Miriam was from the shore of the Sea of Galilee, taking part in transforming the western world
Mary Magdalene had an unfortunate name. It continues in “religious” memory to be too popular. There were so many Marys that Pope “Gregory the Great” bunched several of Christ’s female followers together and turned Mary of Magdala into a whore. (Magdala: a well-known city 120 miles north of Jerusalem on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee.)