Zarya Gorgoniya

Bureaucratic details

• Name: Primary
• Action: New
• Already Registered Name? no
• Authenticity desired? no
• Allowed Changes: Minor only
• If changes needed: Meaning (morning star), Sound ("Zahr-yah" "Gor-GOHN-ee-yah")
• Allow Holding Name? yes
• Gender of Name: Female
• Previous submission history, none
• Kingdom? East

Name Inspiration

• Zarya - Russian/Romani

Given Name

• Zarya - plausible feminine Slavic given name using alternate Revised English transliteration system, sn Zaria (m) -- Zakharii Zaria. 1618. [Tup 158] Vars: Zara Owanowich. 1648. [Mor 88]. Wickenden 2nd edition.

• Documentation of feminine/masculine names sharing grammatically feminine endings (all per Wickenden): Belka (squirrel), Groza (terror), Kasha (porridge), Mira (peace/earth), Nedelia (week), etc.

Notes:

Zaria is the name of the pagan Russian goddess of the dawn, depicted in Russian folklore as a beautiful maiden. More importantly to the heralds (since we can't register names that were only used by gods), it is documented as a man's (!) name in Wickenden as Zaria and Zara. So convincing the Heralds to register it as a woman's name might be tricky, despite the fact it is grammatically feminine and the name of a female goddess. But I have developed a couple strategies for this problem.

Interestingly, the word zaryanka (robin) is related to zarya according to Dal'... Wickenden documents Zaranko as a men's name (diminutive of Zaran)... I should be able to document a/ia switches, plus the well-established o/a switches...

Zara meaning zarya is attested in Sreznevskii to 1097. Zarya is attested (ibid) to 1073 and includes more general meaning - glow, light, etc, in addition to utrennaya zarya (and vechernaya zarya). No zaryanka, though. Not in Wickenden, either. :-(

Byname/Surname

Gorgoniia - expected feminine form of Russian saint's name Gorgonii, sn. Gorgonii (m) -- Gorgonii, martyr. 4th Century. from Wickenden.

Documentation of feminization pattern (all per Wickenden): Artemii -> Artemiia, Evgenii -> Evgeniia, Evsignii -> Evsigniia, etc.

Russian words:	Russian names
Горгона, Медуза	Gorgonij (martyr),
Амазонка, валькирия	- , -
урод, чудовище, изберг	Urod (ugly), Groza/Groznata (terror/awe), Groznye Ochi (terrifying eyes)
воин, боец, воитель, борец (warrior, fighter)	Boi, Boika, syn Boeva, Boiak, Borets, Borim, Boris, Borislav (glorious fight), Voin, Voina (fem.!), Voislava (war's glory), Voit, Vor (slay)
змея	Zmei, Zmeika (snake)
булава, жезл, молот, молоток	Bulava (mace), Bulavka (little mace), Zhez (?mace?), Molot (hammer), Molotko (little hammer), Moloteia
ударять, бить, стучать, колотить, взбивать, вколачивать, прибивать (to hit)	Bitiag, Bitmut, Bitomir (strike earth),
грек, гречанка, греческий	Grek, Grekyna/Grekina/Grekinia (fem.)

Combination

Need to be consistent about Revised English vs Library of Congress transliterations systems. Either:

• Zarya Gorgoniya OR
• Zaria Gorgoniia

Double given name combining Slavic name (Zarya) with Christian name (Gorgoniya) attested in SENA Appendix A.

Gorgoniya, as a saints name, was a part of the Russian naming period throughout SCA period, so no temporal incompatibility issue with Zarya dated to grey period.

Blazon Information

A morning star with terrible eyes!

Armory: morning star (sun on a stick - as in the weapon! duh! aka "spiked mace") but also wanting to incorporate my house symbol which is a Gorgon head but possibly in profile,

• Dark color: black - I will probably sweat to death and it will be so worth it
• Light metal: yellow/gold - if we could make the mace in the metal so it stands out that would be awesome.
• Not sure if we could do red accents or if the object has to be one color? Happy to play with red, or blue in there somewhere!

giant eyes within a wavy green border...

• http://heraldicart.org/mace/
• See "sun in his splendor" option 5! - http://heraldicart.org/sun/
• Comets - http://heraldicart.org/comet/

Blazon Desired:Sable, a gorgon's head couped Or and on a chief Or a morning star sable distilling gouttes de sange from snakes, tongue, neck and morning star."

Conflict Checking

Sable, a gorgon's head couped Or and on a chief Or a morning star sable distilling gouttes de sange from snakes, tongue, neck and morning star. LOOKS CLEAR

• Complex Search Form - "Here are 7 matching items with a score of 3 :" out of 5 points.

Hand Check

• Fionnghuala an Sionnach Dubh - Sable, a Gorgon's head Or between three gouttes d'eau.
  • DC for chief vs gouts, DC for mace

• Lucius Aurelius Valharic - Sable, a gorgon's face within a bordure embattled Or.
  • DC for chief vs bordure, DC for mace, DC for face (presumably afronty?)

• Francesca Lucia d'Alberto dei Lorenzi - (Fieldless) A gorgon's head cabossed Or.
  • DC for field, DC for affronty vs profile, etc.

• Praxilla Taurina - (Fieldless) On a sun azure a gorgon's head cabossed Or.
  • DC for field, DC for affronty vs profile, etc.

• Melissa of Monster Hall - Argent, a Gorgon's head cabossed proper crined with serpents vert and a bordure embattled sable.
  • DC for field, DC for tincture

Individually Attested Pattern

• Documentation for any design that violates the rules

Insta-Boing Checklist

• Registered name
• Rule of Tincture
• Complexity 8 or less
• Slot-machine
• Sword-and-dagger
• Offensive/Presumptuous
• Unity of Posture/Orientation/Arrangement