "thought" and Munin is "memory". They are sent out at dawn to gather information and return in the evening. They perch on the god's shoulders and whisper the news into his ears. It is from these ravens that the kenning 'raven-god' for Odin is derived. (I thought this was very interesting)

Hel - In Norse mythology, Hel (sometimes Anglicized or Latinized as Hela) is the ruler of Hel, the Norse underworld. Hel's hall is named Éljúðnir.

Nidhoggur - In Norse mythology, Níðhöggr (Malice Striker, often anglicized Nidhogg[1]) is a dragon who eats the roots of the World Tree, Yggdrasill.

Naglfar - Naglfar, in Norse mythology, was a ship made entirely from the fingernails and toenails of the dead. During Ragnarök, Naglfar will be freed from the land by a flood and sail to Vígríðr, the battlefield, by Hrym along with an army of giants. The ship will lead the hordes of chaos against the gods in the last war at the end of time, before a new world will arise from the sea.

Fenrir - In Norse mythology, Fenrir or Fenrisulfr is a wolf, the son of Loki and the giantess Angrboða. Fenrir is bound by the gods, but is ultimately destined to grow too large for his bonds and swallow Odin whole during the course of Ragnarök. He will be slain by Odin's son, Viðarr, who will slice his belly open, avenging his father.

Ragnarok - In Norse mythology, Ragnarok or Ragnarök ("Fate of the Gods" [2]) is the final battle waged between the Æsir, led by Odin, and the various forces of the giants or Jötnar, including Loki, followed by the destruction of the world and its subsequent rebirth. Not only will most of the gods, giants and monsters involved perish in this apocalyptic conflagration, but almost everything in the universe will be torn asunder and destroyed.

A lot of Minmatar ships are named after storms such as the Hurricane and Tempest. Also they have quite a few ships named after swords/daggers such as the Scimitar and Stiletto.

[Tekeran]

Absolution - Absolution in a liturgical church refers to the pronouncement of God's forgiveness of sins.

Damnation - "Damnation" (or, more commonly, "damn", or "goddamn") is widely used as a moderate profanity, which originated as such from the concept of punishment by God.

Anathema - Anathema (in Greek Ανάθεμα) meaning originally something lifted up as an offering to the gods...

Aeon - The word aeon, also spelled eon or æon, means "age", "forever" or "for eternity".

Archon - Archon (Gr. άρχων, pl. άρχοντες) is a Greek word that means "ruler" or the like...

Providence - In theology, Divine Providence, or simply Providence, is the sovereignty, superintendence, or agency of God over events in people's lives and throughout history.

Avatar - In Hindu philosophy, an avatar (also spelled as avatara) (Sanskrit: अवतार, avatāra), most commonly refers to the incarnation (bodily manifestation) of a divine being (deva), or the Supreme Being (God) onto planet Earth.

Abaddon - Abaddon (Hebrew אבדון Avaddon, meaning "destruction"). In Biblical references (Job 26:6; Proverbs 15:11), it comes to mean "place of destruction", or the realm of the dead, and is associated with Sheol. Abaddon is also one of the compartments of Gehenna.[1] By extension, it can mean an underworld abode of lost souls, or hell. In some legends, it is identified as a realm where the damned lie in fire and snow, one of the places in Hell that Moses visited.

I was kinda disappointed with the Amarr names :( They have ships like the Heretic which means: a person who expresses or acts on opinions considered to be heresy; I assume most people know what heresy means? And they have names like the Crusader which literaly means: a person who fought in the Crusades; I assume most people know what the Crusades where? Anyways, most of their ship meanings are self explanitory and of course lots of religious themes behind the names.

[KingRizen]

Yeah Gallente definatly got the better stories behind the names thats for sure. Reading the Gallente definitions made me want to play God of War again.