[94634] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Magic
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh)
Sun Sep 9 22:27:32 2012
From: Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh <qeslagh@hotmail.com>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:27:18 +1000
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ghItlhpu' naHQun=2C jatlh:
> Not surprisingly=2C we don't have any words for magic=2C wizards=2C witch=
es=2C et cetera.
I had to deal with the supernatural to an extent in the Rime of the Ancient=
Mariner=2C but not to a degree that required me to press outside the bound=
aries of the vocabulary we have.
The problem with conceptions of the supernatural is that they differ so wid=
ely from culture to culture even on Earth=2C and Klingon conceptions of wha=
t magic is may not match with ours at all. They may view magic as the manif=
estation of some other power=2C maybe as possession by HoSDo'=2C maybe as t=
he power of one's spirit (qa' HoS) or the spirit of someone else (qeylIS Ho=
S=2C veqlargh HoS)=2C or such.
In practice=2C that's what I've gone with the few times I've had to talk ab=
out magic in Klingon=3B I've just riffed on things like HoS Huj "strange po=
wers"=2C and talked a lot about qa'pu'=2C HoSDo'=2C and nIyma'mey.
QeS
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ghItlhpu' naHQun=2C jatlh:<br>>=3B Not surprisingly=2C we don't have any =
words for magic=2C wizards=2C witches=2C et cetera.<br><br>I had to deal wi=
th the supernatural to an extent in the Rime of the Ancient Mariner=2C but =
not to a degree that required me to press outside the boundaries of the voc=
abulary we have.<br><br>The problem with conceptions of the supernatural is=
that they differ so widely from culture to culture even on Earth=2C and Kl=
ingon conceptions of what magic is may not match with ours at all. They may=
view magic as the manifestation of some other power=2C maybe as possession=
by HoSDo'=2C maybe as the power of one's spirit (qa' HoS) or the spirit of=
someone else (qeylIS HoS=2C veqlargh HoS)=2C or such.<br><br>In practice=
=2C that's what I've gone with the few times I've had to talk about magic i=
n Klingon=3B I've just riffed on things like HoS Huj "strange powers"=2C an=
d talked a lot about qa'pu'=2C HoSDo'=2C and nIyma'mey.<br><br>QeS<br> =
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