I saw this meme on Reddit and it made me wonder about how the discovery of a new Avatar is publicly announced. Here’s my idea of the “formula” they might use for it:
Exemplar (Template):
“Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum; habemus Avatarem: Eminentissimum (masculus)/Eminentissimam (femina) ac Reverendissimum (masculus)/Reverendissimam (femina) Dominum (masculus)/Dominam (femina) Avatarem ex [Natio originis Avataris in ablativo singulari], [Nomen Avataris non flexum]!”
Translated:
“I announce to you a great joy; We have the Avatar: The Most Eminent and The Most Reverend Lord (male)/Lady (female) Avatar from [Avatar’s nation of origin in ablative singular], [Avatar’s name uninflected]!”
Exemplum Avataris masculini (Example for a male Avatar):
"Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum; habemus Avatarem: Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Dominum Avatarem ex Templo Aeris Australis, Aang!"
Translated:
"I announce to you a great joy; we have the Avatar: The Most Eminent and the Most Reverend Lord Avatar from the Southern Air Temple, Aang!"
Exemplum Avataris feminei (Example for a female Avatar):
"Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum; habemus Avatarem: Eminentissimam ac Reverendissimam Dominam Avatarem ex Tribu Aquae Australis, Korra!"
Translated:
“I announce to you a great joy; we have the Avatar: The Most Eminent and the Most Reverend Lady Avatar from the Southern Water Tribe, Korra!”
I know that this is definitely out of place in the Avatarverse for obvious reasons (the formula is in Latin (I actually did a lot of research to ensure that the grammar, inflections, and declensions were correct because Latin grammar is incredibly complicated), which is a language that doesn’t exist in the Avatarverse; the Avatarverse is primarily Asian-inspired; and it is obviously based on the announcement made when a new Pope is elected) but I still speculate they might still have some way of publicly announcing the discovery of a new Avatar (especially given how momentous of an occasion the public announcement that the new Avatar has been discovered would be for the entire world). Though, instead of Latin, they might do it in some “ancient sacred language” they only use for ceremonial purposes.
As a bonus, here are the names of the nations in Latin in both nominative singular and ablative singular (the latter of which will be how they might be “plugged in” to the “template”):
Water Tribes (because there are three Water Tribes, they would likely say which Water Tribe a new Avatar is from in the announcement):
Northern Water Tribe: Tribus Aquae Septentrionalis (nominative singular)/Tribu Aquae Septentrionalis (ablative singular)
Southern Water Tribe: Tribus Aquae Australis (nominative singular)/Tribu Aquae Australis (ablative singular)
Foggy Swamp Tribe: Tribus Paludis Nebulosae (nominative singular)/Tribu Paludis Nebulosae (ablative singular)
Earth Kingdom: Terra Regnum (nominative singular)/Terra Regno (ablative singular)
Fire Nation: Natio Ignis (nominative singular)/Natione Ignis (ablative singular)
Air Nomads/Air Nation (because both the Air Nomads and its successor, the Air Nation, operate as a monastic order (though the Air Nation is less monastic) rather than an actual territorial nation-state, they would likely say which Air Temple a new Avatar is from in the announcement):
Southern Air Temple: Templum Aeris Australis (nominative singular)/Templo Aeris Australis (ablative singular)
Northern Air Temple (destroyed): Templum Aeris Septentrionalis (nominative singular)/Templo Aeris Septentrionalis (ablative singular)
Eastern Air Temple: Templum Aeris Orientalis (nominative singular)/Templo Aeris Orientalis (ablative singular)
Western Air Temple: Templum Aeris Occidentalis (nominative singular)/Templo Aeris Occidentalis (ablative singular)
Air Temple Island: Insula Templi Aeris (nominative and ablative singular of "insula" are the same)
United Republic of Nations (Though I am unsure how the creation of the United Republic of Nations might affect the Avatar cycle, it might still be possible for an Avatar to be born there, so i will include it): Respublica Unita Nationum (nominative singular)/Republica Nationum Unitarum (ablative singular)
So what do y’all think of my hypothetical "formula" for how a new Avatar's discovery is publicly announced? Do you think it would work? If not, can you think of something better? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
PS: Admins of this wiki, if you see two comments with similar wording to this post on the meme that I linked, please don’t accuse me of plagiarism because the account who wrote those comments is actually mine and I am the one who wrote those comments. I first shared this idea on those two aforementioned comments and I am just re-sharing it here.