"Why this sweet name?"
I am writing this letter to give the answer to Wally Rahman's question “Why this sweet name?” You have to read the ancient mythologies to find the answer to this question. In every ancient mythology you will find that the people always liked to worship the evil powers in different manners so that they might not harm them. Devastating and destructive phenomena like cyclone, flood, storm, earthquake, thunderstorm, deluge were always worshiped by people in various manners. They liked to call them by beautiful names (Most of them are female names), they used to sacrifice animals (sometimes virgin girls) so that those evil powers (natural calamities) might not harm them. Still, consecutively or traditionally we are doing the same thing (almost) all around the world by giving them beautiful names.
I think you also know that people in and around the Sundarbans call the Royal Bengal Tiger 'mama' so that they might not harm them. It has no scientific basis. Have I succeeded in giving you an answer?
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