Plural for followers of Yelmalio?

[Malin]

We have Sartarites for people from Sartar, Heortlings for people descended from Heort, and Orlanthi as a collective name for followers of Orlanth, but what about Yelmalio?

Is there a common noun for followers of Yelmalio (and other gods and goddesses)?

I have heard Yelm be turned into Yelmites, I know that you can be a Vingan, so there must be Vingans. Lunars and Pelorians are common parlance. For Praxian animal riders I have seen Praxians, nomads, xxx riders and many other things (there, culture seems to trump cult)

We have Estrolians, but Ernalda is another tricky one. As are people living in Pavis.

Please, any input people have will be appreciated!

[radmonger]

Yelmalian, Ernaldan, Pavisiite.

 

 

 

[metcalph]

I always used Yelmalions or Sun Domers.  But assholes works fine.  

Edited October 28, 2023 by metcalph

[David Scott]

6 minutes ago, Malin said:

We have Sartarites for people from Sartar, Heortlings for people descended from Heort, and Orlanthi as a collective name for followers of Orlanth, but what about Yelmalio?

Is there a common noun for followers of Yelmalio (and other gods and goddesses)?

Yelmalion, Yelmalions. RQG 409.

6 minutes ago, Malin said:

I have heard Yelm be turned into Yelmites

Yelmite, Yelmites. Upcoming fire / sky book

6 minutes ago, Malin said:

I know that you can be a Vingan, so there must be Vingans.

Vingan, Vingans 

6 minutes ago, Malin said:

Lunars and Pelorians are common parlance. For Praxian animal riders I have seen Praxians, nomads, xxx riders and many other things (there, culture seems to trump cult)

Praxians, Beast riders, Animal nomads

6 minutes ago, Malin said:

We have Estrolians,

Esrolian, Esrolians. RQG 24

6 minutes ago, Malin said:

but Ernalda is another tricky one.

Ernaldan, Ernaldans. RQG 86

6 minutes ago, Malin said:

As are people living in Pavis.

Pavisite, Pavisites. Pavis Classic 19, et al.

 

 

[Malin]

This is just what I was looking for. Thank you!

[Qizilbashwoman]

los yelmitos y los yelmaliones

[Malin]

Or En Yelmalier, flera Yelmalier in swedish 😄

[David Scott]

1 hour ago, Qizilbashwoman said:

los yelmitos y los yelmaliones

In Cuentos de la MilIcIa del Condado Solar, the Spanish translator used yelmalita, yelmalitas.

2 hours ago, Malin said:

Or En Yelmalier, flera Yelmalier in swedish 😄

Is that from the Swedish Sun County?

[Nick Brooke]

Drew says it should be “Yelmalians,” not “Yelmalions,” and he’s a linguist, so I go with that nowadays.

[David Scott]

1 hour ago, Nick Brooke said:

Drew says it should be “Yelmalians,” not “Yelmalions,” and he’s a linguist, so I go with that nowadays.

Personally I don't think i've ever said Yelmalion, as Yelmalian rolls out much easier...

[Akhôrahil]

And what's the collective noun? A prudishness of Yelmalians?

[Joerg]

6 minutes ago, Akhôrahil said:

And what's the collective noun? A prudishness of Yelmalians?

File.

[Rodney Dangerduck]

1 hour ago, Akhôrahil said:

And what's the collective noun? A prudishness of Yelmalians?

A "Light".

[Malin]

6 hours ago, David Scott said:

Is that from the Swedish Sun County?

Look, Sweden where I am from is very similar to Sun County in many ways...

[Agentorange]

9 hours ago, David Scott said:

Pavisite, Pavisites. Pavis Classic 19, et al.

 

 

I'm going left field with this and  offering Pavisians, because......
Paris - Parisians
Pavis - Pavisians

[g33k]

4 hours ago, Agentorange said:

I'm going left field with this and  offering Pavisians, because......
Paris - Parisians
Pavis - Pavisians

Or Trollish:  Provisions.

[svensson]

Yelmalions.

[Agentorange]

13 hours ago, Nick Brooke said:

Drew says it should be “Yelmalians,” not “Yelmalions,” and he’s a linguist, so I go with that nowadays.

On the other hand...Lions of Yelm ( yelmalions ) does have a dignified regal ring to it......

 

Edited October 29, 2023 by Agentorange

[David Scott]

15 hours ago, Agentorange said:

I'm going left field with this and  offering Pavisians, because......
Paris - Parisians
Pavis - Pavisians

In an old game the Sartarites called Pavis Gay Pavée... 

[Erol of Backford]

Do Yelmalians wear flannel and cowboy hats, I think they do, and they are likely from Texas or somewhere south of the Mason Dixon Line?

Add a strand of wheat in their mouths. Cyuk cyuk cyuk...

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=Roscoe+P+Coltrain+laughing&gs_ivs=1#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:1924571c,vid:-f3CFzahrRs,st:0

Edited October 29, 2023 by Erol of Backford

[mfbrandi]

10 hours ago, Agentorange said:

On the other hand...Lions of Yelm (yelmalions) does have a dignified regal ring to it

But doesn’t it depend on how seriously we take the cold sun aspect of ? After all:

• The Italian word solleone means “dog days,” the days from early July to early September, when the weather is hot and sultry. At one time the hottest days were thought to be caused by the Dog Star, Sirius, which rises and sets with the sun at this time. For part of this time, the sun is in the zodiacal sign of Leo the lion. — Stuart Kaplan, Solleone Tarot Instructions

But I am sure we could work around it, if motivated: if Yelmalio — whatever his origin — is not part of the reborn sun (having never died), we can see him as something of an embarrassment for the mainline solar cult in Time (possibly also the other little suns — hence the desire to consolidate them all in one easy-to-manage Lightfore, who has the decorum never to be where the boss sun is). We can see the lion in the dog days as stalwart Yelmalio resisting the attempt of the reborn Yelm to burn him from the face of the earth — we can have lion and sun imagery belonging to Yelmalio considered as a dissident solar cult. This can also be cast as “uptight” suspicion of illumination — where Yelm’s death is ego-death — and of solar cults which sacrifice people (Black Sun & Blood Sun).

Lion-attacking-horse icons would really put the cat among the pigeons. Lions associated with bull-slaying deities would wind up the storm crew.

The lion and sun can also be a symbol of the pre-revolutionary regime (because is always at least potentially part of the awkward squad):

Or we could let the fiery sun crew have the lion (if they want it).

Spoiler

Or — of course — none of the above.

Edited October 29, 2023 by mfbrandi
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[mfbrandi]

57 minutes ago, Erol of Backford said:

somewhere south of the Mason–Dixon Line

Well, I don’t mind the Yo-yos being hold-outs for the old ways … but not those old ways.

If we are going to associate Yelmalio with a Coltrane, there is a more obviously solar choice, no?

Spoiler

[Qizilbashwoman]

16 hours ago, Agentorange said:

On the other hand...Lions of Yelm ( yelmalions ) does have a dignified regal ring to it......

 

ponies, not lions. yelmalihippones

[Shiningbrow]

On 10/28/2023 at 8:26 PM, Nick Brooke said:

Drew says it should be “Yelmalians,” not “Yelmalions,” and he’s a linguist, so I go with that nowadays.

Why?

Without having an understanding of the language it comes from, it would be hard to make such a call.

(not a 'linguist', but a Masters in Applied Linguistics...)

[Nick Brooke]

By analogy with Greek Christos (Christ) > Christianos (Follower of Christ), I believe. That’s ultimately where we get the -ian ending from in English. Not -ion.