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⚫ | '''Chicken''' is the name used by many [[Roshar]]an |
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⚫ | '''Chicken''' is the name used by many [[Roshar]]an languages -- except the [[Shin]] and the [[Unkalaki]] -- to refer to all species of birds.{{wob ref|1415}} Only some are what would be called chickens in any other part of the [[cosmere]].{{wob ref|8346}} The term coming to mean all birds is a result of [[Vorin]] languages tending towards generalization, similar to how all alcohols became wines and all small creatures became [[cremling]]s.{{wob ref|3978}} |
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Chickens are not native to [[Roshar]], but were brought to the planet during the initial human migration from [[Ashyn]].{{wob ref|12228}} They live mainly in [[Shinovar]] |
Chickens are not native to [[Roshar]], but were brought to the planet during the initial human migration from [[Ashyn]].{{wob ref|12228}} They live mainly in [[Shinovar]], with very few found further east and no undomesticated ones as far as [[Alethkar]].{{wob ref|5818}} This being said, wild chickens can be found in the East - for instance, geese live in the [[Horneater Peaks]], and [[Dalinar]] saw chickens during his visit to the [[Valley]].{{wob ref|8891}} |
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Most easterners have a very poor understanding of the anatomy and behavior of chickens.{{book ref|sa2|55}} By the time of the [[True Desolation]], more people began to recognize the differences between various species of birds, but the term chicken was still firmly entrenched in the Vorin vernacular.{{book ref|sa2|45}}{{book ref|sa4|i|5}} |
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== Uses == |
== Uses == |
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Chickens are often edible, and are therefore an export of Shinovar.{{book ref|sa1|22}} [[Vstim]] trades with [[Thresh]] |
Chickens are often edible, and are therefore an export of Shinovar.{{book ref|sa1|22}} [[Vstim]] trades with [[Thresh]] and potentially other Shin for chickens which he sells to the other nations of Roshar, particularly in the east according to [[Rysn]].{{book ref|sa1|i|4}} Very expensive arrows may be fletched with chicken feathers.{{wob ref|12838}} The elder [[Tanalan's father|Tanalan]] wore decorative feathers on his battle helm, which Dalinar found odd.{{book ref|sa3|11}} [[Unkalaki]] arrows are fletched with geese feathers;{{book ref|sa3|37}} geese live in the [[Horneater Peaks]], which is why the [[Unkalaki#language|Unkalaki language]] has a word for goose.{{wob ref|8891}} |
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[[Adolin Kholin]] believes that eating chicken brings good luck and always eats some before his duels.{{book ref|sa2|14}} |
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Very expensive arrows may be fletched with chicken feathers.{{wob ref|12838}} The elder [[Tanalan's father|Tanalan]] wore decorative feathers on his battle helm, which Dalinar found odd.{{book ref|sa3|11}} Since wild geese live in the Horneater Peaks, [[Unkalaki]] arrows are often fletched with geese feathers{{book ref|sa3|37}} and the [[Unkalaki#language|Unkalaki language]] has a word for goose.{{wob ref|8891}} |
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== Notable |
== Notable chickens == |
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* [[Jeksonofnone]], a bright green chicken brought by a [[Thaylen]] merchant to the [[Middlefest Fair]] which could say its name upon command.{{book ref|sa2|45}} |
* [[Jeksonofnone]], a bright green chicken brought by a [[Thaylen]] merchant to the [[Middlefest Fair]] which could say its name upon command.{{book ref|sa2|45}} |
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* [[Mraize]] owns an [[Aviar]] which is referred to as a 'green chicken' by Shallan.{{wob ref|8807}} |
* [[Mraize]] owns an [[Aviar]] which is referred to as a 'green chicken' by Shallan.{{wob ref|8807}} |
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* [[Lift]] finds |
* [[Lift]] finds a 'red chicken' who belonged to an [[Gereh|old Feruchemist]] in [[Urithiru]] who Mraize murders early into the singer occupation of Urithiru. She is now raising the bird.{{book ref|sa4|i|5}}{{book ref|sa4|116}} |
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* [[Shallan]] observes a 'chicken' with red, blue, and green feathers when she is at the Shattered Plains menagerie with [[Adolin]] and [[Kaladin]].{{book ref|sa2|55}} |
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== Trivia == |
== Trivia == |
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* This process of using a subsection to refer to an entire set is known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synecdoche synecdoche], or more specifically ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pars_pro_toto Pars pro toto]'' |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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