I like playing with correspondences in magic, so it's a habit to see connections.
>>Guess it depends on what the culture's thoughts on naming are, if they even have multiple names etc.<<
That's a size factor. At first you only need one name. Then people usually add a descriptor, like "Little John" or "Robin of Locksley." Surnames come later, as the population grows.
Some cultures have a different name structure, though. Koreans use generation names, where all the kids in the same generation of a family will have a matching syllable. Maldivian names often include relic titles.
With a sedoretu culture, I would bet they're doing one of three things:
* They have separate Morning/Evening name pools like English does for male/female, and each person typically has one such name.
* First names are undifferentiated, but people have "Morning" or "Evening" as a surname.
* First names are undifferentiated, but there are sets of surnames associated with each moiety, which show clan relationships (Dawn, Lark, etc.).
>>Emotions! Messy things that sometimes don't make sense! <<
True that. Mine just don't seem to follow human patterns closely.
>>Does make me wonder how BIG the web of quadrant mates can be. As in "my matesprit's kismesis' moirail" etc etc<<
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Date: 2024-01-14 11:03 am (UTC)From:I like playing with correspondences in magic, so it's a habit to see connections.
>>Guess it depends on what the culture's thoughts on naming are, if they even have multiple names etc.<<
That's a size factor. At first you only need one name. Then people usually add a descriptor, like "Little John" or "Robin of Locksley." Surnames come later, as the population grows.
Some cultures have a different name structure, though. Koreans use generation names, where all the kids in the same generation of a family will have a matching syllable. Maldivian names often include relic titles.
With a sedoretu culture, I would bet they're doing one of three things:
* They have separate Morning/Evening name pools like English does for male/female, and each person typically has one such name.
* First names are undifferentiated, but people have "Morning" or "Evening" as a surname.
* First names are undifferentiated, but there are sets of surnames associated with each moiety, which show clan relationships (Dawn, Lark, etc.).
>>Emotions! Messy things that sometimes don't make sense! <<
True that. Mine just don't seem to follow human patterns closely.
>>Does make me wonder how BIG the web of quadrant mates can be. As in "my matesprit's kismesis' moirail" etc etc<<
They probably have lots of words for that.
I bet it looks like the wall of Shane from "The L Word."