Nevermet Posted Sunday at 09:00 PM Share Posted Sunday at 09:00 PM Basically what it says on the tin: what are some meaningful numbers for various societies? Then we've also got... 4 Malkioni castes (5 if one counts Men-of-All) 5 or 6 elements depending if one counts Moon 6 form runes 7 Lightbringers / Mothers 8 power runes Any others worth noting? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard S. Posted Sunday at 10:14 PM Share Posted Sunday at 10:14 PM The Dara Happans really like the number 10, which probably has something to do with Yelm originally having ten kids. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajagappa Posted Sunday at 11:14 PM Share Posted Sunday at 11:14 PM 54 minutes ago, Richard S. said: The Dara Happans really like the number 10 Yes, 10 Tests, 10 Servants, 10 Cities. 10 dwarf castes in the Decamony. 8 Mostali in the Octamony. Usually 4 or 7 Hells. 4 Camps in the Golden Age. 4 Schools of Magic (spirit, divine, sorcerous, mystic) 3 or 6 Earth Goddesses (and also the Six Sisters, another Earth goddess division) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerg Posted Monday at 08:19 AM Share Posted Monday at 08:19 AM Seventeen is a sacred number in Pamaltela, both for the Doraddi (including Arbennans, Tarien agimori) and the Fonritians. Zero, one and two figure in Malkioni numerology as well - the One World, and in Devolution. Twelve and Twenty are rather under-represented compared to their roles in counting (and even number words) in our world. The Sartar High Council has 12 or 12 +1 seats. "Hundred" is attested e.g. in the Humakt cult, which has centuries of Humakti, but that could also be lean hundred (80), or big hundred (120) depending on context. 294 is the number of days (or nights) in a year. Like most other celestial periods, this is a multiple of seven. 1 1 Quote Telling how it is excessive verbis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajagappa Posted Monday at 11:11 AM Share Posted Monday at 11:11 AM 7 is the # of days in the week (or phases to the moon) 8 the # of weeks 5 the # of seasons (in Theyalan regions) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfbrandi Posted Monday at 12:57 PM Share Posted Monday at 12:57 PM Three: three strings of harmony (harp, trichord) three balls of illusion (juggling) three arms of truth (Y = why?, truth as a crutch) three sides of law (and of every story?, a more fixed (rigid) form of truth?) three leaves of plant three legs of movement (triskelion) three points of mastery (crown) three stones of luck (trilithon — presumably rather strait) three facets of beast (dragonscale) Some of those doubtless more strained than others, but at least it gives three × three × three. 😉 The holy trinity of Arkat, Gbaji, and Nysalor? 3 Quote NOTORIOUS VØID CULTIST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfbrandi Posted Monday at 03:58 PM Share Posted Monday at 03:58 PM 18 hours ago, Nevermet said: 8 power runes We also have the luck–fate (RQ2) and cosmos–chaos (HQ:RiG) polarities, so maybe across time and geography, powers might be 8, 10, or 12 depending on who you ask. Some kind of cultural marker. And some cultures will not see the members of the pair as poles (HQG seems to have 9 power runes). Historical and cultural variation is more fun than retrospective continuity? Quote NOTORIOUS VØID CULTIST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Biles Posted Tuesday at 03:28 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:28 AM One in 7 Orlanthi break the mold in some way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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