Thursday, August 10, 2023

Lord of the files

Beelzebul is Caananite for Lord of the skies, or lord of the air.

The Hebrews of the time, wanting to make fun of it, and being big into puns, figured out that Beelzebub means Lord of the flies.  (Yes, that's where Golding got the book title from.)

So, I've been idly wondering what the Caananite for Lord of the files is.  As far as I can figure out, probably Beelmeida.

So, next time I need a username ...

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