DragonVale Real Life References

It has been made obvious that Backflip Studios has inserted references to real life into DragonVale.

This will be a list of dragon names and decorations which have a connection to life outside of DragonVale and the explanations of how and why.

Leave a comment about anything you think is an outside reference or explanation of how and why, and we will add it to the list.

Dragon Automated Names
Tesla - famous scientist in electrics

Faraday - famous scientist in electrics

Gotard -reference to Goddard, a rocket scientist

Boreal - Northern Tundra biome; Aurora Borealis

Loki - Norse God of mischief

Thor - Norse God of thunder

Freya - Norse God of love and fertility

Zeus - Greek God of thunder

Ceres - Roman Goddess of the harvest

Gaia -Greek Goddess of the Earth

Vulcan -Roman name of Hephaestus, the god of the hearth

Pele -Hawaiian goddess of fire

Aput -inuit word for snow (on the ground)

Nanuk -inuit word for polar bear

Jotun - name used for frost giant in Norse mythology

Ymir -a Frost giant from Norse mythology

Petra - Famous "lost" archaeological city in Jordan (also means 'stone' in Arabic)

Vesuvius - A volcano in Italy responsible for the destruction of the city of Pompeii

Helen -Mt. St. Helens, a volcano in Seattle

Fiji -as in Mt. Fiji

Toa -Polynesian word for warrior

Curly - The Three Stooges

Any Flower Name - Too many to list all, but reference to different types of flowers.

Oakheart - Braveheart

Amp  - short for ampere - the unit for electric current

Ohm -measurement for electrical resistance

Kelvin -Unit of measurement for temperature;

Buzz - reference to Buzz Aldrin and the moon

Nessy - reference to the Loch Ness Monster

Pompey -Pompeii, Italy

Kraka -Krakatoa - a volcano

Amelia -Amelia Earhart - famous female pilot who disappeared flying around the world

Steve -

Decorations
Ami'Lya Pond  - reference to Amelia Pond, a character in the most recent series of Doctor Who

Bed of Roses - "Berrywhite Mountains" - reference to Barry White

Thatched Roof Cottage - '"It would be tragic to accidentally burninate your thatched roof cottage." - reference to the episode of Homestar Runner in which the character Strong Bad draws a dragon named Trogdor the Burninator

Witch Hut - "Mor'Gynne the Ancient was the most famous of all witches" -

Jack-O-Lantern - Jack-O-Lanterns

Other
Frostfire Dragon Description - "The Origin of Dragon; Professor Dravin; Palagos Islands" - reference to Darwin and the Galapagos Islands

Sarjin Peppers  - Sgt. Pepper (see The Beatles)

Reindeer Dragon and Santa visitors  - Rudolph and Santa

Sandstorm Dragon Description  - "new form of music they lovingly call 'tectonica' " - referencing the worldwide techno/dance hit "Sandstorm" by Darude.

Water ShrineDescription  - "Kessi of Lake Kes" - Nessie of Loch Ness - Loch Ness Monster

Poison Dragon Description  - "deadly neurotoxin" - a Portal reference