Post by Kipcha on Jul 16, 2012 21:31:42 GMT -6
The animals in The Sight and Fire Bringer use words that are from their own language. Here are the definitions to them if you forgot what they are or haven't read the book. SPOILERS ARE WITHIN SOME DEFINITIONS.
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B
Balkar - A.K.A. Night Hunters. A pack made up entirely of males who work for the "First of the Wolves".
C
D
Dragga/Drappa - Male/Female, normally you would call adults draggas and drappas.
E
F
Fenris - The wolf god; He is the sun.
First of the Wolves - Leader of the Balkar Pack.
G
H
Helpers - Birds that are helpers (hence the name "helpers") to wolves with the sight. The wolves use them to see through their eyes.
Herla - Deer
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J
K
Kerl - Lone wolf
L
Larka - The main character and protagonist. Her coat is pure white.
Larka's Blessing - Used to be Tratto's Blessing but was changed to Larka's Blessing. Its a friendly greeting that wolves use to avoid skirmishes.
Lera - All animals in general.
M
Man Varg - Legend of the Wolf-Man.
Moon - Month
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O
P
Putnar - Predator/Carnivore
Q
R
Rebel Pack - A pack led by Slavka to oppose the Night Hunters/Balkar Pack.
Red Meadow - Sort of a wolf Heaven, if you look at it that way.
S
Searchers - The Searchers are the ghosts of wolves that have died. They can be summoned by the Summoning Howl, which can only be used by one with the power of the Sight. If the Searchers touch a living wolf, then that wolf can have its mind read and controlled by the one that used the Summoning Howl. The Searchers are neither good nor evil, but they have to do what the Summoner commands. These wolves are found in the "Red Meadow" that can only be reached when a wolf who possesses the Sight makes a kill, sleeps, and then calls Fenris's name (a Varg god). Once that has been done they can walk the pathways of death, but there is a chance that they might not be able to return.
Sikla - Omega
Sita - Legend has it that she was sent down by Tor, who was her mother, to restore peace in the wolves. In return, the wolves sacrificed her.
The Sight - A power that some Lera have; it is very difficult to control. Its a gift and a curse; it gives the lera the ability to look into the eyes of other Lera and control their will, the ability to look into water and see visions of the past, present and future, the ability to see though the eyes of Lera and feel their pain when hunting them, the ability to talk to other lera and to see through the eyes of a bird, etc. It is believed by some that the true power of the Sight is to heal one's mind and body
Sun - Day
T
Tor - The wolf goddess; She is the moon.
Tratto's Blessing - A friendly, common greeting among wolves.
U
V
Varg - The wolves' word for their own kind. (Example: Instead of, "The prophecy foretells of a wolfman", "The prophecy foretells of a man varg".)
W
Wolfbane - A demon spirit, in human terms he is equivalent to Satin himself. He made a pact with the birds.
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Anlach - Mating season/the rut
B
Brailah - An offensive insult meaning "hedgehog".
C
Clovar - All deer other than Red Deer.
D
Draila/drailling - Drail's army
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G
H
Herla - Deer
Herne/Hoern - The herlas' god.
Herne's Herd - A sacred herd that claims to be Herne's Herd. They live in the High Lands, by the Great Mountain. They rule the Slave Herd.
Home Oak - Rannoch's herd's oak - they use it as a sort of meeting place.
Hummel - Hornless deer
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J
L
Larn - Dusk
Lera - All animals in general.
M
Moon - Month
N
O
Outriders - Protectors of the herd.
P
Pricket - Young deer with their first heads; Single-spiked antlers that rise straight above them.
Q
R
Rannoch - The hero of Fire Bringer. He has a fawn mark on his forehead in the shape of a perfect oak leaf. He is very intelligent about the landscape and the creatures that reside in it.
S
Slave Herd - They serve Herne's Herd by collecting certain plants in hope of the coming of Herne so they can give them to Herne. The stags in this herd have no antlers because the water they drink from is contaminated.
Selach - The name deer give to both fawns who have no known father and to hinds who have no living mate.
Sgorrla/Sgorrling - Sgorr's army
Starbuck - The Hero of many stories in Fire Bringer. He always tricks Herne in some way.
Sun - Day
T
U
V
W
X
Y
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The Sight and Fell
A
B
Balkar - A.K.A. Night Hunters. A pack made up entirely of males who work for the "First of the Wolves".
C
D
Dragga/Drappa - Male/Female, normally you would call adults draggas and drappas.
