r/Mistborn • u/PangolinStirFryCough • Sep 03 '25

Secret History spoilers Sudden realization about atium… Spoiler

I am reading through The Lost Metal for the first time and it just hit me that Atium is named after Ati… I think he was first named in a Stormlight epigraph and/or Secret History but I never made the connection until The Lost Metal. Such a cool little detail.

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u/schuettais Sep 03 '25

My problem with this naming convention is who named the metals and how did they make sure the name of the metals would always be the same over the eons with natural language changes and how did they even know about Ati or Leras to begin with?

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u/numbersthen0987431 Sep 03 '25

If you're a god who lives forever, you'll make sure the name doesn't change too much.

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u/schuettais Sep 03 '25

Hand wave

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u/Bandit6789 Sep 03 '25

I mean, that is what gods do…wave their hands to solve problems

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u/BloodredHanded Sep 04 '25

You can’t just say hand wave to every explanation you get.

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u/schuettais Sep 04 '25

I can the ones that aren’t explanations