Saturday, June 28, 2008

Little she goat

When I came along, my parents gave me several names. One of those was after a star - Capella.

In looking it up I found that it is one of (actually, binary) the brightest stars and a part of many different mythologies. The one I find the most fun is 'little she goat' (Latin). In Roman mythology the star represented the goat Amalthea.

The other name, Ananda, refers to a disciple of Buddha and also means bliss in Sanskrit.

Hmnn, sometimes it's pretty cool to have hippie parents!

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