#word stuff

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For FFXIV Write #12 Prompt

Origin

From the Online Etymology Dictionary:

Noun 1:

[what is hunted] early 14c., quirre "entrails of deer placed on the hide and given to dogs of the chase as a reward," from Anglo-French quirreie, Old French cuiriee "the spoil, quarry" (Modern French curée), altered (by influence of Old French cuir "skin," from Latin corium "hide"), from Old French corée "viscera, entrails," from Vulgar Latin *corata "entrails," from Latin cor "heart" (from PIE root *kerd- "heart"). The original meaning is obsolete. The sense of "beast of the chase when pursued or slain in a hunt" is by 1610s, also "any object of eager pursuit;" earlier "bird targeted by a hawk or other raptor" (late 15c.).

My partner will make fun of my pronunciation and we'll argue over how to say things. I remember a specific incident with peridot, the gemstone. He says it "pair-uh-doe" and I do "pair-uh-dot".

Eric Kripke says that he got the name for Supernatural’s first angel character by googling “Angel of Thursday.”  Because the show aired on Thursdays.

Nowhere lists “Castiel” (or anything close to Castiel) as the “angel of Thursday” but the influential 1994 kabbala/medieval grimoire mashup A Dictionary of Angels says the “Angel of Thursday” is Sachiel. 

I am 99% sure that Kripke found this name, flipped the two consonants to get Cashiel (possibly testing the waters, not wanting to use the name of an actual angel case people got mad) then changed up the spelling slightly to make it easier to pronounce.

However, there is a historical angel named Cassiel. Not sure Kripke knew this.

Cassiel exists in both Islamic and Jewish traditions, so the name has about 40 different spellings and half of them start with Q. It also gets translated a bunch of ways - main ones are “speed of god” “anger of god” and (symbolically I guess) “fire of god.” 

Anyway, my point is I think the Supernatural writers began identifying Castiel with specifically Cassiel. This would explain their really, really weird insistence on spelling Castiel’s nickname “Cass” instead of “Cas.” It also helps with translating the stuff Cas writes on Dean’s ribs. He sure seems to be referring to himself as “angel of fire.” [1]

Cassiel is also big character in famous German arthouse film Der Himmel über Berlin (English title: Wings of Desire) and its American remake City of Angels. Both of those films seem to have been pretty big influences on the way Supernatural angels look and work. And the character Cassiel is extremely torn between his angelic nature, and his love for humanity. So I guess the writers thought that was appropriate.  

NOTE:

Okay but............ why football?

These aren’t rounder or more footbally than other lentils. Cause I have seen footballs and I have seen American footballs and neither one is remotely pink or disc-shaped, or tastes good in soup. Protein content’s not great either.