tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541174503724500787.post7483117080439589647..comments2008-01-17T12:46:30.353-08:00CageBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12053920092747626561noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541174503724500787.post-46919046462097486552008-01-17T12:46:00.000-08:002008-01-17T12:46:00.000-08:00Concerning the source of the word "Hythloth"...<BR/><BR/>A word for "anti-spirituality" is hard to find. My guess is Garriot went dictionary-delving back in 1984 and found the closest concept he could get was "materialism".<BR/><BR/>I remember looking this up once, and I managed to find it again: The root "hylic" is an old word referring to matters of a material or corporeal nature.<BR/><BR/>I would guess that Garriot used this and smudged together a more pleasing sounding name, "loth" being, as you said, an old form of "loathe".Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962009901412877763noreply@blogger.com