OT: ConLang Death; was: Re: OT: Prayer, ritual and magic // was conlang website
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 18, 2000, 4:38 |
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On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 21:07:39 -0400 Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...>
writes:
> ObConLang: afterlife and its representations in your conlang? Words
> for
> it? The afterlife in Chevraqis is referred to as "Beyond." A
> common
> Qenaren phrase for death is "the soldier's salute." Then again,
> this is
> a military culture that thinks the death-god brought death as a
> gift, and
> that an accepting death is your gift in return.
>
> YHL
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The Rokbeigalm believe in _Sháíl_, a semi-anthropomorphized placename
which translates roughly as "(the) Underworld", like Aambalá translates
as "(the) World/Earth" and Báhhihr translates as "(the) Ocean". A
euphemistic/poetic phrase for dying is "being welcomed by those who have
come before".
-Stephen (Steg)
"here, siggy siggy siggy..."