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Who is Chiktika FastPawn?

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2001 9:58 am
by Csadar
From his name I'd say he's pretty fast but who is he? Does any1 know?

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2001 10:13 am
by Raidri
I think he/she is the animal companion of the gnomish god Baerwan Wildwanderer.

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2001 11:33 am
by Craig
Japanese chess piece (j/k)

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2001 2:11 pm
by Quitch
I think he/she is the animal companion of the gnomish god Baerwan Wildwanderer

That's correct.

It's Fastpaws by the way :)

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2001 3:19 pm
by UserUnfriendly
Also, by aerie's description of his tales as told by quayle, the racoon char is like brier rabbit in our world, with many funny and adventurous and humerous stories. for those unfamiliar with brier rabbit, read watership down.

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2001 9:19 pm
by Saigo
Originally posted by UserUnfriendly:
<STRONG>for those unfamiliar with brier rabbit, read watership down.</STRONG>
Funny! For Bre'er Rabbit stories, read The Song of the South. Those of you in the UK can see the movie. :eek: Americans will probably never see it again.

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2001 10:53 pm
by UserUnfriendly
"song of the south" was banned by the motion picture association of america for various stereo typing of african american culture. I doubt it will ever be released or even shown outside of the archives.

yeah, I know brier rabbit was a archetypical figure of black culture back in the south during the sharecropper days. See Jung for explaination of archetypes.

:D

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2001 11:02 pm
by fable
Originally posted by UserUnfriendly:
<STRONG>"song of the south" was banned by the motion picture association of america for various stereo typing of african american culture. I doubt it will ever be released or even shown outside of the archives.

yeah, I know brier rabbit was a archetypical figure of black culture back in the south during the sharecropper days. See Jung for explaination of archetypes. :D </STRONG>
Interestingly enough, the collection of stories that featured Brer Rabbit was created by a white Southener, writing under a pseudonym. In any case, these anthropomorphic fables are pretty common in many cultures, from Aesop to Renard the Fox.

Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2001 12:56 am
by Xyx
"Anthropomorphic" is where individuals represent an entire group of people, I believe. Not sure if this can be said of Reynard the Fox...

Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2001 4:35 am
by Silvanerian
"Anthropomorph" means giving human charateristics to something non-human.

-Silvanerian

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2001 6:27 am
by Mr Sleep
Well there was a Mr Sleep fast paws but that is a long story :o :D

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2001 7:43 am
by Saigo
Originally posted by Mr Sleep:
<STRONG>Well there was a Mr Sleep fast paws but that is a long story :o :D </STRONG>
Definitely an animal story! :D A fuzzy little skunk, IIRC. :rolleyes:

BTW, I did manage to get a Brittish copy of Song of the South that I need to get converted from PAL to NTSC. I haven't tried real hard, yet, but I'm happy just to have it -- I know it won't be lost for good.

[ 10-15-2001: Message edited by: Saigo ]