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<blockquote data-quote="Dungeonosophy" data-source="post: 8709766" data-attributes="member: 6688049"><p>Update:</p><p></p><p>I'm still working my way through people's suggestions.</p><p></p><p>I added the following entries:</p><p></p><p><strong>Indigenous North American:</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">monsters: ixitxachitl (from the name of the Aztec historian Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl), and sahuagin (their designer calls them "sea Aztecs"; see my research<a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/radiant-citadel-a-chart-of-parallel-earth-cultures-across-the-d-d-multiverse.690212/post-8709719" target="_blank"> here</a>)</li> </ul><p><strong>Iberian American:</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The monster "sahuagin" gains its name from the historian Bernardino de Sahagún who dwelled in New Spain, and was the first person to write extensively about the Aztecs. His namesake hometown, Sahagún, is a town in Spain. See my research<a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/radiant-citadel-a-chart-of-parallel-earth-cultures-across-the-d-d-multiverse.690212/post-8709719" target="_blank"> here</a>.</li> </ul><p><strong>Oceanic:</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In Krynn:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://dragonlance.fandom.com/wiki/Payan_Mako" target="_blank">Payan Mako</a> (~Maori) in the continent of Taladas. The real-world "mako shark" gets its name from the Maori word for shark: <em>makō</em> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mako_shark" target="_blank">mako shark - Wiktionary</a> ; Their enemies are the Shark Men.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Monster: were-shark (Chris Holmes, the son of designer J. Eric Holmes, says that his father got the were-shark from Hawai'ian mythology).</li> </ul><p><strong>Middle Eastern:</strong></p><ul style="margin-left: 20px"> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">monster: al-miraj</li> </ul><p><strong>South Asian:</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In Toril:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Shining Lands / The Lands of the One. The nations of Durpar, Estagund, and Var the Golden all follow the belief in Adama (The Forgotten Realms version of "Dharma" and/or "Brahma"). These are the last lands of southeastern Faerun, before entering the mysterious Utter East.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Utter East. The native Mar people have been heavily subjugated by western colonists. However ~South Asian elements can be seen for example in the Mar name "Rishi Saubhari." Materials published from 1998 onward have reportedly attempted to feature more South Asian flavor. (<a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Utter_East#Background" target="_blank">source</a>)</li> </ul></li> </ul> <ul style="margin-left: 20px"> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Via Helena Blavatsky's Hinduism-inspired esoteric Theosophy: monadic deva, solar deva, planetar (<planetary chohan).</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dungeonosophy, post: 8709766, member: 6688049"] Update: I'm still working my way through people's suggestions. I added the following entries: [B]Indigenous North American:[/B] [LIST] [*]monsters: ixitxachitl (from the name of the Aztec historian Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl), and sahuagin (their designer calls them "sea Aztecs"; see my research[URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/radiant-citadel-a-chart-of-parallel-earth-cultures-across-the-d-d-multiverse.690212/post-8709719'] here[/URL]) [/LIST] [B]Iberian American:[/B] [LIST] [*]The monster "sahuagin" gains its name from the historian Bernardino de Sahagún who dwelled in New Spain, and was the first person to write extensively about the Aztecs. His namesake hometown, Sahagún, is a town in Spain. See my research[URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/radiant-citadel-a-chart-of-parallel-earth-cultures-across-the-d-d-multiverse.690212/post-8709719'] here[/URL]. [/LIST] [B]Oceanic:[/B] [LIST] [*]In Krynn: [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://dragonlance.fandom.com/wiki/Payan_Mako']Payan Mako[/URL] (~Maori) in the continent of Taladas. The real-world "mako shark" gets its name from the Maori word for shark: [I]makō[/I] [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mako_shark']mako shark - Wiktionary[/URL] ; Their enemies are the Shark Men. [/LIST] [*]Monster: were-shark (Chris Holmes, the son of designer J. Eric Holmes, says that his father got the were-shark from Hawai'ian mythology). [/LIST] [B]Middle Eastern:[/B] [INDENT][LIST] [*]monster: al-miraj [/LIST][/INDENT] [B]South Asian:[/B] [LIST] [*]In Toril: [LIST] [*]The Shining Lands / The Lands of the One. The nations of Durpar, Estagund, and Var the Golden all follow the belief in Adama (The Forgotten Realms version of "Dharma" and/or "Brahma"). These are the last lands of southeastern Faerun, before entering the mysterious Utter East. [*]The Utter East. The native Mar people have been heavily subjugated by western colonists. However ~South Asian elements can be seen for example in the Mar name "Rishi Saubhari." Materials published from 1998 onward have reportedly attempted to feature more South Asian flavor. ([URL='https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Utter_East#Background']source[/URL]) [/LIST] [/LIST] [INDENT][LIST] [*]Via Helena Blavatsky's Hinduism-inspired esoteric Theosophy: monadic deva, solar deva, planetar (<planetary chohan). [/LIST][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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