Saturday 4 May 2019

Obscure Terms II

See Obscure Terms.

"'...German...'" (p. 187)

"...the Clement Institute of Planetology." (ibid.)

"...the San Jose district." (ibid.)

"...gyrotrain..." (ibid.)

"...the lotus position..." (p. 188)

"...'Om mane padme hum'..." (ibid.) (There might be Buddhists among human Ythrians, of course.)

"An Old Japanese screen..." (p. 189)

"...the Compassionate Buddha." (ibid.) (Again, the Ythrian Faiths are not long on compassion.)

"...pipa music..." (p. 190)

Adzel explains the Chinese dragons.

"...Richard Wagner's Siegfried." (p. 196)

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

Again, these are terms most Ythrians would find obscure four centuries or more after "How To Be Ethnic In One Easy Lesson."

Yes, "compassion" something both the Ythrian Old and New Faiths are short on!

Sean