deralte: (archaeological humour 2 (by me))
deralte ([personal profile] deralte) wrote2013-03-05 10:58 pm
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Best name ever

I was reading article on instances of women participating in warfare in the upper Missouri area, and discussions of fourth gender and differing performances of female gender in those societies, and I came upon this quote.

"A Crow oral history depicts a situation where a mother dispatched her son's enemy by smashing the assailant's head with her hatchet; subsequently, her son's name became He-kills-with-his-mother."

That has to be one of the top ten most awesome and hilarious names in history.
ext_12918: (smirk (by me))

[identity profile] deralte.livejournal.com 2013-03-06 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
*noms*

She does not, though the article only briefly mentions a lot of these stories so perhaps the book it came from has the full story. I would track it down if I didn't have quals to study for.

He-That-Kills-With-His-Mother

(Anonymous) 2013-03-13 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
My interpretation of the above-mentionedname is:

The-Family-That-Kills-Together-Stays-Together.

-JSTL
8)
ext_12918: (lost girl kenzi is rightfully smug)

Re: He-That-Kills-With-His-Mother

[identity profile] deralte.livejournal.com 2013-03-13 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
And thus you have the motto of Supernatural and Grimm:)