It’s time to share our winner and feature another vase in need of a name! Welcome to my monthly feature – ‘Name that Vase’.
For those who are new to this feature, ‘Name that Vase’ is where you can suggest a name, create a story, poem or prose for this raku pottery vase. Consider this your chance to be inspired, a writing prompt or a creative cue. You can check out a ‘Name that Vase’ post to see how it works, or if you are feeling nostalgic, you can check out the first ever ‘Name that Vase’ post that started what has now become a monthly tradition for our blog and readers.
This month we have a very special vase for your naming, but first we must congratulate last month’s winner thedumbestblogger for their name and write-up! Congratulations!
Brunhilde. It’s solid, elegant, and perhaps slightly German looking.
The below is taken from Wikipedia
Also known as Brunhilda or Brynhild (Old Norse: Brynhildr, Middle High German: Brünhilt, Modern German: Brünhild or Brünhilde), is a powerful female figure from Germanic heroic legend. She may have her origins in the Visigothic princess Brunhilda of Austrasia.
In the Norse tradition, Brunhild is a shieldmaiden or valkyrie, who appears as a main character in the Völsunga saga and some Eddic poems treating the same events. In the continental Germanic tradition, where she is a central character in the Nibelungenlied, she is a powerful Amazon-like queen. In both traditions, she is instrumental in bringing about the death of the hero Sigurd or Siegfried after he deceives her into marrying the Burgundian king Gunther or Gunnar. In both traditions, the immediate cause for her desire to have Sigurd murdered is a quarrel with the hero’s wife, Gudrun or Kriemhild. In the Scandinavian tradition, but not in the continental tradition, Brunhild kills herself after Sigurd’s death.
Richard Wagner made Brunhild (as Brünnhilde) an important character in his opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. The majority of modern conceptions of the figure have been inspired or influenced by Wagner’s depiction.
Brunhild has been called “the paramount figure of Germanic legend.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunhild
And into our new month!
Here is our vase for this month:
Please add what you think the name should be for this month’s vase and any associated poetry or story in the comments below. I look forward to reading all your great ideas!
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Meara- it means the sea. With it’s cracks it reminds me of breaking waves.
Thanks for your entry!
Tritôn — https://www.theoi.com/Pontios/Triton.html
Thats a great one! Thanks for your entry!
The name Horus was the first thing in my mind when I saw this vase. Because of the colour. The blue(s) of the sky.
Old Egyptian God Horus was the God of the Sky, the Sun, Protection, Healing and Kingdom.
These times do need Horus.
Agreed that a Horus would be good – but we already have a Horus vase https://rakupottery.ca/the-eye-of-horus/ Thanks Cecile!
I think Ceil, meaning sky. The blue takes my mind up into the atmosphere, flying high above the land. Taking wing with bounding flight. Also reminding me of sunny summer days x
It definitely feels like ocean or sky to me as well. Thanks for your submission!
That’s a great vase. For a name, I might pick Umino (of the sea).
TRANTUR
The month of July brings something new,
Not just a vase, a vessel with poise.
The shape is sleek, the depth of colour unique,
new and serene, TranscendentalTurquoise.
I am so sorry, being new to all this I thought I would see the name of the person who left the like when I clicked, instead I appear to have liked myself, I am so embarrassed.
Oh gosh its ok! Its not a problem at all. Ive done the same thing 🙂
Thank you, maybe I should look before I click in future 🙂
Thinking… I see a child facing a mountain in the first view and blue but more as turquoise… A traded thing on the jade trade of the inca through mexican arrays of land. Hmn…thinking….
Name
Teotleco Caxtolli Omome
Or
The 17th day the gods return
Mumbo jumbo with links
Thealchemists studio July offer name this pot
Turquoise colored with a hint of a figure seemingly in fog against a tall mountain.
