Cor, you'd think I was saying something new and surprising from the responses so far - check your old Digests if I think I made it up myself. :-)
Gary Switzer:
<< >>There are no cattle to be found in Pamaltela of any kind.
No Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) at all? >>
Nope. Sure, there are a few creatures in Pamaltela that resemble African and South American equivalents, but they're in something of a minority.
<< Whatever do the Pamaltelans cover their shields with, then?>>
I don't know, to be honest. But there's plenty of other creatures around to chose from.
<< And what pulls the wagons of the Kresh, if not cattle? >>
Some kind of rhino, I believe.
Dave Pearton:
<< Wow. That knocks any parallels with african cultures _completely_ off base! It is hard to see any resemblances with any culture other than the Khoi-san without cattle or some sort of cognate. >>
Then there could well be a cognate. But its not a cow. Tell you what, unless there's a Doraddi expert who knows more than I do, I nominate toxodons. Better ideas, anyone?
<< Are they completely hunter-gatherers now? >>
I tend to agree that they probably herd something, even if I don't know for sure what it is.
<< Also - no african Buffalo? *sulk* If my Alkothi war hippos have been nixed at least give me my buffalo! They are so much cooler than the American sort, not to mention being a heck of a lot more dangerous (they kill more people than crocs or lions every year).>>
You've got uintatheres, titanotheres, gomphotheres... lots of things ending in 'theres', really. Official Gloranthan names yet to be decided, mind.
<< > Cows are found throughout western and central Genertela, although
you're
> likely right about the source of the original wild ones, since that is
> indeed, where the aurochs are said to come from.
Wasn't one of the early events of the hero wars the return of the Aurochs to Sartar (KOS?) >>
Correct.
Forward the glorious Red Army!
Trotsky
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