Taverenesque he/him Posted December 9, 2020 Posted December 9, 2020 I was recently playing dreidel with my family, and came across an interesting coincidence. In case you don't know, dreidel is a spinning top game with four different sides. Each is represented by a symbol (Hei, gimmel, nun, and shin). The symbol that was interesting to me was the one called "Shin". What you do when you roll a Shin, is to add one coin to the pot. In shinovar, there is a saying that "blessed is he who adds", and I can't help but wonder if Brandon got the name (and at least some of the characteristics of this culture) from the dreidel game. Thoughts? Has this been posted before and I couldn't find it? 6
Ixthos Luke/Luke Posted December 9, 2020 Posted December 9, 2020 4 hours ago, Taverenesque said: I was recently playing dreidel with my family, and came across an interesting coincidence. In case you don't know, dreidel is a spinning top game with four different sides. Each is represented by a symbol (Hei, gimmel, nun, and shin). The symbol that was interesting to me was the one called "Shin". What you do when you roll a Shin, is to add one coin to the pot. In shinovar, there is a saying that "blessed is he who adds", and I can't help but wonder if Brandon got the name (and at least some of the characteristics of this culture) from the dreidel game. Thoughts? Has this been posted before and I couldn't find it? Those are Hebrew letters, and Roshar has a lot of Hebraic influences on it, such as the name Kholin being like Cohan, etc. So I can definitely see that as a possible influence. Shin / Sin is the second last letter in the alephbet, the Hebrew alphabet. 2
Weltall Posted December 9, 2020 Posted December 9, 2020 Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if that's where Brandon got the idea from, or part of it at any rate. Here's one WoB (of quite a few) where he mentions the linguistic connections including using elements from the alphabet.
KandraAllomancer he/him Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 Also, there's Shinar from the Bible
Hoid the Former Drifter he/him Posted December 20, 2020 Posted December 20, 2020 (edited) So Moash, the traitorous vengeful storming servant of odium is named after Moshe, the holy miracle worker who liberated the hebrews from egypt? Stormfather, why? Here is more content on the whole hebrew language topic. Edited December 20, 2020 by Hoid the Drifter
Frustration Posted December 20, 2020 Posted December 20, 2020 3 hours ago, Hoid the Drifter said: So Moash, the traitorous vengeful storming servant of odium is named after Moshe, the holy miracle worker who liberated the hebrews from egypt? Stormfather, why? I'm going to say no, going with my gut here.
Hoid the Former Drifter he/him Posted December 21, 2020 Posted December 21, 2020 7 hours ago, Frustration said: I'm going to say no, going with my gut here. it's a wob. that's why i'm concerned. is he maybe named after moshe feder? That would also be weird
Frustration Posted December 21, 2020 Posted December 21, 2020 6 minutes ago, Hoid the Drifter said: it's a wob. that's why i'm concerned. is he maybe named after moshe feder? That would also be weird I just found it and no it was not Moshe Feder, though it did stay as a small cameo.
Hoid the Former Drifter he/him Posted December 21, 2020 Posted December 21, 2020 Just now, Frustration said: I just found it and no it was not Moshe Feder, though it did stay as a small cameo. so who?
Frustration Posted December 21, 2020 Posted December 21, 2020 Just now, Hoid the Drifter said: so who? based on what I read really just the influence of Hebrew, though it's weird since it was originally a Singers name. So maybe we'll learn more about it.
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