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What's especially funny about the names in Noita is that a lot of them are Finnish colloquialisms or jokes, e.g. - Hämis (little spider) is "spidey", like a
by duskwuff 1y ago
What's especially funny about the names in Noita is that a lot of them are Finnish colloquialisms or jokes, e.g.
- Hämis (little spider) is "spidey", like a childish nickname
- Ukko (lightning mage) is "old man"
- Stendari (fire mage) is "cigarette lighter" (slang)
- Stevari (holy temple guardian) is "mall cop" (slang)
- miohtama 1y agoUkko is also the god of thunder in Finnish mytology https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukko https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukko
- duskwuff 1y agoOh, ha. Totally missed that reference - ignore me :)
- buovjaga 1y ago> - Stendari (fire mage) is "cigarette lighter" (slang) From Swedish "tändare". - Stevari (holy temple guardian) is "mall cop" (slang) From STV (Suomen Teollisuuden Vartiointi) security firm.