Maia Corvinus

Maia Corvinus

“Come sleep with me: We won't make Love, Love will make us.”

― Julio Cortázar

Maia Dorothea Corvinus is the youngest child and only daughter between Bydeia Aynokion and Matthias Corvinus, and the younger brother to Xander. She is the childhood best friend of her maternal first cousin Nadiya Delphis.

Maia is the cousin to Cenerina, Marcus, and Leo from her father side of the family. On her mother's side of the family she is the cousin of the Sepher twins, Angelus, Kastor, Pollux, Lucretia, Kassius, Aydia, Caesarion, and the Delphis siblings.

Etymology

• Maia is from Greek μαῖα (maia) meaning "good mother, dame, foster mother", perhaps in origin a nursery form of μήτηρ (meter). In Greek and Roman mythology she was the eldest of the Pleiades, the group of seven stars in the constellation Taurus, who were the daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Her son by Zeus was Hermes.
  • Maia is also is probably from Latin maior meaning "greater". This was the name of a Roman goddess of spring, a companion (sometimes wife) of Vulcan. She was later conflated with the Greek goddess Maia. The month of May is named for her.
  • Maia is also the Estonian and Basque form of Maria which is the Latin form of the New Testament Greek names Μαριάμ (Mariam) and Μαρία (Maria) - the spellings are interchangeable - which were from Hebrew מִרְיָם (Miryam), a name borne by the sister of Moses in the Old Testament. The meaning is not known for certain, but there are several theories including "sea of bitterness", "rebelliousness", and "wished for child". However it was most likely originally an Egyptian name, perhaps derived in part from mry "beloved" or mr "love".
  • It is also a variant of Maya means "illusion" in Sanskrit. In Buddhist tradition this is the name of the mother of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha).
• Dorothea is the feminine form of the Late Greek name Δωρόθεος (Dorotheos), which meant "gift of God" from Greek δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift" and θεός (theos) meaning "god". The name Theodore is composed of the same elements in reverse order. Dorothea was the name of two early saints, notably the 4th-century martyr Dorothea of Caesarea. It was also borne by the 14th-century Saint Dorothea of Montau, who was the patron saint of Prussia.
• Corvinus is derived from the Ancient Roman Gens "Corvina", (feminine form of corvino), both of which are from the Latin "corvus", meaning "Raven". The genus "Corvus" in the family "Corvidae", (which is itself within the superfamily "Corvoidea"), is the genus for Ravens, (as well as blackbirds, crows, jackdaws and the rook).