Animal Names Expansion

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Background story

One day, my goat Jade beget two children. One of them was assigned the name Jade. Not too long after, another goat friend of hers beget a child too. Also a Jade. What?!

This prompted me to look at the source code to find out how few names were available in the randomly generated pools.

I then took it upon myself to expand it.

Overview

This mod adds 300+ names for each gender (total 600+). The names are hand-picked based on my own readings on books and articles on medieval animal names. My primary reference is Kathleen Walker-Meikle's book Medieval Pets. And plenty of Wikipedia pages. See the discussion section on Steam Workshop for additional sources.

The names are classified into four categories:

• []Inspired by actual names used for pets and domesticated animals in the medieval period. There are four subcategories here:

  []Playful or mocking names. E.g. Brayneles, Goodynowze, Joyepaw, Olddehag, etc.[/]

  []Reflecting traits or roles . E.g. Crooktail, Nosewise, Fynder, Perfume, etc.[/]

  []Food-based names (including fruits and vegetables). E.g. Halibutte, Salmon, Garlik, Cinnamon, etc.[/]

  []Evoking ideals or archetypes. E.g. Peregrine, Persyvale, Madonna, Brina, etc.[/]

  []People's names or their shorthands used for pet names. E.g. Gyb, Nan, Jenette, Isolde, etc.[/]

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[]Legendary animals, folklore, and religious tradition known in medieval times. E.g. Albacara, Caladrius, Llamrei, Qitmir.[/]

[]Animals owned by famous historical figures such as Alexander the Great. E.g., Bucephalus, Incitatus, Yafour, Damun.[/]

[]Nordic-Germanic-Roman influences, styled after the vanilla name pool. E.g. Absolom, Achilles, Hollita, Valeria, etc.[/]

[]Pop culture names that still more-or-less fit the medieval setting, also styled after the vanilla name pool. E.g. Lassie, Donovan, Leknaat, Furina, etc.[/]

And one shamelessly borrowed idea from scruffynerfherdertk421 on the official Discord: Lady Clucksalot.

Installation instructions

• []Download the zip file[/]

  []Open the zip file and place the folder "Animal Names Expansion" in My Documents/Foxy Voxel/Going Medieval/Mods[/]

  []Open the game and go to "Mods"[/]

  []Check "Animal Names Expansion" to enable the mod[/]

Safe to add or remove from existing saves.

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