I just learned that the Russian word forĀ āladybugā translates toĀ āGodās Little Cowā
Itās the same in Irish! bĆ³Ćn DĆ©!
in hebrew itās āour rabbi mosesās cowā
Oh I love this news!!!!
Multiple cultures upon seeing a ladybug for the first time: āWhoās cow is this????ā
It feels like some early humans were naming things and one of them ran out of ideas.
Human 1: (points at animal) Whatās that?
Human 2: Cow.
Human 1: (points at bug) Whatās that?
Human 2: ā¦ little cow.
Human 1: But itās so much smaller. Who would have use for such a small cow?
Human 2: (panicking but in too deep to stop now) God.
The āLadyā in the name āladybugā is the virgin Mary. People just cannot stop giving religious names to this bug.
The reason for this was that if you lived in an agrarian society then your survival was a throw of the dice every year, depending on the success of the crops. A failed crop year is a very hard year where deaths are expected. And if you grew a cereal like wheat, there were several things that could cause your crops to fail, but one of the big ones was if you happened to get a fuckton of aphids. You know what eats aphids? Ladybugs! If there are lots and lots of ladybugs around, there was a good chance that itād be a good crop year! They were little crop protectors! When your family lives or dies on the success of that crop, of course theyād be seen as a blessing and given an appropriate name!
That is such an interesting etymology!!!!
And entomology too i guess
in German theyāre MarienkƤfer which also pretty much means āMaryās Beetleā
In French itās āGood Lordās Beastā
Not even a cow, itās just a little Creature but we know for sure God loves it.
In Dutch itās āLieveheersbeestjeā, the Good Lordās Little Beast
A liddol creeture
welp guess weāre outliers cuz in Czech theyāre called ālittle sunā but apparently in some dialects theyāre also called godās cow, sheep or chicken :)
