Re: Numerology & "Letterology"
| From: | Peter Bleackley <peter.bleackley@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, February 3, 2003, 11:53 |
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Staving Arthaey Angosii:
>So, comments? Similar conlang-related conculture weirdness in other
>people's works?
This is something I worked out over the weekend.
In Khangathyagon, numbers 1 to 12 have individual root names.
Numbers above 12 have names on a similar system to Japanese, eg
two-ten-seven for 27.
However, multiples of 12 are referred to as such, not as part of the base
10 system, eg three-twelve for 36, NOT three-ten-six.
Each of the numbers 1 to 12 has a magical significance, given in a poem
similar to "Green Grow the Rushes O!". Its numeral is the first rune of the
item associated with its magical significance, NOT of its name (eg "rad",
1, is symbolised by the rune "m" for Mallapont, "The Creator" (lit
Divine-maker)).
If a word contains numeral runes, their magical meaning gives an occult
significance to the word, different from its actual meaning.
Pete Bleackley