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Does anyone know the etymology of the name KoBold? Because kobolds are the little mining tunnel rats in World of Warcraft. Surely this company wasn't named aft
by standardly 3y ago
Does anyone know the etymology of the name KoBold?
Because kobolds are the little mining tunnel rats in World of Warcraft. Surely this company wasn't named after a warcraft species.
- sgift 3y agoI don't know about the etymology for the company, but Kobold is a German word for a kind of sprite from folklore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobold If I remember my folklore correctly some variants of them are associated with resource deposits. Maybe that's the connection?
- standardly 3y agoSounds like kobolds were in Dwarf Fortress. The WoW writers lifted from every fantasy/mythology ever, so I'm not sure if wow kobolds are a nod to DF or just a fantasy folklore reference. Probably the former.
- ianburrell 3y agoKobolds are from D&D. Both Dwarf Fortress and World of Warcraft got them from there. D&D got them from Tolkien, like most of the fantasy races, but I think the small lizard people concept is from D&D.
- nineteen999 3y agoYou are correct. They are in fact named after the Kobolds in Dwarf Fortress. https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Kobold https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Kobold
- standardly 3y agoAh, from Dwarf Fortress! I think DF was a bit before my time. Thanks for the trivia :)