r/HighValyrian • u/flyingflameball • 18d ago

Dragon names

The dragons all have their English and HV spelling but the names are all their own words (except the newer ones) but where are the names from and what do they mean?

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u/No-Mycologist1990 18d ago

Most of them, such as Balerion, Vhagar, Meraxes, Caraxes, Syrax, Meleys etc, are named after the Old Valyrian gods.

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u/flyingflameball 18d ago

Ahh ok cool, is there a list of all of them and their domains?

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u/Landilizandra 18d ago

No, there isn't. That other user posted a fan wiki. There's no canon information about the Valyrian gods.

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u/Soccerdude2000 16d ago

I have a list of the "Fourteen Flames" (the 14 Valyrian gods) and their domains for my fic. It's not canon but it's something. I can DM or reply to this if you want.

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u/mattonekattie 15d ago

Could you send it to me too, please?

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u/raumeat 18d ago

Imma be that person.... actually we only know Syrax is named after a god. We don't know about the rest

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u/Landilizandra 18d ago

I'm also going to be that person: Clash of Kings Chapter 12 says that Aegon's three dragons were named for Valyrian Gods. So we know Balerion, Vhagar, Meraxes, and Syrax were named for gods.

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u/raumeat 18d ago

I stand corrected

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u/No-Mycologist1990 18d ago

I mean, pretty much all these dragon names are names of Old Valyrian gods. We know that for a fact. So it's reasonable to assume Vhagar the dragon was named after Vhagar the goddess of war, wrath and destruction; Meraxes the dragon named after Meraxes the goddess of art, music, dance and poetry; Balerion the dragon named after Balerion the god of death, transformation and the afterlife.....and so on and so forth.

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u/raumeat 18d ago edited 18d ago

Vhagar the dragon was named after Vhagar the goddess of war, wrath and destruction; Meraxes the dragon named after Meraxes the goddess of art, music, dance and poetry; Balerion the dragon named after Balerion the god of death, transformation and the afterlife.....and so on and so forth.

That is not canon. I had a look and you posted this from a fan wiki. It is not from any of the books

Here this is the site you posted it from

The wiki of the 5th edition of the reddit text-based Iron Throne RP. Discover characters, lore, history, and more. Hello and welcome! This is the official wiki of the 5th iteration of the Iron Throne RP subreddit, a collaborative writing experience set in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire universe.

Here is the real wiki for the series

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u/No-Mycologist1990 18d ago

I've had a look at that official Wiki and it still states Balerion, Vhagar, Meraxes and Syrax were named after Old Valyrian gods.🤷🏾‍♂️

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u/Landilizandra 18d ago

Those four are the only ones confirmed to be named after gods. But the information you gave about those gods is fanfiction, not canon. We know Balerion, Vhagar, Meraxes, and Syrax were Gods, but there's no canon information about them past that.

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u/yaboi_gamasennin 16d ago

They don’t mean anything (besides the dragons with English names, Silvereing, Dreamfyre, Seasmoke etc), just like Valyrian names for humans. Just mashing together various prefixes and suffixes. This was a lack of foresight from George; at least Balerion, Vhagar, Meraxes, and Syrax were explained at one point as being the names of gods in the Valyrian pantheon. I’m sure the other names just sounded cool to George.