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| === Blood & Diet Rituals === | | === Blood & Diet Rituals === |
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| * '''To bleed (drola):''' Ordinary and ritual verb for bloodletting.
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| * '''Sacred bloodletting (drolaan):''' Ritual offering or purging.
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| * '''Blood meal (kaadrola):''' Communal blood-drinking ceremony.
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| * '''Blood-oath (drolaath):''' Pact or vow sealed in blood.
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| === Nudity & Dress === | | === Nudity & Dress === |
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| * '''Nudity (saavra):''' The sacred, pure state of the body. | | * '''Nudity (saavra):''' The sacred, pure state of the body. |
| * '''Ritual dress (lomela):''' The white crocheted sacred garment, often with windowed sections. | | * '''Ritual dress (lomela):''' The white crocheted sacred garment, often with windowed sections. |
| * '''Forbidden attire (kethol):''' Any clothing that conceals more than tradition allows.
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| === Death & Afterlife === | | === Death & Afterlife === |
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| === Combat Rituals === | | === Combat Rituals === |
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| * '''Sacred duel (kaaran):''' Ritualized duel to resolve disputes.
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| * '''Oath-taking (draakal):''' Swearing of sacred or martial oaths.
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| * '''First blood (draliin):''' Important combat tradition.
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| * '''Swordless victory (kledranel):''' Winning by skill or guile, not by blade.
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| === Healing & Medicine === | | === Healing & Medicine === |
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| * '''Medical device (vaalaak):''' Healing tools, often psionically enhanced.
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| * '''Healer (melsukaa):''' Restorer, often spiritual.
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| * '''Sacred wound (draathal):''' Fated or ritual wound.
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| * '''Profane wound (draa'koth):''' Wound gaaned by dishonor or taboo.
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| == Proverbs, Idioms, and Literary Devices == | | == Proverbs, Idioms, and Literary Devices == |
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| * '''"Nudity is truth."''' — ''saavra naalin.''
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| * '''"Blood speaks truer than words."''' — ''drola vaala naa drelka.''
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| * '''"The soul-tether never sleeps."''' — ''vayrel nethe selva.''
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| * '''Metaphor: "Flushed as morning"''' — ''uulum rozhuh valka kaa.''
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| * '''Metaphor: "Closed vistrum/fist"''' — ''vistra velsa felka.''
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| == Calendar and Timekeeping == | | == Calendar and Timekeeping == |
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| * '''Sacred day (zelnaa):''' Ritual day or holiday. | | * '''Sacred day (zelnaa):''' Ritual day or holiday. |
| * '''Naming day (saaveth):''' Rite of passage for newborns. | | * '''Naming day (saaveth):''' Rite of passage for newborns. |
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| == Law, Taboo, and Exile == | | == Law, Taboo, and Exile == |
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| * '''Outcast (veldra):''' One who is exiled.
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| * '''Law (vekaa):''' Sacred codes or edicts.
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| * '''Sin/taboo (dekoth):''' Act forbidden by law or custom.
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| * '''To exile/banish (veldraza):''' Ritual or legal expulsion.
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| == Art, Aesthetics, and Scholarship == | | == Art, Aesthetics, and Scholarship == |
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| * '''Art (kaavael):''' Creation, especially of life or spirit.
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| * '''Song (draalun):''' Ritual, ceremonial, or celebratory song.
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| * '''Sacred instrument (shaavor):''' Instrument reserved for ceremony.
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| * '''Sculpture (veklen):''' Forged form or artistic object.
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| * '''Paanting (draava):''' Paanted artwork.
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| * '''Varkest-forging (varkaatha):''' Process for crafting celestial metal.
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| * '''Battle-sculpture (draalken):''' Sculpture depicting battle or valor.
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| * '''Armor motif (varkolm):''' Decorative armor pattern.
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| == See Also == | | == See Also == |
