Okay, go easy on me now.
The MCs in my story are a pair of sprites. But the way their species works in this story, sprites are kind of a subrace of a group that includes several different groups of little people. Fairies can either be born a "Hob" - and every Hob is different and weird - or into one of the "Vaki," which are groups like Sprites, Asrai (tiny mermaids), or your typical Smurf-looking types (among others).
I've gone through wikipedia on little mythological beings for research on the different hobs (under names like goblins, kobolds, etc.). There's two I want to ask about.
The Duende is a type of household creature in Latin America that tends to little children, clipping their toenails, and sometimes accidentally cutting off their toes.
The Trasgu is a creature from Spain and Portugal. They have a hole in their left hand, and whenever it tries to be helpful, it keeps dropping things through that little hole.
The way I was hoping to design the story, "Duende" and "Trasgu" would be the names of two of the several Hob secondary characters in the big city, many of whom are equally goofy and weird, and others of whom (based on their folklore) might be mean spirited. Another example of a hob would be Lyerg, a creature from Scottish Folklore that roams the country side looking for people to kill in duels.
I'm at the point where I want to convert the Hobs from notes on folklore creatures into actual characters in the story. Taking Lyerg for example, he was one of the hobs that were granted a pardon for their past mischief in exchange for characters like one of the Sprite MCs joining law enforcement to keep them in check, so that now Lyerg might get into duels and barfights but doesn't kill anyone.
Generally the hobs are "light" and humorous side characters unless they get the spotlight, in which case I want to take the time to explore some of their flawed personalities more seriously.
So there's plenty of room inside the story for me to change Duende and Trasgu to correspond to any problems, including changing their names if necessary. But, as they essentially become Latino and Spanish characters, and as Hobs they're goofy and weird, what considerations should I keep in mind? What can I do to do right by Latino readers?
The MCs in my story are a pair of sprites. But the way their species works in this story, sprites are kind of a subrace of a group that includes several different groups of little people. Fairies can either be born a "Hob" - and every Hob is different and weird - or into one of the "Vaki," which are groups like Sprites, Asrai (tiny mermaids), or your typical Smurf-looking types (among others).
I've gone through wikipedia on little mythological beings for research on the different hobs (under names like goblins, kobolds, etc.). There's two I want to ask about.
The Duende is a type of household creature in Latin America that tends to little children, clipping their toenails, and sometimes accidentally cutting off their toes.
The Trasgu is a creature from Spain and Portugal. They have a hole in their left hand, and whenever it tries to be helpful, it keeps dropping things through that little hole.
The way I was hoping to design the story, "Duende" and "Trasgu" would be the names of two of the several Hob secondary characters in the big city, many of whom are equally goofy and weird, and others of whom (based on their folklore) might be mean spirited. Another example of a hob would be Lyerg, a creature from Scottish Folklore that roams the country side looking for people to kill in duels.
I'm at the point where I want to convert the Hobs from notes on folklore creatures into actual characters in the story. Taking Lyerg for example, he was one of the hobs that were granted a pardon for their past mischief in exchange for characters like one of the Sprite MCs joining law enforcement to keep them in check, so that now Lyerg might get into duels and barfights but doesn't kill anyone.
Generally the hobs are "light" and humorous side characters unless they get the spotlight, in which case I want to take the time to explore some of their flawed personalities more seriously.
So there's plenty of room inside the story for me to change Duende and Trasgu to correspond to any problems, including changing their names if necessary. But, as they essentially become Latino and Spanish characters, and as Hobs they're goofy and weird, what considerations should I keep in mind? What can I do to do right by Latino readers?