[94637] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Magic
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Malmenbeck)
Mon Sep 10 04:47:51 2012
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
To: Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh <qeslagh@hotmail.com>, "tlhingan-hol@kli.org"
<tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:46:44 +0000
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> In practice, that's what I've gone with the few times I've had
> to talk about magic in Klingon; I've just riffed on things like
> HoS Huj "strange powers", and talked a lot about qa'pu',
> HoSDo', and nIyma'mey.
Sounds wise. Consider also =ABwIch HoS=BB ("myth energy"), ehich makes some=
sense at least in a setting where magic is not regarded as real.
________________________________________
From: Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh [qeslagh@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 04:27
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Magic
ghItlhpu' naHQun, jatlh:
> Not surprisingly, we don't have any words for magic, wizards, witches, et=
cetera.
I had to deal with the supernatural to an extent in the Rime of the Ancient=
Mariner, but not to a degree that required me to press outside the boundar=
ies 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, and Klingon conceptions of what =
magic is may not match with ours at all. They may view magic as the manifes=
tation of some other power, maybe as possession by HoSDo', maybe as the pow=
er of one's spirit (qa' HoS) or the spirit of someone else (qeylIS HoS, veq=
largh HoS), or such.
In practice, that's what I've gone with the few times I've had to talk abou=
t magic in Klingon; I've just riffed on things like HoS Huj "strange powers=
", and talked a lot about qa'pu', HoSDo', and nIyma'mey.
QeS
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