YGWV
Jeff Richard wrote:
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> FWIW, Greg and I have repeatedly discussed the Mississippi as a key
> inspiration for the Oslir. St. Louis is approximately where Alkoth
> would be and Memphis is where Raibanth would be. Obviously many of
> the details are wrong, but that's the mental image.
>
Which is not to say that I used the Mighty Mississippi as my image for
the foundling civilization. Being American, and having driven all over
this mighty continent, I have a pretty good idea of its size, and use my
experiences for its imagery (Like, do you know that the southern
Mississippi is so wide you can see the land on the other side? And hey!
the northern Oslir is the same!)
But I am sure that anyone can see that the fledgling civilizations of
Dara Happa are more similar to the Euphrates/Indus civilization than to
the Mesoamerican derived civilization of the Mississippi.
As for cotton or linen? I don't know, and don't really care today.
--Greg
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