Yes I always associated it with Salomon as in King Salomon.
On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert> wrote:
> https://www.houseofnames.com/Salamon-family-crest/Jewish
> https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/SALAMON
>
> It seems to be the Jewish root of the Christian name "Solomon". I guess.
>
> Weirdly, it seems to be the latin root of a few animals. Perhaps this is
> where the book name came from.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thick-billed_ground_dove
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugi_naked-tailed_rat
> https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Monomorium_salomonis
>
> > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
> > Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 09:34:48 -0800 (PST)
> >
> > https://www.fightingfantasy.com/secrets-of-salamonis
> >
> > Don't know where author came up with this.