[ She was quiet for a moment, before giving him an answer. ] They are most commonly known as Perseids -- or the sons of Perseus, a Greek hero.
[ She points up to the constellation of Perseus in the projected sky, albeit obscured by the Northern Lights. ] Mainly because the meteors seem to come from him, and thus more heroes are born.
For the Christian belief, they were called "Tears of Saint Lawrence", a martyr, as the first observed Perseids had occurred on the 10th of August, which is the name day of Lawrence the Saint.