--- Jefferson wrote:
> Andrew Janssen wrote:
>
> > The Twelve Muses and their mothers are:
>
> Hmmm, why all daughters? How about six sets of twins, one male and
> one female
> in each?
They're all female because the Greek Muses were all female, and that
was the model I was working off of. And no, I'm not willing to change
it at this point.
To address all of Jeff's comments below: the reason I put the names in
square brackets was to indicate the areas these muses cover. They are
not in any way intended to be exact translations of the names of the
Muses. I chose [Science] as a descriptor because it's a more compact
word than [Natural Philosophy], which I admit is probably a better
description.
Art is high art: sculpture other than architectural, painting,
tapestry, art pottery, wood carving, etc. Architecture is what it
sounds like.
I chose Winemaking rather than brewing because Sedonians drink wine
rather than beer; in Selaria, the Muse in question is the patron of
fermented mare's milk makers. In countries where beer is popular, she's
[Brewing] instead.
Music and Poetry would be cross-cultural, and not general deities of
sound and speech. Music is a lot more than just sound, and Poetry is
more than just speech.
Andrew
> > * [Music] & [Poetry], the daughters of the Lady of the Winds
>
> Outside Sedonia these might be deities of sound and speech.
>
> > * [Art] & [Architecture], the daughters of the Lady of Stone
>
> Art meaning visual arts like painting and dyeing, with sculpture
> coming under
> Architecture? What about pottery? leatherwork? weaving?
>
> Possibly Art would be better as decoration and adornment with
> Architecture as
> structure and function.
>
> > * [Science] & [History], the daughters of Lucia
>
> Science should probably be Philosophy. I don't see any indications
> that the
> scientific method has really rooted itself on Qaiyore. History would
> include
> all forms of writing and recordkeeping.
>
> > * [Cookery] & [Winemaking], the daughters of Arrumantha
>
> Winemaking would be better as Brewing, covering the manufacture of
> wines,
> beers, and certain drugs. Another option would be Preservation,
> covering
> drying, salting, and so forth, in addition to Brewing.
>
> > * [Athletics] & [Dance], the daughters of Arlova
> > * [Drama] & [Erotica], the daughters of Demerhaze
>
> Jefferson (Exquaestio)
> http://www.picotech.net/~jeff_wilson63/rpg/Exq_Main.html
>
>
>
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