Gift-goat Pansy, from Misty Mountain Farm, had a dark brown daughter. Originally, I was going to name her "Iris" after the brown and yellow flowers that are growing in our garden. But the name just wasn't sticking. We talked about the names of good chocolate, and how "Godiva" is already taken (that's the name of Maggy and Apollo's son* down at Gaited Manor at Park Gate), and that Ghirardelli just is an odd name for a goat. Then the name "Soma" came up.

The syllable combination of "Soma" is apparently widespread. In Pakistani, it means "moon" while in Hungarian it means "horn." It is the Greek word for "body." It is the name of towns in Japan, Iran, Turkey, and Gambia. In Hindu and Zoroastrian tradition, it is the name of a ritual drink and a plant. In modern science it is the name for the cell body of a neuron. It's the colloquial name for a muscle relaxant drug. And in modern Government acronym-ese, it is service-oriented modeling and architecture.

In my world, Soma is a really good chocolate shop. And now, the name of a goat.

*Maggy Lynn is a daughter of Jessie by Jared. Apollo is the first son of Alys by Loki, and the only breeding descendent of Loki's line.