E
F
Fenris - The wolf god; He is the sun.
First of the Wolves - Leader of the Balkar Pack.
G
H
Helpers - Birds that are helpers (hence the name "helpers") to wolves with the sight. The wolves use them to see through their eyes.
Herla - Deer
I
J
K
Kerl - Lone wolf
L
Larka - The main character and protagonist. Her coat is pure white.
Like Morgra, she has the Sight. At first she is terrified, but as the story progresses she learns to control her power. Because of Morgra's "curse" all her pack dies except her mother and father, her brother (which in the middle of the book fell though the ice on a river and then lost his memory), and her best friend and possible mate, Kar. She has a pure white pelt and gold eyes. She dies while killing Morgra in order to save the child, a death she foresaw that causes great distress to her family and potential mate, Kar.
Larka's Blessing - Used to be Tratto's Blessing but was changed to Larka's Blessing. Its a friendly greeting that wolves use to avoid skirmishes.
Lera - All animals in general.
M
Man Varg - Legend of the Wolf-Man.
Moon - Month
N
O
P
Putnar - Predator/Carnivore
Q
R
Rebel Pack - A pack led by Slavka to oppose the Night Hunters/Balkar Pack.
Red Meadow - Sort of a wolf Heaven, if you look at it that way.
S
Searchers - The Searchers are the ghosts of wolves that have died. They can be summoned by the Summoning Howl, which can only be used by one with the power of the Sight. If the Searchers touch a living wolf, then that wolf can have its mind read and controlled by the one that used the Summoning Howl. The Searchers are neither good nor evil, but they have to do what the Summoner commands. These wolves are found in the "Red Meadow" that can only be reached when a wolf who possesses the Sight makes a kill, sleeps, and then calls Fenris's name (a Varg god). Once that has been done they can walk the pathways of death, but there is a chance that they might not be able to return.
Sikla - Omega
Sita - Legend has it that she was sent down by Tor, who was her mother, to restore peace in the wolves. In return, the wolves sacrificed her.
The Sight - A power that some Lera have; it is very difficult to control. Its a gift and a curse; it gives the lera the ability to look into the eyes of other Lera and control their will, the ability to look into water and see visions of the past, present and future, the ability to see though the eyes of Lera and feel their pain when hunting them, the ability to talk to other lera and to see through the eyes of a bird, etc. It is believed by some that the true power of the Sight is to heal one's mind and body
Sun - Day
T
Tor - The wolf goddess; She is the moon.
Tratto's Blessing - A friendly, common greeting among wolves.
U
V
Varg - The wolves' word for their own kind. (Example: Instead of, "The prophecy foretells of a wolfman", "The prophecy foretells of a man varg".)
W
Wolfbane - A demon spirit, in human terms he is equivalent to Satin himself. He made a pact with the birds.
X
Y
Z
Fire Bringer
A
Anlach - Mating season/the rut
B
Brailah - An offensive insult meaning "hedgehog".
C
Clovar - All deer other than Red Deer.
D
Draila/drailling - Drail's army
F
G
H
Herla - Deer
Herne/Hoern - The herlas' god.
Herne's Herd - A sacred herd that claims to be Herne's Herd. They live in the High Lands, by the Great Mountain. They rule the Slave Herd.
Home Oak - Rannoch's herd's oak - they use it as a sort of meeting place.
Hummel - Hornless deer
I
J
L
Larn - Dusk
Lera - All animals in general.
M
Moon - Month
N
O
Outriders - Protectors of the herd.
P
Pricket - Young deer with their first heads; Single-spiked antlers that rise straight above them.
Q
R
Rannoch - The hero of Fire Bringer. He has a fawn mark on his forehead in the shape of a perfect oak leaf. He is very intelligent about the landscape and the creatures that reside in it.
Rannoch has been with men for a time, and he has been on his own for a while. Through this, he is able to gather up much information from a certain seal and more from a wolf who he had saved. His friends are not as smart as he is, so they don't make many decisions for the group. This makes Rannoch the leader of the group.
S
Slave Herd - They serve Herne's Herd by collecting certain plants in hope of the coming of Herne so they can give them to Herne. The stags in this herd have no antlers because the water they drink from is contaminated.
Selach - The name deer give to both fawns who have no known father and to hinds who have no living mate.
Sgorrla/Sgorrling - Sgorr's army
Starbuck - The Hero of many stories in Fire Bringer. He always tricks Herne in some way.
Sun - Day
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z