Please help. I'm horrible at naming.

[jjhighberger]

For starters i've tried random name generators and a thesaurus. these aren't giving me the feel of what i'm looking for.

I would like a fantastical name for the magical force that holds my world together (e.g gravity.)

To set the stage, my world has been sundered by a catastrophic event. This magical force has not been completely destroyed therefore the world is still "complete" but shattered (shard world).

All ideas will be welcome and greatly appreciated.

 

[Warrior Poet]

Not sure if these are the kind of thing you're looking for. Some suggestions:

Ylem

Mana (q.v. Larry Niven's "What Good Is A Glass Dagger?" and The Magic Goes Away)

The Lattice

Godsbreath

Worldskein

The Tension

The Gyreweave

Suspension

Substratum

Sunsbreath

The Resonance

Tremere (treh-mer-ay, not the vampire clan)

Maelstrom

If I think of anything else, assuming they fit, I'll post them.

Still learning,

Robert

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Gravity in Spanish
gravedad, atracción universal, gravitación, pesadez, pesantez, ponderosidad; severidad, seriedad

Gravity in Dutch
zwaartekracht; ernst, serieusheid

Gravity in Portuguese
gravidade; atração; seriedade; majestade; importância

Gravity in Turkish
ağırlık, çekim, önem, ciddilik, ağırbaşlılık, peslik, yerçekimi

Gravity in Italian
(Fis) gravità; solennità, austerità; serietà

Gravity in French
gravité; sévérité; rigueur; sérieux

Gravity in German
Schwerkraft, Schwerpunkt; Ernst; Wichtigkeit

Welsh
Cyrch = n. a centre, gravity; an inroad; an attack Dwysder = n. density, gravity Gwysg = n. gravity; a stream, a. precipitate, headlong

Gravity in Esperanto
n. pezo

Gravity in Luxembourgish
nm - Eescht

Gravity in Visayan
kabutaran

Gravity in Czech
důstojnost, slavnostnost, tíže, váha, vážnost, zemská tíže, závažnost

Gravity in Estonian
(maakera) külgetomejoud; raskus, kaal

Gravity in Indonesian
gaya berat, gravitasi, kegawatan, daya tarik

Vietnamese
danh từ

Croation
teža

Gravity in Swedish
tyngdkraft, vikt, självtryck~ acceleration; jordacceleration
~ anomaly; tyngdanomali

Slovak
resnost, gravitacija, težnost, privlačnost

Urdu
n. kaSHiSH e siql/saٌjiidagi

 

[AnimeSniper]

Well if you have an overall creator god of your world your could merely add Grace, Essence, Blood, Kiss, Breath... for example

Eitaria's Breath

Or simply...

Prana
Mysteria de Cijam

 

[kronos182]

Ether, Weave, Mindfire, Star Power, Ley Energy, Cosmic Energy, Cosmic Waves/Lines

 

[LordEntrails]

I was going to suggest you try foreign languages, but Deuce already did that

It really depends on what you like though. Maybe try Latin as well?

 

[kronos182]

Oh... you can also take two words, cut them in half and combine them to give them the feel of an ancient/alien/mystic language.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

The Skein, which makes magic users "Weavers".

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Tapestry is another option similar to skein and weave and lattice.

The Anchor, is another.

World Forge, World Tree, etc.

Another is to simply give it a personal name, like Atlas, or Eritrea.

 

[Leatherhead]

What is the time period/theme of the setting?