From: Alex Ferguson (alex@dcs.gla.ac.uk)
Date: Wed 31 Aug 1994 - 13:33:03 EEST
Sandy:
> Alex:
> > I merely said that it seemed to make sense that the Damali and the
> >Pralori weren't the same people, and didn't totemise the _same_
> >animal.
> I don't think anyone has argued for that at all.
I couldn't tell what people were arguing at when I made my original posting; this was back when I thought everyone agreed what an elk was. I was merely spelling out the "Pralori :: elk" link (not explicitly stated in G:G), since I couldn't see where else people were misplacing the beasties. This is getting a bit beside(r) the point, though, other than to bludgeon home that I wasn't making the Spurious Argument I was being accused of. (Though I ask for several hundred other offences to be taken into consideration.)
> Though I'm not sure what exact type of deer the Damali
> worship, I'm sure it is a different genus from the Pralori animal,
> and I'm also sure that the Damali beastie is much smaller.
Back when I thought Pralori were el-- Alces alces, and Damali were red d-- Cervus elaphus, it all made Perfect Sense to me. Could I make a plausible case for having been Sandied? ;-) (Not that I've run a game anywhere near Pralorela, so not a huge deal anyway.) Maybe we should save the red deer for Dragon Pass, where it even makes linguistic sense. ("Heort"land.)
> Aren't there any small deer in Europe besides fallow? Fallow
> seem to be _too_ small, from what I've heard. Whitetail deer are
> reasonably-sized and well-antlered. They'd be suitable for Damali.
Well, there are roe deer. Even smaller. Too small for what, if I can ask this in mixed (not to say positively assorted) company?
Alex.
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