Re: [Vala] Proposed Vala Logo

["Andre \"Osku\" Schmidt" <andre osku schmidt osku de>]

On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 09:02 +0200, Jiří Zárevúcky wrote:
> Dov Grobgeld píše v St 01. 09. 2010 v 09:43 +0300:
> > Regarding the logo, here are my wild ideas when I hear the name Vala and
> > when I let my imagination run wild:
> >
> >    - Vala sounds like me similar to Valhalla from Scandinavian Mythology (
> >    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valhalla)
> >    - Valhalla was govered by various gods among them Oden (Wednesday is
> >    Oden's day) and Thor (Thursday is Thor's day).
> >    - The typical symbol of Oden was a crow.
> >    - The typical symbol of Thor was a hammer.
> >
> > So by a huge leap of logic I conclude that the the logo of Vala should be
> > based on either a crow or a hammer. Since Thor's hammer is nicer, See:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor , it should be used. Perhaps with an
> > engraved V or in red green and blue like the Gtk logo.
>
> By following the same logic:
> - Vala as in Vala Mal Doran, a character of Stargate SG-1 series
> - a typical symbol of Stargate SG-1 series is the earth symbol (a
> pyramid-like glyph with circle on top)
>
> Thus I conclude the logo of Vala should be based on this symbol upside
> down. :)

and in finnish vala means oath/vow, but no idea how to iconify that :)