From: s1140056@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au (Jeffrey O. (*JEFF*))
Subject: Re: Origins of Eddings' different peoples
Organization: Monash University College Gippsland, Churchill 3842, Victoria, AUSTRALIA.
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 04:10:44 GMT

In article <1992Jul23.140924.8878@uoft02.utoledo.edu> lchang@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:
>In article <9220521.29430@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>, crmilton@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Christopher Robert MILTON) writes:
>> Noticed someone mention how Tolkein based his stories
>> on Norse mythology or something and just thought I'd mention where
>> I think Eddings' gets the basis for all his races : from different
>> peoples all over the Earth in different time periods...
>>
>> I'll elaborate. This is just where I've always thought all the
>> different races derive from...
>>
>> Chereks : Vikings (obviously - need I say more)
>I don't think anyone could quite debate this one... :)

Yup... cold weather, hunting trips etc... Agreed.

>
>> Drasnians : Russians (cold, northern, secretive place)
>I never thought of Russians, but now that you mention it....

I would've felt that Drasnians would be more like the English (more or less
modern), and the fact that it always cold up there.  Also, Silk always refer
to Barak (Chereks -Vikings- in general) as the "Cherek cousins".
Why not the Russians ?  See below.

>> Nadraks : Middle East/Arabs (they're almost gypsy-like, they
>> own their women - and these women belly dancy)
>Except for the fact they live in cold weather....

Hmmm...no comments.

>> Arends : English Middle Ages (the Knights joust etc., the
>> Asturians are like Robin Hood and his archers)

Yup.

>> Tolnedrans : Ancient Rome (they have legions of troops, political
>> intrigue, an emporer and bath houses!)
>I don't really think one could say much on this...

Definitely.    (Pretty articulate, eh ? :) )

>> Nyissans : The Orient (drugs, slave trade)
>Hmm... Yeah, I gues that would be the closest relationship...

I beg to differ on this one.  IMHO, I felt that the South Americans would be
more appropriate.  The jungles of Nyissa (hot, humid, mosquitoes infested etc)
vs the jungles of Amazon (?).  Plus, of course all the drugs :)

>> Algarians : American Indians (horses, pony tail of Hettar!)
>Well, if I remember correctly, American Indians didn't get
>horses until europeans arrived. Anyway, I don't think American Indians
>used sabers and the lake. Maybe the turks.... ?

Possible but not convincing enough, I guess.

>> I haven't really thought about the other races yet though I think
>> somewhere/when on Earth could apply.  This is just a theory I thought
>> up anyway...
>
>Murgos : ???? I dunno. I think most of the Angaraks are
>more or less a creation.

I see two possibilities for the Murgos (from past articles, can't remember
which) :
1) Mongols - short, easily recognised, fierce, etc.
2) Japanese - ditto.

As for the Malloreans, I would say that they're modelled after the Russians.
Russia is big, like Mallorea.   Also the "boundless hordes of Mallorea" wear
red :).

>Anyway, Feldegast (a.k.a. Beldin) was quite obviously Irish,
>doncha' know? :)
>
> [long signatures deleted to save bandwidth]

So long for now... comments?
Cheers,
Jeff.
Monash University, Gippsland
Victoria, Australia.
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