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[Radiant Citadel] A chart of parallel Earth cultures and motifs across the D&D Multiverse
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<blockquote data-quote="Dungeonosophy" data-source="post: 8721180" data-attributes="member: 6688049"><p>Update: I added the last cultural section to the OP...Ancient Roman.</p><p></p><p>Did I forget any Roman motifs? Specifically: does anyone have an official source for Old Oeridian language being like Latin, or am I just making that up? The <a href="https://greyhawkonline.com/greyhawkwiki/Old_Oeridian" target="_blank">Old Oeridian glossary at the Greyhawk Wiki</a> doesn't look very Latin, but I seem to recall that some designers have used Latin for Old Oeridian. (Living Greyhawk?)</p><p></p><p>I believe I now have a section for all the Earthly ethnonational analogues which are found in the D&D Multiverse.</p><p></p><p><strong>~Ancient Roman:</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In Oerth:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Old Oeridian language has some similarities with Latin.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The ancient Oeridian peoples are ~similar to the Latin / Southern European peoples, in that their blending with the Suloise peoples (~Germanic / Northern European) comprise the ~European population of the Flanaess: "<em>The inner mixture of Oeridians with Suloise tends toward a typical European-mix looking population." </em>--Gary Gygax, DRAGON #52, p.24</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The command words on each piece of the Rod of Seven Parts are "Ruat," "Coelum," "Fiat," "Justitia," "Ecce," "Lex," and "Rex," which collectively make up a Latin phrase that translates into <em>"Though chaos reign, let justice be done. Behold! Law is king."</em></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In Mystara:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Thyatian Empire is partly Ancient Roman based, and partly based on the medieval Greek empire of Byzantium. TSR's in-house <a href="http://pandius.com/refguide.html" target="_blank">Mystara Reference Guide</a> says: <em>"The Thyatians are a pragmatic and self-centered people, with the conquering instincts of Earth's ancient Romans (with their tastes in entertainment, too)."</em><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Module <em>DDA1: Arena of Thyatis </em>contains an appendix on Thyatian Names, which provides tables of name elements, most of which are ~Latin.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>DDA2: Legions of Thyatis</em> is also Roman-themed.</li> </ul></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/Minotaur_Empire" target="_blank">Minotaur Empire</a> in the continent of Ansalon is inspired by the ~Roman Empire. For example, the gladiatorial Great Circus.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://dragonlance.fandom.com/wiki/Imperial_League" target="_blank">Imperial League of Minotaurs</a> in the continent of Taladas is also ~Roman inspired. For example, the <a href="https://dragonlance.fandom.com/wiki/Legions_of_Eragas" target="_blank">Legions of Eragas</a>. "Legion" is a Lation word: <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/legio#Latin" target="_blank">legio - Wiktionary</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Solamnia and the <a href="https://dragonlance.fandom.com/wiki/Solamnic_Language" target="_blank">Solamnic language</a> are partly evocative of ~Rome and the ~Latin language, though as usual with Krynnish cultures, there are other ingredients as well. ~Latin examples: Solamnus (~Latin <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/solemnis#Latin" target="_blank">solemnis </a>'solemn, customary, traditional'); pater 'father' (=Latin), est ('my'; Latin est = 'is'), meus 'my' (=Latin 'my, mine'), drakus 'dragon' (Latin draco), cadaver 'death' (Latin cadaver = 'corpse'): <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/est#Latin" target="_blank">est - Wiktionary</a> ; <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/meus#Latin" target="_blank">meus - Wiktionary</a> ; <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/draco#Latin" target="_blank">draco - Wiktionary</a> ; <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cadaver" target="_blank">cadaver - Wiktionary</a></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">James Wyatt's <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20040704123127%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Faquela.com%2Froleplaying%2FSPQR%2Findex.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AOvVaw22tzcnUx40un_nFhHovBUk" target="_blank"><em>Imperium Romanum</em></a> and <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20041221151130%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.aquela.com%2Froleplaying%2Fworlds.