Comment on AsteriskComments−riffraff5yI always thought Obelix was named after obelisks because of the menhir connection (e.g. both are upright stone monuments of a sort).The connection with asterisk/Asterix makes it so much better.FWIW, I only realized last year, ~30 years after I read the books, that Idefix was named thus because of "idée fixe"[0].Ah, the unexpected depth of a children comic book![0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/id%C3%A9e_fixe−BowBun5yI'm not sure if you're a native French speaker, but most of the names in Asterix & Obelix are puns and worth exploring!- Panoramix (panorama) - Abraracourcix (a bras racourcis) - Bonnemine, Assurancetourix, Agecanonix, etc.−riffraff5yI'm italian, so some of the things made sense from the start (Panoramix, Asterix and many of the one-off characters which I can't recall) but some have always been obscure :)−Tainnor5yThey translate most of those names differently in other languages, in German, they use German puns, etc. (strangely enough, Idefix wasn't translated).−OskarS5yI always kinda enjoyed the english translation of the tribe chief being Vitalstatistix.−phaemon5yA pun that actually works better in the English translation as Dogmatix.
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I always thought Obelix was named after obelisks because of the menhir connection (e.g. both are upright stone monuments of a sort).
The connection with asterisk/Asterix makes it so much better.
FWIW, I only realized last year, ~30 years after I read the books, that Idefix was named thus because of "idée fixe"[0].
Ah, the unexpected depth of a children comic book!
[0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/id%C3%A9e_fixe
I'm not sure if you're a native French speaker, but most of the names in Asterix & Obelix are puns and worth exploring!
- Panoramix (panorama) - Abraracourcix (a bras racourcis) - Bonnemine, Assurancetourix, Agecanonix, etc.
I'm italian, so some of the things made sense from the start (Panoramix, Asterix and many of the one-off characters which I can't recall) but some have always been obscure :)
They translate most of those names differently in other languages, in German, they use German puns, etc. (strangely enough, Idefix wasn't translated).
I always kinda enjoyed the english translation of the tribe chief being Vitalstatistix.
A pun that actually works better in the English translation as Dogmatix.