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<blockquote data-quote="Dungeonosophy" data-source="post: 8715391" data-attributes="member: 6688049"><p>Update:</p><p></p><p>I put placeholders for the other earthly cultures.</p><p>I started to fill out the Finnish, Mesopotamian, and Norse:</p><p></p><p><strong>~Finnish:</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In Toril:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The mages of the ancient Imaskar Empire sought to revitalize their population by opening two great gates to another world (D&D Earth), then kidnapping from it numerous humans (Ancient Finns) to serve as their slaves. See: <a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Finnish_pantheon" target="_blank">Finnish pantheon</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Finnish_pantheon" target="_blank">The Finnish Pantheon in Toril</a>: Mielikki and Loviatar are Finnish deities who are also members of the Faerunian Pantheon. <a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Untamo" target="_blank">Untamo </a>and <a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Kiputytto" target="_blank">Kiputytto</a> formerly had a small presence in Toril.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Based on its wordshape and location in the Cold Lands, the land of Vaasa may have initially had a Finnish motif. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" target="_blank">"Vaasa" is a real-world city in Finland</a>. Though, if so, this seems to have not been carried forward by later designers.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In Planescape and the Planes of Existence: The AD&D1e Finnish Mythos in <em>Deities & Demigods</em>.</li> </ul><p><strong>~Mesopotamian (~Sumerian and ~Akkadian/Babylonian):</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In Oerth: Ishtarland in Western Oerik</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In Mystara:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Nimmur</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Enduks of Eshu</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Alphatia is a blended fantasy culture, but one of its primary symbols is a lammasu, as seen on the cover of the Alphatian booklets in Dawn of the Emperors.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In Toril: Unther (pre-Spellplague)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In Planescape and the Planes of Existence: the AD&D1e Babylonian Mythos & Sumerian Mythos</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Babylonian deities from 2e <em>Return to the Keep on the Borderland.</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Monsters:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">lammasu</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">scorpion-folk</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">shedu</li> </ul></li> </ul><p><strong>~Norse / Ancient Germanic / Asgardian:</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In Blackmoor:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Skandaharians of the Skandaharian Sea.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In Oerth:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Frost Barbarians (Kingdom of Fruztii), the Ice Barbarians (Kingdom of Cruski), and the <a href="https://greyhawkonline.com/greyhawkwiki/index.php?title=Snow_Barbarians" target="_blank">Snow Barbarians (Kingdom of Schnai)</a>. They speak the Fruz language, also known as the Cold Tongue. Their physical appearance and gods are different than real-world Norse.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In Mystara:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Northern Reaches / Northlands of the Kingdom of Vestland, the Kingdom of Ostland, and Jarldoms of Soderfjord. They speak the Antalian (~Old Norse) language.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Heldannic Freeholds (~Icelandic Commonwealth) prior to being conquered by the Heldannic Order (~Teutonic Knights).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Kingdom of Eusdria in the Savage Coast (~Frankish realm)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">BECMI Immortals of Mystara: Frey and Freyja, Loki, Odin, Thor, and Wayland</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In Toril:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Northlander" target="_blank">Northlanders / Northmen</a> of the Moonshae Isles are analogous to the Danish and Norwegian vikings in Wales (the Black Heathens), Scotland (the Lordship of the Isles), and Ireland (the Ostmen).<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Norland" target="_blank">Norland</a> is an island in the Moonshaes which is inhabited and ruled primarily by Northlanders.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Uthgardt" target="_blank">Uthgardt </a>Barbarians are primarily, but not solely ~Norse and ~Anglo-Saxon inspired. The name "Wulfgar" means "wolf-spear" in Old English. The Uthgardt speak the <a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Bothii" target="_blank">Bothii language</a>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Norse_pantheon" target="_blank">The Norse Pantheon and Toril</a>: Tyr is the one Norse god who is a member of the Faerunian Pantheon.