The two names that caught my eyes first were Lige and Lum. They appear in this chapter in the part with the mule and in the scene with Daisy.
Although there isn't a meaning for the name Lige there is a similar name in Greek mythology. Ligeia means "cleared-voice, shrill, whistling" and was the name of a Siren and the title for one of Edgar Allan Poe's stories. This seemed interesting because used their voices through song to trances seaman to their death. Lige is leading people to their death, but he does get people to come and hear him speak about the mule and when Sam and him start a little scene. The story written by Poe has a few similarities that seem to have no importance. Ligeia is a woman who has long black hair and eventually dies leaving behind her husband. The husband remarries and still thinks of Ligeia. The only things that are similar is the hair to Janie's and a spouse dying leaving the other to remarry. Janie moves on fairly well after Joe's death and doesn't seem to linger on it.
Lum is also a very interesting name and the closest name found was Lumi which in Finnish means "snow". That would be a large stretch to connect to the book but is interesting to see all of the unique character names that appear in this book.
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