Correlations in the Wheel of Time to History, Earth Cultures, and Fairy Tales

I found it very interesting that "Elayne" is mostly just "Ilyena" with an "e" instead of an "i" and with a few letters transposed. Is this coincidence, or is Elayne supposed to be Ilyena reborn? Another mysterious coincidence is that of the name "al'Thor" to the name "Thor," the Norse god of thunder. Also "Rhuarc" and "rock;" "Cauthon" and "caution," to name a few. I'm sure there are many more.

Eriah has some more interesting comments on this subject:

Egwene al'Vere sounds extremely close to Guinevere of Arthur legends.

Artur Hawkwing Paendrag is also from Athur legends. Besides the obvious connection of their first names, The man many legends attribute to being King Arthur's father was Luther Pendragon. Hmmm...

Caemlyn could be in reference to Camelot, but I'm not too sure about that one.

The Horn of Valere seems obviously to be a play off the word Valor.

The festival of Bel Tine is from a celtic/scottish celebration for approximately the same part of the year. The spelling of the scottish festival escapes me, but is nearly exactly the same as Bel Tine.

Lord Galad and Gawyne once again spring from Arthurian legend. Their names were probably fashioned from knights: Sir Galahad, and Sir Gwaine of the Round Table.

Asha'man could have it's roots possibly traced to tribal mystics of North and South American indians, often known as Shaman.

Yona also has some thoughts on the subject:

In northern mythology there“s "gjalder hornet" (The noise or loud sound horn) which the protecter-god Heimdal uses to call the dead heroes of the past to do battle against "jętterne" (the giants)

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