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In Krynn:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://dragonlance.fandom.com/wiki/Nordmen" target="_blank">Nordmen</a> of <a href="https://dragonlance.fandom.com/wiki/Nordmaar" target="_blank">Nordmaar</a>. As with most Krynnish cultures, the Nordmen are a blend of earthly archetypes. Their name and physical appearance (of the inland Nordmen) are ~Norse-like; yet their tribal names are ~Aztec; and the biome is jungle. The coastal Nordmen are Black; such as Theros Ironfeld who was born in a Nordmaar fishing village. Human coloration is not a factor in Nordman identity.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Ice Barbarians / Ice Folk of Icereach appear to be partially Norse inspired.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In Aebrynis (Birthright): <a href="http://www.birthright.net/forums/showwiki.php?title=Rjurik" target="_blank">The Rjurik people</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In D&D Earth: <em>HR1: Vikings Campaign Sourcebook, </em>AD&D2e Historical Reference series.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In Spelljammer:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://spelljammer.fandom.com/wiki/Thoric" target="_blank">The World of Thoric</a>, a world of asteroid fields inhabited by 1.5 billion "space vikings" who worship Hordent, a manifestation of Thor.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Bloody Vikings..." adventure in<em> SJA2: Skull & Crossbones. </em>Erik Bloodaxe, a viking from a groundling world, compels a shipwrecked wizard from Toril to outfit his drakkar with a spelljamming helm.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://spelljammer.fandom.com/wiki/Drakkar" target="_blank">drakkar</a> and <a href="https://spelljammer.fandom.com/wiki/Longship" target="_blank">longship</a> spelljammers.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In Planescape and the Planes of Existence:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The AD&D1e Norse Mythos</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The AD&D 2e Norse Mythology</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The D&D3e Asgardian Pantheon</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The D&D5E Norse Pantheon</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Monsters:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Drow / Dark Elf. "Drow" is from Orcadian-Shetlandic Norn; "Dark Elf" is from Old Norse <em>Dökkálfar: </em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trow_(folklore)" target="_blank">Trow (folklore) - Wikipedia</a> ; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B6kk%C3%A1lfar_and_Lj%C3%B3s%C3%A1lfar" target="_blank">Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar - Wikipedia</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kraken: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken" target="_blank">Kraken - Wikipedia</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://dungeonsdragons.fandom.com/wiki/Linnorm" target="_blank">Linnorm</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindworm" target="_blank">Lindworm - Wikipedia</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Nuckalavee < Orcadian <em>knoggelvi</em> (~Orcadian Norn): <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuckelavee" target="_blank">Nuckelavee - Wikipedia</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ratatosk (squirrel-folk): <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratatoskr" target="_blank">Ratatoskr - Wikipedia</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dungeonosophy, post: 8715391, member: 6688049"] Update: I put placeholders for the other earthly cultures. I started to fill out the Finnish, Mesopotamian, and Norse: [B]~Finnish:[/B] [LIST] [*]In Toril: [LIST] [*]The mages of the ancient Imaskar Empire sought to revitalize their population by opening two great gates to another world (D&D Earth), then kidnapping from it numerous humans (Ancient Finns) to serve as their slaves. See: [URL='https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Finnish_pantheon']Finnish pantheon[/URL] [*][URL='https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Finnish_pantheon']The Finnish Pantheon in Toril[/URL]: Mielikki and Loviatar are Finnish deities who are also members of the Faerunian Pantheon. [URL='https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Untamo']Untamo [/URL]and [URL='https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Kiputytto']Kiputytto[/URL] formerly had a small presence in Toril. [*]Based on its wordshape and location in the Cold Lands, the land of Vaasa may have initially had a Finnish motif. