Re: Religion-Names in Conlangs. Or At Least in Mine. :)

Steg Belsky wrote:
> buddhism:  how do you pronounce "buddha" in it's original language?  do
> buddhists call themselves the equivalent of "buddh-ists" in the original
> language? is there an original language of buddhism?  (you can see i
> don't know that much about buddhism)
The original language of Buddhism was whatever Buddha spoke.  I'm not
sure which lang he spoke, tho.  I think that <dh> represents /d_h/,
"aspirated" d.

> hinduism:  pretty much the same questions as about buddhism
Original language = Sanskrit.  Can't help you beyond that, tho.

> wicca:  is it pronounced  /'wI k@/  ?
In English it is.  At least that's how I've always heard it pronounced.

Speaking of religion, Lutheranism is rather interesting.  THe term was
originally used as an insult, presumably the accusation being that we
followed Luther *rather than* Christ.  Catholicism and Lutheranism have
historically been at odds for centuries.  It was only a few years ago
that the Catholic church and most of the Lutheran churches formally
rescinded their mutual anathemas on each other.

ObConlang: For those who have con-religions, what are their names in
their language, and what is the etymology of said names?  The Faithful
Ones simply call their faith "The True Faith".  :-)  All others are
simply wrong.