Re: Onomastics and taxonomies; Was, LeGuin; Was: 12th-century conlang

On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Sally Caves wrote:

> Do you want to be the first
> to take a shot at this, Irina?  <G>
I'm not the first by far, but you'll notice that I've done it.

> > And are plants and animals part of the Natural World, or is that only
> > for landscape and weather? What about things of the mind?
>
> Well...Hildegard had subcategories.  Under "The Supernatural Order"(which is
> my God, gods, etc.), she had "Man as a Spiritual Being," and
> under that, "as believer, practitioner."  Bear in mind that these are
> Schnapp's
> categories.  Things of the mind for this medieval nun pertained almost
> entirely to faith and theology.
I left out the plants and animals (it was far too long as it was) and
filed all "things of the mind" under Religion, where a Valdyan would
put them (they're not nuns, that is: priestesses of Naigha are almost
nuns and all the others aren't, but they see all non-physical parts
of themselves as very close to the gods)

   Irina


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