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<blockquote data-quote="Dungeonosophy" data-source="post: 8711264" data-attributes="member: 6688049"><p>Still aiming to incorporate all the suggestions from others.</p><p>But first, I clarified and expanded the sections on the ~Central Asian and ~Indigenous American motifs in the World of Toril. New entries:</p><p></p><p><strong>~Central Asian and ~Indigenous Siberian: </strong>(I merged those two sections of the chart)</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Oigur tribe (~Uighur Turkic / Oirat Mongolian)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Maraloi" target="_blank">Maraloi</a> / The Ancient Lords (~the Iranic-speaking Ancient Scythians who preceded the medieval Turkic settlement of Central Asia)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Ama Basin and Koryaz Mountains (based on the Amur Basin northeast of China and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koryak_Mountains" target="_blank">Koryak Mountains</a> of northeastern Russia)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Issacortae tribe (~the ancient Issedones Scythians / Thyssagetae Scythians)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pazuki (the wordshape, but not the location, most closely fits the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Pazooka" target="_blank">Emirate of Pazuki</a>, which was a Kurdish state in eastern Turkey. The name is slightly evocative of the Tajiki / Wakhi / Pamiri peoples of the Pamir Mountains. Both the Kurds and the Tajiks are Iranic-speaking peoples)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tayanulchi / Tayanuchi tribe (~ <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulch_people" target="_blank">Ulchi nationality</a>, a Tungusic people)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wu-haltai tribe (~<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altai_people" target="_blank">Altai nationality</a>, a Turkic people; "wu" is Chinese for "five." The name may mean approx. the "Five Altai")</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Palace of Balinaikal the Ogre Mage (the name is evocative of Lake Baikal, which is in Buryatia, a Mongolic nationality)</li> </ul></li> </ul><p>I also expanded the details on the Uigan people of Krynn:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">On the continent of Taladas: the Uigan nation and language (note the parallel with the "<a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Tuigan" target="_blank">Tuigan</a>" people and language from Forgotten Realms) and the various Uigan tribes and clans: Purgi, Pureshk, Kazar (~Khazar & Kazakh Turkic), and Alan-Atu (~Buryat Mongolian; "Ulan-Ude" is the real-world capital of Buryatia). Also the Tamire Elves (~Mongolian elves)</li> </ul><p><strong>~Indigenous North American:</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Itzcali (~Aztec sahuagin)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Desert Dwarves (~Aztec dwarves)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The peoples of the Pasocada Basin in southwestern Anchorome (~the peoples of the <a href="https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/colorado-river-basin-map" target="_blank">Colorado River Basin</a>)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Azuposi (~Pueblo/Anasazi peoples)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Metahel" target="_blank">Metahel</a> (~a Pacific Northwest nation). Said to have arrived in the Pasocada Basin recently from the northwest. Described as whalers who trade in whale oil. The name is slightly evocative of the Makah and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chehalis_First_Nation" target="_blank">Chehalis</a> nations of the Pacific Northwest)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Nahopaca (~Lakota/Dakota/Nakoda Siouan people; the name is evocative of "Nakoda" (the autonym of the northern Siouan Assiniboine nation) and "Hunkpapa", one of the seven Lakota clans)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pasocada Elves (~nomadic Apachean peoples of the Colorado Basin. The meter of the name is slightly evocative of the Chiricahua nation, an Apachean people. The Apachean peoples surrounded the Pueblo peoples in a similar way as the Pasocada Elves vis-a-vis the Azuposi peoples)</li> </ul></li> </ul><p>Also, in the <strong>~African American </strong>and [new!] <strong>~Black British </strong>section:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In the unplaced Kingdom of Ghyr (the homeland of the LJN action figures): In the BECMI reality, Molliver the Thief is ~Caucasian cis woman, yet in the 5e reality, Molliver is a ~Black trans woman. In the absence of further cultural origins, given her ~English name "Molliver = Molly + Oliver", she might represent an ~African American or ~Black British (cf. Oliver Twist) motif.