[Ainaserkewen]

It seems much more popular these days for books and movies to want to reward their fans by throwing in those kind of names. In direct reference to what Lalaith said in the last post.

I can think of examples in the Matrix, Harry Potter etc. where names are used as inside jokes. Perhaps instead of "stealing" Dumbledor from Tolkien, Rowling, a supposedly learned writer, wanted to give us Fantasy fans a little laugh in the same way she kept using the word "snogging" consistantly in the 6th book but one of the Griffindor tower passwords was "Abstinence"...all these cultural references are great in my opinion and give her books a touch of class.