The Coppermind

Difference between revisions of "Chicken"

Chicken (edit)

Revision as of 22:30, 21 March 2023

750 bytes added ,  1 year ago
one more ref
(one more ref)
 
(8 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown)
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
}}
'''Chicken''' is the name used by many [[Roshar]]an languagescultures -- exceptexcluding 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}} such as [[Scadrial]].{{book ref|mb5|prologue}} 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}}▼
{{spoiler|sa4}}
{{update|sa4}}
▲'''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}}
 
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]], withand veryare plentiful there.{{book ref|sa1|i|4}} Very few birds are found furtherin eastmost andof noeastern undomesticatedAlethkar; oneswild assightings farare asessentially unheard of in [[Alethkar]].{{wob ref|5818}} ThisThere beingare saidsome exceptions, as wild chickens can be found in the East - for instance, geese live in the [[Horneater Peaks]], and [[DalinarFelt]] sawnotes chickensthat duringother hiswild visitbirds torange as far east as the [[Valley]].{{wob ref|8891}}{{book ref|sa3|114}}
 
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}}
 
== Uses ==
Chickens are often edible, and are therefore an export of Shinovar.{{book ref|sa1|22}} [[Vstim]] trades with [[Thresh]] (and potentiallylikely other Shin) for chickens whichthat he sells to the other nations of Roshar, particularlycustomers in the east accordingat tohigh [[Rysn]]prices.{{book ref|sa1|i|4}} VeryChicken expensiveas arrowsa mayfood beis fletchedtherefore withrelatively chickenuncommon feathers.{{wobin ref|12838}} The elderthe [[Tanalan's father|TanalanVorin]] worenations, decorativeand feathersis on his battle helm,even whichserved Dalinarat foundroyal oddfeasts.{{book ref|sa3sa1|1122}} [[UnkalakiAdolin Kholin]] arrowsbelieves arethat fletchedeating withchicken geesebrings feathers;{{bookgood ref|sa3|37}}luck geeseand livealways ineats thesome [[Horneaterbefore Peaks]], which is why the [[Unkalaki#language|Unkalaki language]] has a word forhis gooseduels.{{wobbook ref|8891sa2|14}}
 
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}}
[[Adolin Kholin]] believes that eating chicken brings good luck and always eats some before his duels.{{book ref|sa2|14}}
 
== Notable chickens'Chickens' ==
* [[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}}
* [[Mraize]] owns an [[Aviar]] which is referred to as a 'green chicken' by Shallan.{{wob ref|8807}}
* [[Lift]] finds another Aviar, a 'red 'chicken' whothat belonged to an [[Gereh|old Feruchemist]] inwho was killed by [[UrithiruMraize]] who Mraize murders early intoduring the singer occupation of [[Urithiru]]. She is now raising the bird.{{book ref|sa4|i|5}}{{book ref|sa4|116}}
* [[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}}
 
== Trivia ==
* ThisThe processuse of usingthe aword subsection'chicken' to refer to anall entire setbirds is known as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: Synecdoche | synecdoche]], or more specifically in this case, ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pars_pro_toto |: Pars pro toto|pars pro toto]]''.
 
== Notes ==
 
</references>
{{complete|[[User:Big Smooth|Big Smooth]] ([[User talk:Big Smooth|talk]]) 22:28, 21 March 2023 (UTC)}}
{{partial}}
{{Stormlight}}
Big Smooth
Editors, Keepers
4,456

edits

Retrieved from "https://coppermind.net/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/150828...178600"