I thought her name was......
The Little Mermaid says that her name is something else (I dont recall what she said) but from what I remember, her name was Ariel right? Why does she have a different name but no other fables have different names?
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Hans Christian Andersen's original story doesn't give the Little Mermaid a name. Ariel was Disney's name for her. Nerissa is Telltale's name for her.
The Fables universe stays away from Disney references. It's based on the older versions of the stories.
Ah okay. Thanks for the response!
You're welcome.
Ariel is the name Disney asigned to her.And TellTale doesn't want any similarities between their characters and Disney's.Plus,Nerissa makes more sense:It means "sea" or "girl of the sea" or some shit like that.
Interesting. Didn't know that "Ariel" was a Disney invention.
I was wondering about that myself. I had just thought Nerissa was the version of her name from an obscure version of the original story or something.
The name Nerissa is a Greek baby name. In Greek the meaning of the name Nerissa is: Sea nymph. Nerissa was a character in Shakespeare's play, 'The Merchant of Venice'.
Ariel was, as said, Disney's name
Telltale named her Nerissa which means "Goddess of the Sea"... According to WikiPed. Not saying that's why she got that name though.
Wow, you're pretty good at doing Internet research !
Thanks!