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dungeonosophy, post: 8711264, member: 6688049"] Still aiming to incorporate all the suggestions from others. But first, I clarified and expanded the sections on the ~Central Asian and ~Indigenous American motifs in the World of Toril. New entries: [B]~Central Asian and ~Indigenous Siberian: [/B](I merged those two sections of the chart) [LIST] [*]The Oigur tribe (~Uighur Turkic / Oirat Mongolian) [*]The [URL='https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Maraloi']Maraloi[/URL] / The Ancient Lords (~the Iranic-speaking Ancient Scythians who preceded the medieval Turkic settlement of Central Asia) [*]The Ama Basin and Koryaz Mountains (based on the Amur Basin northeast of China and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koryak_Mountains']Koryak Mountains[/URL] of northeastern Russia) [LIST] [*]Issacortae tribe (~the ancient Issedones Scythians / Thyssagetae Scythians) [*]Pazuki (the wordshape, but not the location, most closely fits the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Pazooka']Emirate of Pazuki[/URL], which was a Kurdish state in eastern Turkey. The name is slightly evocative of the Tajiki / Wakhi / Pamiri peoples of the Pamir Mountains. Both the Kurds and the Tajiks are Iranic-speaking peoples) [*]Tayanulchi / Tayanuchi tribe (~ [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulch_people']Ulchi nationality[/URL], a Tungusic people) [*]Wu-haltai tribe (~[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altai_people']Altai nationality[/URL], a Turkic people; "wu" is Chinese for "five." The name may mean approx. the "Five Altai") [*]Palace of Balinaikal the Ogre Mage (the name is evocative of Lake Baikal, which is in Buryatia, a Mongolic nationality) [/LIST] [/LIST] I also expanded the details on the Uigan people of Krynn: [LIST] [*]On the continent of Taladas: the Uigan nation and language (note the parallel with the "[URL='https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Tuigan']Tuigan[/URL]" people and language from Forgotten Realms) and the various Uigan tribes and clans: Purgi, Pureshk, Kazar (~Khazar & Kazakh Turkic), and Alan-Atu (~Buryat Mongolian; "Ulan-Ude" is the real-world capital of Buryatia). Also the Tamire Elves (~Mongolian elves) [/LIST] [B]~Indigenous North American:[/B] [LIST] [*]Itzcali (~Aztec sahuagin) [*]Desert Dwarves (~Aztec dwarves) [*]The peoples of the Pasocada Basin in southwestern Anchorome (~the peoples of the [URL='https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/colorado-river-basin-map']Colorado River Basin[/URL]) [LIST] [*]Azuposi (~Pueblo/Anasazi peoples) [*][URL='https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Metahel']Metahel[/URL] (~a Pacific Northwest nation). Said to have arrived in the Pasocada Basin recently from the northwest. Described as whalers who trade in whale oil. The name is slightly evocative of the Makah and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chehalis_First_Nation']Chehalis[/URL] nations of the Pacific Northwest) [*]Nahopaca (~Lakota/Dakota/Nakoda Siouan people; the name is evocative of "Nakoda" (the autonym of the northern Siouan Assiniboine nation) and "Hunkpapa", one of the seven Lakota clans) [*]Pasocada Elves (~nomadic Apachean peoples of the Colorado Basin. The meter of the name is slightly evocative of the Chiricahua nation, an Apachean people. The Apachean peoples surrounded the Pueblo peoples in a similar way as the Pasocada Elves vis-a-vis the Azuposi peoples) [/LIST] [/LIST] Also, in the [B]~African American [/B]and [new!] [B]~Black British [/B]section: [LIST] [*]In the unplaced Kingdom of Ghyr (the homeland of the LJN action figures): In the BECMI reality, Molliver the Thief is ~Caucasian cis woman, yet in the 5e reality, Molliver is a ~Black trans woman. In the absence of further cultural origins, given her ~English name "Molliver = Molly + Oliver", she might represent an ~African American or ~Black British (cf. Oliver Twist) motif. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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