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AOvVaw266Nwin33Frhre92pBl4AQ" target="_blank"><em>Shield of Faith</em></a> settings. Some facets of James' settings appeared in DRAGON magazine during the 3e era.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DRAGON magazine:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Roman pantheon: "The Imperial Gods" by Eric Oppen, #133(p26), AD&D1e</li> </ul></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dungeonosophy, post: 8721180, member: 6688049"] Update: I added the last cultural section to the OP...Ancient Roman. Did I forget any Roman motifs? Specifically: does anyone have an official source for Old Oeridian language being like Latin, or am I just making that up? The [URL='https://greyhawkonline.com/greyhawkwiki/Old_Oeridian']Old Oeridian glossary at the Greyhawk Wiki[/URL] doesn't look very Latin, but I seem to recall that some designers have used Latin for Old Oeridian. (Living Greyhawk?) I believe I now have a section for all the Earthly ethnonational analogues which are found in the D&D Multiverse. [B]~Ancient Roman:[/B] [LIST] [*]In Oerth: [LIST] [*]The Old Oeridian language has some similarities with Latin. [*]The ancient Oeridian peoples are ~similar to the Latin / Southern European peoples, in that their blending with the Suloise peoples (~Germanic / Northern European) comprise the ~European population of the Flanaess: "[I]The inner mixture of Oeridians with Suloise tends toward a typical European-mix looking population." [/I]--Gary Gygax, DRAGON #52, p.24 [*]The command words on each piece of the Rod of Seven Parts are "Ruat," "Coelum," "Fiat," "Justitia," "Ecce," "Lex," and "Rex," which collectively make up a Latin phrase that translates into [I]"Though chaos reign, let justice be done. Behold! Law is king."[/I] [/LIST] [*]In Mystara: [LIST] [*]The Thyatian Empire is partly Ancient Roman based, and partly based on the medieval Greek empire of Byzantium. TSR's in-house [URL='http://pandius.com/refguide.html']Mystara Reference Guide[/URL] says: [I]"The Thyatians are a pragmatic and self-centered people, with the conquering instincts of Earth's ancient Romans (with their tastes in entertainment, too)."[/I] [LIST] [*]Module [I]DDA1: Arena of Thyatis [/I]contains an appendix on Thyatian Names, which provides tables of name elements, most of which are ~Latin. [*][I]DDA2: Legions of Thyatis[/I] is also Roman-themed. [/LIST] [/LIST] [*]In Krynn: [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://dragonlance.fandom.com/wiki/Minotaur_Empire']Minotaur Empire[/URL] in the continent of Ansalon is inspired by the ~Roman Empire. For example, the gladiatorial Great Circus. [*]The [URL='https://dragonlance.fandom.com/wiki/Imperial_League']Imperial League of Minotaurs[/URL] in the continent of Taladas is also ~Roman inspired. For example, the [URL='https://dragonlance.fandom.com/wiki/Legions_of_Eragas']Legions of Eragas[/URL]. "Legion" is a Lation word: [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/legio#Latin']legio - Wiktionary[/URL] [*]Solamnia and the [URL='https://dragonlance.fandom.com/wiki/Solamnic_Language']Solamnic language[/URL] are partly evocative of ~Rome and the ~Latin language, though as usual with Krynnish cultures, there are other ingredients as well. ~Latin examples: Solamnus (~Latin [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/solemnis#Latin']solemnis [/URL]'solemn, customary, traditional'); pater 'father' (=Latin), est ('my'; Latin est = 'is'), meus 'my' (=Latin 'my, mine'), drakus 'dragon' (Latin draco), cadaver 'death' (Latin cadaver = 'corpse'): [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/est#Latin']est - Wiktionary[/URL] ; [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/meus#Latin']meus - Wiktionary[/URL] ; [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/draco#Latin']draco - Wiktionary[/URL] ; [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cadaver']cadaver - Wiktionary[/URL] [/LIST] [*]James Wyatt's [URL='http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20040704123127%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Faquela.com%2Froleplaying%2FSPQR%2Findex.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AOvVaw22tzcnUx40un_nFhHovBUk'][I]Imperium Romanum[/I][/URL] and [URL='http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20041221151130%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.aquela.com%2Froleplaying%2Fworlds.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AOvVaw266Nwin33Frhre92pBl4AQ'][I]Shield of Faith[/I][/URL] settings. Some facets of James' settings appeared in DRAGON magazine during the 3e era. [*]DRAGON magazine: [LIST] [*]Roman pantheon: "The Imperial Gods" by Eric Oppen, #133(p26), AD&D1e [/LIST] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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