Difference between revisions of "Dawnchant"
Windrunner (talk | contribs) m |
Windrunner (talk | contribs) m |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]] |
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]] |
||
}} |
}} |
||
| − | {{quote| |
+ | {{quote|Anak malah kaf, del makian habin yah|The phrase 'To be human is to want that which we cannot have' in the Dawnchant{{ref|b|sa1|c|60}}}} |
The '''Dawnchant''' was a lost language on [[Roshar]] kept alive only by the writings and songs of the [[Vanrial]], an order of artists who sung in the Dawnchant without any knowledge of its meaning.{{ref|b|twok|c|60}} It was believed by them to be the language spoken by the [[Herald]]s. These songs were collected by [[Corvana]] in the [[Analectics]]. |
The '''Dawnchant''' was a lost language on [[Roshar]] kept alive only by the writings and songs of the [[Vanrial]], an order of artists who sung in the Dawnchant without any knowledge of its meaning.{{ref|b|twok|c|60}} It was believed by them to be the language spoken by the [[Herald]]s. These songs were collected by [[Corvana]] in the [[Analectics]]. |
||
It was discovered by [[Navani]] that [[Dalinar]] spoke in the Dawnchant when he entered his trances during the [[highstorm]]s and she hoped to be able to translate it by questioning Dalinar as to what he said during his trances.{{ref|b|sa1|c|60}} |
It was discovered by [[Navani]] that [[Dalinar]] spoke in the Dawnchant when he entered his trances during the [[highstorm]]s and she hoped to be able to translate it by questioning Dalinar as to what he said during his trances.{{ref|b|sa1|c|60}} |
||
| + | |||
| + | Jasnah records in her notebook on [[Urithiru]] that she wants to find a way to translate the Dawnchant.{{ref|b|twok|e|35}} |
||
== Notes == |
== Notes == |
||
Revision as of 03:15, 29 May 2013
| Dawnchant | |
|---|---|
| World of Origin | Roshar |
“Anak malah kaf, del makian habin yah”
—The phrase 'To be human is to want that which we cannot have' in the DawnchantCite error: Invalid<ref>tag; refs with no name must have content
The Dawnchant was a lost language on Roshar kept alive only by the writings and songs of the Vanrial, an order of artists who sung in the Dawnchant without any knowledge of its meaning.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content It was believed by them to be the language spoken by the Heralds. These songs were collected by Corvana in the Analectics.
It was discovered by Navani that Dalinar spoke in the Dawnchant when he entered his trances during the highstorms and she hoped to be able to translate it by questioning Dalinar as to what he said during his trances.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Jasnah records in her notebook on Urithiru that she wants to find a way to translate the Dawnchant.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content