... Do people commonly know or remember each others' full names? Sounds difficult, but of course it's not if you grow up to it. I find it unusual and fine that...
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Natalia Gruscha
natalia.gruscha@...
Sep 1, 2000 10:37 am
... If someone wants to create one, feel free. But is it really necessary? A practical and easy "Culture Construction Kit" could be just a list of good ...
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Adam Walker
dreamertwo@...
Sep 1, 2000 2:12 pm
Glad you liked being called Tasha. I thought after I sent that, that maybe I shouldn't have. As for remembering such a long name, very few people would be...
2792
Henriikka Julkunen
marvinvii@...
Sep 1, 2000 3:01 pm
... My conculture - or I should say, my conculture family has a past, present, and future, and they all exist at the same time...:) Meaning, since they exist...
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Markus Miekk-oja
torpet@...
Sep 1, 2000 3:51 pm
... good ... Wouldn't really work with some parts of it - music comes to mind. The "music" part should rather just list different approaches, and perhaps have...
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Natalia Gruscha
natalia.gruscha@...
Sep 1, 2000 4:31 pm
Some cultures hate spiders, some hate pigs... What about your concultures? Just came to my head when I found this site about araknophobia: ...
2795
Dan Jones
yl-ruil@...
Sep 1, 2000 4:46 pm
I've finally sorted out the Carastan pantheon!!! In honour of this momentous occasion, I've decided to share it with you all! The Aredos name is followed by...
2796
Dennis Paul Himes
dennis@...
Sep 1, 2000 6:03 pm
... You left out a common one, the name of a profession, such as Miller or Cook. ... These last two are backwards. Gaius is the personal name and Julius is ...
2797
Dennis Paul Himes
dennis@...
Sep 1, 2000 6:03 pm
... So was this the first time the Natives became aware of the existence of humans? ...
2798
Matt McLauchlin
matt_mcl@...
Sep 1, 2000 6:22 pm
... I only have decided what one name means - Trele (f) or Trelo (m), which comes from "trel" (star). It's an extremely common name, like John or Jane. The...
2799
Kristian Jensen
kljensen@...
Sep 1, 2000 7:29 pm
... There's a pretty good online anthro tutorial at: http://daphne.palomar.edu/anthro/tutorial.htm This is by no means the only one, though. With so many pages...
2800
Kristian Jensen
kljensen@...
Sep 1, 2000 10:23 pm
... The concept of "family" is what interests me most in cultural anthropology. So I know that many of the above questions can be reduce to just three ...
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Nik Taylor
fortytwo@...
Sep 2, 2000 1:06 am
... Yep. Altho there'd been speculation about the strange star that appeared in the sky and crossed the heavens several times. -- "Only two things are...
2802
ishmael@...
Sep 2, 2000 1:12 am
There is a resource online called the Mythopoet's Manual. I haven't read the entire thing, but it seems similar to the LCK, and quite good. I don't have the...
2803
Nik Taylor
fortytwo@...
Sep 2, 2000 1:14 am
... That's assuming they're humans, of course. The Natives have no institution of marriage, none of their cultures. Unlike humans, they don't have a tendency...
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Nik Taylor
fortytwo@...
Sep 2, 2000 1:39 am
... Well, there are a lot of dangerous predators to fear and hate, but most of them are rarely a problem, as all settlements, from a single house to a city,...
2805
Adam Walker
dreamertwo@...
Sep 2, 2000 2:35 am
And of course, the Alleliawulians have FIVE sexes, each of which is required for mating, which complicates the picture to the point where I'm just starting to...
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Natalia Gruscha
natalia.gruscha@...
Sep 2, 2000 12:48 pm
... The problem is that there were nearly dozens of words I didn't understand and neither did my dictionary ;) Like "uxorilocal", "virilocal", "phratry". My...
2807
Kristian Jensen
kljensen@...
Sep 2, 2000 1:15 pm
... Coolness! There is the potential for PENTAlineal descent. What a nightmare! You must have a lot of fun dreaming up different descent, kinship, and marriage...
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Kristian Jensen
kljensen@...
Sep 2, 2000 1:15 pm
... Hence, no concept of family, right? That WOULD make it quite difficult to answer A B & C. ... So marriage is polygamous, right? That would answer C. on...
2809
Kristian Jensen
kljensen@...
Sep 2, 2000 1:15 pm
... Levirate ghost marriage is a marriage situation where a widow and the brother of the her deceased husband marry. Sororate ghost marriage is the opposite...
2810
Kristian Jensen
kljensen@...
Sep 2, 2000 1:37 pm
... Here's a riddle for you, Natalia: Question: What's a conculturer without basic knowledge in anthropology? Answer: An _INcomplete_ conculturer, that's...
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Kristian Jensen
kljensen@...
Sep 2, 2000 2:59 pm
... Here's an even more better site, if you're interested in Kinship systems, Natalia: http://www.umanitoba.ca/anthropology/tutor/kinmenu.html You won't regret...
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Adam Walker
dreamertwo@...
Sep 2, 2000 9:47 pm
Kristian, That's a pretty rude response. Your original post was designed more to display your impressive knowledge of anthropological jargon than it was to ...
2813
Nik Taylor
fortytwo@...
Sep 2, 2000 10:58 pm
... Don't make that assumption. Family IS important. Just because they have no paternal family, doesn't mean no family. They have mothers, aunts, cousins,...
2814
ishmael@...
Sep 3, 2000 1:56 am
Natalia wrote: "A practical and easy "Culture Construction Kit" could be just a list of good questions. A person who wants to create a culture should then...
2815
Kristian Jensen
kljensen@...
Sep 3, 2000 7:01 am
... Sorry, but I swear that no rudeness was intended, Adam. My sincerest apologies to Natalia if she took it that way as well. My original post was not...
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Jani Alanko
alanko@...
Sep 3, 2000 10:29 am
... Like I told you when I visited, I am planning a some sort of end of the world. I haven't decided yet, what is the reason, it could be collapsing sun or...
2817
Jani Alanko
alanko@...
Sep 3, 2000 10:29 am
... Well, it helps one to observe many things, what other people might ask about it. It also helps preventing situations, where things might piss one way or...
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Natalia Gruscha
natalia.gruscha@...
Sep 3, 2000 3:06 pm
... Thanks for a hint! I found it, I think others would like to check it out too: http://www.io.com/~eighner/world_builder/world_builder_index.html Tasha...