Xihutecuhtli is the lord of fire,
https://www.ancient.eu/Xiuhtecuhtli/
The mountain, pico de orizaba, as veracruz is close
(Terrain)
https://www.google.com/search?q=mterrain+mexico&oq=mterrain+mexico&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l4.18934j1j7&client=ms-android-verizon&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=YV6LLsTJAoQtPM
and turquoise unlike my taught notions seems with modern data to originate from and be paid as tribute out of veracruz not arizona
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/06/isotope-analysis-says-aztecs-preferred-locally-grown-turquoise/
Teotleco
Return of the gods
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veintena
Comprising the 20 day month ish period in aztec times and measurements
Itzli
Goddess of stones
https://www.animalfunfacts.net/pet-names/gods-and-kings/424-pet-names-based-on-aztec-gods.html
https://www.azteccalendar.com/god/Itztli.html#:~:text=god%20of%20stone-,Itztli,second%20Lord%20of%20the%20Night.
https://www.azteccalendar.com/
As time is depicted as to is place
This pot through turquoise his history unraveling seems to conjure the name
Tlalocan
A heaven of reward in eternal spring – from those who perished of water.
To understand that scene
https://images.app.goo.gl/JfmTjJc5pfgP5Qfu5
Flooding orizaba river mountain journey after turquoise a boy drowns trying to appease the gods
Or
Is it just
Teotleco Caxtolli Omome
Tears in a Bottle – Bottle of Tears
A lovely name, thank you for your entry, Deborah. I hope you are keeping well.
Misty Valley Morning
Ahh that is a wonderful memory having once lived in a misty valley. Thanks for your submission, Tish!
Caribbean Blue, because it’s a beautiful blue vase that reminds me of the ocean
Thanks, Angela! I am glad you added Caribbean, as around here, the Ocean is quite brown due to the turbidity of the Bay of Fundy tides!
Fields of the Sky
The lines on the vase
Are hedges and paths around
The fields of the sky
Sky people travel
Along the lines, pause to breathe,
Dazed by the blue glaze
The dots are deep wells
Where fresh memories gather
Dew from rising dreams.
lovely! Thank you for your entry Yvonne and I hope you are keeping well!
Thanks for the inspiration!
Urban Aerial in Cerulean ~ as it feels like an urban fabric seen from above With a monochrome blue filter.
Or,
Neptune’s Stargate Map
Interesting post😊💕🌸
Azores 💙
It’s such a gorgeous word envoking azure skies/seas.
“Mother Nature has created a land full of natural beauty, in the blue immensity of the Atlantic Ocean: the Azores…’
https://www.visitportugal.com/en/destinos/acores
Brunhilde is the perfect name for last month’s vase, I love it.
how I would love to go visit! One day when Covid has passed. Azores really is a gorgeous word.
Oh, I do so hope you’re able to visit one day! Ooh, it is.🥰
oh well done everyone 🙂 Brunhilde is perfect for last months “name this vase”… for this months vase the first word that come into my head when looking at it was “Periwinkle” because of the color… the word has no particular meaning to me… it’s just such a joyous word and makes me smile… 🙂 Have a fantastic day everyone… stay safe always…
Thank you and you too! Periwinkle makes me smile as well! It sounds so cute and small.
Cobalt Mist is my name for this stunning vase.
The second person to suggest mist! There could be something to this! Thank you, Eugenia!
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So honored to have my name picked! Thanks so much! This month I would like to suggest Esmerelda, after the character for The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Halcyon Glaze
A play on Halcyon Days – a period of calm
Lovely! It always reminds me of this song by Orbital – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np_NsRgb4Eg
Brunhilde is perfect! The coppery color and sturdy shape look a bit like armor, a good match for a former Valkyrie!
This new vase makes me think of quiet, rippling water. Might I suggest Saraswati? Her name means “pooling water” and she is known for wisdom, poetry, and soothing music. The image of her seated on a lotus in a pool of tranquil water fits so well with the bright yet calming blue of the glaze.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saraswati
Thank you for this! I really like this one!
This blue vase is gorgeous!