Talk:Bolgmon

"Bolg" is not Irish for "lightning" (at least in the modern language), it is Irish for abdomen or bag:

en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bolg

However, the "Fir Bolg" were pre-Celtic "high-people" who are in some texts called "the people of Bolg" who was basically a neolithic Zeus, though a more impersonal figure. (In this etymology, the Fir Bolg were closely related to the Belgae, who became Belgium; also Bulgaria)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fir Bolg

Basically, Bolg was the god of the people before the Irish moved in. The only sources I can find that relate "bolg" to lightning at all use this etymology, and according to various scholars, they're not sure at all whether it can be used as a straightforward translation.

academic source:

> I have been wondering recently (and hoped someone here might know), > is the alleged alternate meaning "lightning" of Old Irish Bolg a > genuine word or a misinterpretation?

Both DIL and Vendryes in LEIA mention that O'Rahilly explained the proper name (Fir) Bolg as coming from a divine name *Bulga, from a root *bhel-g- (to shine, flash), but neither one seems to strongly endorse it. I don't believe there is a common noun in OI with any such meaning.

It's very slightly possible that the mythological meaning is combined with the abdomen meaning to give a lightning/beetle pun, but it's pretty weak. Basically, I would just suggest changing the etymology to

Old Irish. Bolg was a proto-Celtic lightning god.

There is also an assertion that in Early Irish, "boillsg" meant "gleam".

Bandai art
http://wikimon.net/Bo-707

This one, Bolgmon's first appearance, has its left arm down, as well as slightly sleaker overall proportions. Any way for us to get that one anywhere?KrytenKoro06 (talk) 21:20, 24 April 2014 (CDT)
 * I don't have the book to reference, but the only real place it might be would probably be 2002 Digimon Encyclopedia (ISBN 978-4575163537), if it doesn't use the Bolgmon's DRB artwork for its profile page. Otherwise there's too much clutter on the card to clip it out, cleanly, unless someone was willing to splice and redraw it with the DRB art.--devkyu (talk) 23:02, 24 April 2014 (CDT)