ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 976 http://www.s-gabriel.org/976 *********************************** ************************************************* * * * NOTE: Some of the Academy's early reports * * contain errors that we haven't yet * * corrected. Please use it with caution. * * * ************************************************* From: "S Friedemann" 25 May 1998 Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You asked for help finding documentation for the name , which you wanted to use for a feminine Mongolian persona between 1150 and 1250. You said that you found the name in a National Geographic. Before I start, I'd like to clarify the service that the Academy offers. We try to help Societyfolk in choosing and using names that fit the historical cultures they are trying to re-create. Our research can sometimes be used to support submissions to the College of Arms, but that it not our goal and our results are often incompatible with the College's needs. If your main goal is to register a particular name, then we may not be able to help you. Unfortunately, our sources on Mongolian name are limited and they contain nothing similar to . However, we can justify the similar-sounding name by combining elements found in other period Mongol names [1]. In which National Geographic did you find this name? If we had a little more information, we might be able to help you better. We're sorry that this letter could not be useful to you, and hope that you will not hesitate to write again if any part was unclear or if you have further questions. Research and commentary on this letter was provided by Arval Benicoeur and Teceangl Bach. For the Academy, Arianui filia Catmaili de Cair Mirdin -------------------------------------------- References: [1] Baras-aghur Naran, "On the Documentation and Construction of Period Mongolian Names" (WWW: J. Mittleman). URL http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/mongolian.html