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Post by Pale on Oct 8, 2003 16:13:13 GMT -5
Well spotted.
I can't believe i missed that as i'm a huge fan of CS Lewis. And remember checking "Voyage of the Dawn Treader" out of the library four times in one summer wheb i was a kid.
Thanks
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Nakijo
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an angel in Bas-Lag?
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Post by Nakijo on Oct 14, 2003 20:27:39 GMT -5
Yeah, I read each of those a dozen times at least, I reckon.
Now I'm going to have to re-read the Scar and hunt out all these little allusions etc. It doesn't come naturally for me, though. It would never occur to me normally that things like that are a tip of the hat to whoever...
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Post by edboltz on Aug 3, 2004 0:21:32 GMT -5
Avanc or Afanc
CREATURES FROM MYTH AND LEGEND
AFANC
(ah-vahnk)
(Wales)
Ecology:
An afanc lives in lakes, usually deep lakes. They prey upon fish as well as things swimming in their lake and animals close to shore. The afanc is usually a solitary beast.
Rumors abound about the afanc. Some say is a giant beaver, not a worm (An argument supported by the fact that the modern Welsh word for beaver is very close to afanc.). Others say that the afanc is invisible and can kill with its gaze. It is also said that the afanc guards treasures at the bottom of its lake.
Found in Advance Dungeons & Dragons Fiend Folio, just like Vodyanoi.
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Post by Rob on Dec 2, 2004 10:12:57 GMT -5
Hi, I'm new here, I just wanted to add my comments regarding China's shameless plundering of myths and legends for inspiration! The way I imagine it is that Bas-Lag is a real, parrallel world from which our myths and legends originate; it is us doing the plundering!
Anyway, here's my two pence worth.
I just looked up "thaumaturge" in the dictionary, and it is defined as "a worker of wonders or miracles", from Greek/Latin.
Anyway, that wasn't the good bit... while I was looking up I stumbled, completely by chance, on the word "tintinnabulation", derived from the Latin "Tintinnabulum", meaning "tinkling bell".
By the way, regarding the Armadan ships carrying the huge Avanc-harnessing chains: why don't they sink?
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Post by rockhound on Dec 2, 2004 18:51:42 GMT -5
Hi, I'm new here, I just wanted to add my comments regarding China's shameless plundering of myths and legends for inspiration! The way I imagine it is that Bas-Lag is a real, parrallel world from which our myths and legends originate; it is us doing the plundering! Anyway, here's my two pence worth. I just looked up "thaumaturge" in the dictionary, and it is defined as "a worker of wonders or miracles", from Greek/Latin. Anyway, that wasn't the good bit... while I was looking up I stumbled, completely by chance, on the word "tintinnabulation", derived from the Latin "Tintinnabulum", meaning "tinkling bell". By the way, regarding the Armadan ships carrying the huge Avanc-harnessing chains: why don't they sink? I assumed that the weight of the chains was more evenly distributed to many ships near the surface. We only saw one or two connections. Otherwise, they'd have to be the largest ships in the fleet to withstand that much load. |
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Post by kaluzasrevenge on Dec 29, 2004 5:25:04 GMT -5
Heres another one:
Cromlech:
- A prehistoric monument consisting of monoliths encircling a mound
Slake:
- To satisfy (a craving); quench
Sardula:
- A demon from Hindu mythology; Ravana sends him to assess Sugreeva's forces.
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