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Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:32 am
I'm Slow Sometimes: Wolf Nomads = Uyghurs
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I know many of my fellow Greyhawk afficionados are students of world history (and certainly E. Gary Gygax was), so this may not be much of a revelation to you, but the lightbulb finally went off in my head this morning: Wegwiur = Uyghur. Duh. Everything fits historically. The name has been in my face for almost 40 years, and I just made the connection today.
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Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:11 pm
Re: I'm Slow Sometimes: Wolf Nomads = Uyghurs
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| DMPrata wrote: |
| ...Wegwiur = Uyghur. Duh. Everything fits historically. The name has been in my face for almost 40 years, and I just made the connection today. |
-I remember noticing it a few years ago. It's not as if a Greyhawk-Real World analogy is unique.
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Fri Jan 21, 2022 6:09 am
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Thanks for sharing that. That connection never hit me either until right now that I read this.
I always figured them for being like Dacians--the wolf being important in their symbology--but Uyghers sound good, too.
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Tue Jan 25, 2022 9:18 am
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So what would that make the Tiger Nomads?
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Thu Jan 27, 2022 8:16 pm
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| So what would that make the Tiger Nomads? |
These guys, though I can't remember the website I found this picture on.
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Sat Jan 29, 2022 4:59 pm
Re: I'm Slow Sometimes: Wolf Nomads = Uyghurs
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| DMPrata wrote: |
| The lightbulb finally went off in my head this morning: Wegwiur = Uyghur. Duh. Everything fits historically. The name has been in my face for almost 40 years, and I just made the connection today. |
Honestly I didn't know anything about the Uyghur until I had one as a student a few years ago. When I began playing in the '80's the news was just about Tibet.
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Sun Feb 06, 2022 1:03 pm
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| edmundscott wrote: |
| So what would that make the Tiger Nomads? |
Kipchak maybe? Chakyik=Kipchak
I also had not made the Wegwuir= Uyghur connection until now.
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GreySage
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Sun Feb 06, 2022 6:57 pm
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| smillan_31 wrote: |
| edmundscott wrote: |
| So what would that make the Tiger Nomads? |
Kipchak maybe? Chakyik=Kipchak
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I think you've solved it.
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