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa']"Vaasa" is a real-world city in Finland[/URL]. Though, if so, this seems to have not been carried forward by later designers. [/LIST] [*]In Planescape and the Planes of Existence: The AD&D1e Finnish Mythos in [I]Deities & Demigods[/I]. [/LIST] [B]~Mesopotamian (~Sumerian and ~Akkadian/Babylonian):[/B] [LIST] [*]In Oerth: Ishtarland in Western Oerik [*]In Mystara: [LIST] [*]Nimmur [*]Enduks of Eshu [*]Alphatia is a blended fantasy culture, but one of its primary symbols is a lammasu, as seen on the cover of the Alphatian booklets in Dawn of the Emperors. [/LIST] [*]In Toril: Unther (pre-Spellplague) [*]In Planescape and the Planes of Existence: the AD&D1e Babylonian Mythos & Sumerian Mythos [*]The Babylonian deities from 2e [I]Return to the Keep on the Borderland.[/I] [*]Monsters: [LIST] [*]lammasu [*]scorpion-folk [*]shedu [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]~Norse / Ancient Germanic / Asgardian:[/B] [LIST] [*]In Blackmoor: [LIST] [*]The Skandaharians of the Skandaharian Sea. [/LIST] [*]In Oerth: [LIST] [*]The Frost Barbarians (Kingdom of Fruztii), the Ice Barbarians (Kingdom of Cruski), and the [URL='https://greyhawkonline.com/greyhawkwiki/index.php?title=Snow_Barbarians']Snow Barbarians (Kingdom of Schnai)[/URL]. They speak the Fruz language, also known as the Cold Tongue. Their physical appearance and gods are different than real-world Norse. [/LIST] [*]In Mystara: [LIST] [*]The Northern Reaches / Northlands of the Kingdom of Vestland, the Kingdom of Ostland, and Jarldoms of Soderfjord. They speak the Antalian (~Old Norse) language. [*]The Heldannic Freeholds (~Icelandic Commonwealth) prior to being conquered by the Heldannic Order (~Teutonic Knights). [*]The Kingdom of Eusdria in the Savage Coast (~Frankish realm) [*]BECMI Immortals of Mystara: Frey and Freyja, Loki, Odin, Thor, and Wayland [/LIST] [*]In Toril: [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Northlander']Northlanders / Northmen[/URL] of the Moonshae Isles are analogous to the Danish and Norwegian vikings in Wales (the Black Heathens), Scotland (the Lordship of the Isles), and Ireland (the Ostmen). [LIST] [*][URL='https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Norland']Norland[/URL] is an island in the Moonshaes which is inhabited and ruled primarily by Northlanders. [/LIST] [*]The [URL='https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Uthgardt']Uthgardt [/URL]Barbarians are primarily, but not solely ~Norse and ~Anglo-Saxon inspired. The name "Wulfgar" means "wolf-spear" in Old English. The Uthgardt speak the [URL='https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Bothii']Bothii language[/URL]. [*][URL='https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Norse_pantheon']The Norse Pantheon and Toril[/URL]: Tyr is the one Norse god who is a member of the Faerunian Pantheon. [/LIST] [*]In Krynn: [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://dragonlance.fandom.com/wiki/Nordmen']Nordmen[/URL] of [URL='https://dragonlance.fandom.com/wiki/Nordmaar']Nordmaar[/URL]. As with most Krynnish cultures, the Nordmen are a blend of earthly archetypes. Their name and physical appearance (of the inland Nordmen) are ~Norse-like; yet their tribal names are ~Aztec; and the biome is jungle. The coastal Nordmen are Black; such as Theros Ironfeld who was born in a Nordmaar fishing village. Human coloration is not a factor in Nordman identity. [*]The Ice Barbarians / Ice Folk of Icereach appear to be partially Norse inspired. [/LIST] [*]In Aebrynis (Birthright): [URL='http://www.birthright.net/forums/showwiki.php?title=Rjurik']The Rjurik people[/URL] [*]In D&D Earth: [I]HR1: Vikings Campaign Sourcebook, [/I]AD&D2e Historical Reference series. [*]In Spelljammer: [LIST] [*][URL='https://spelljammer.fandom.com/wiki/Thoric']The World of Thoric[/URL], a world of asteroid fields inhabited by 1.5 billion "space vikings" who worship Hordent, a manifestation of Thor. [*]"Bloody Vikings..." adventure in[I] SJA2: Skull & Crossbones. [/I]Erik Bloodaxe, a viking from a groundling world, compels a shipwrecked wizard from Toril to outfit his drakkar with a spelljamming helm. [*]The [URL='https://spelljammer.fandom.com/wiki/Drakkar']drakkar[/URL] and [URL='https://spelljammer.fandom.com/wiki/Longship']longship[/URL] spelljammers. [/LIST] [*]In Planescape and the Planes of Existence: [LIST] [*]The AD&D1e Norse Mythos [*]The AD&D 2e Norse Mythology [*]The D&D3e Asgardian Pantheon [*]The D&D5E Norse Pantheon [/LIST] [*]Monsters: [LIST] [*]Drow / Dark Elf. "Drow" is from Orcadian-Shetlandic Norn; "Dark Elf" is from Old Norse [I]Dökkálfar: [/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trow_(folklore)']Trow (folklore) - Wikipedia[/URL] ; [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B6kk%C3%A1lfar_and_Lj%C3%B3s%C3%A1lfar']Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar - Wikipedia[/URL] [*]Kraken: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken']Kraken - Wikipedia[/URL] [*][URL='https://dungeonsdragons.fandom.com/wiki/Linnorm']Linnorm[/URL]: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindworm']Lindworm - Wikipedia[/URL] [*]Nuckalavee < Orcadian [I]knoggelvi[/I] (~Orcadian Norn): [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuckelavee']Nuckelavee - Wikipedia[/URL] [*]Ratatosk (squirrel-folk): [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratatoskr']Ratatoskr - Wikipedia[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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