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Post » Sun Jun 19, 2011 5:41 am

Can any one translate these words found in the Mythic Dawn Commentaries?

Nu-mantia
SCARAB AE AURBEX
GHARTOK AL MNEM
NUMI MORA
NUM DALAE MNEM
AE ALMA RUMA
CHIM-EL GHARJYG
NI-MOHK

I've always wondered what these mean...

Also on a side note, in the commentaries it said that Dagon threw down Lyg (what I understand is another name for Lorkhan?) but I thought Mankar revered Lorkhan aswell as Dagon? In the commentaries he seems like an enemy.
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Lucie H
 
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Post » Sat Jun 18, 2011 2:15 pm

Nu-mantia-----------------"freedom?"
SCARAB AE AURBEX ------------- "Lorkhan is _____(having to do with Aurbis?)"
GHARTOK AL MNEM---------------"Hands ___ ____"
NUMI MORA --------------------------"____ wood/forest"
NUM DALAE MNEM -----------------"____ _____ ____"
AE ALMA RUMA -----------------------"Is ____ _____"
CHIM-EL GHARJYG --------------------"CHIM-EL ______(similar to Ghartok, perhaps CHIM-EL WALKS? See Jyggalag, Greymarch. Wild guessing here)"
NI-MOHK--------------------"You-_____"

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El - A title used to show holy/important significance, and/or god-like status (Used in a name, like a compound word, except that the "El" is separated by a hyphen. The El can be used as a prefix, or a sufix, but it must always be hyphenated, and the "E" must always be a capital.)


Also on a side note, in the commentaries it said that Dagon threw down Lyg (what I understand is another name for Lorkhan?) but I thought Mankar revered Lorkhan aswell as Dagon? In the commentaries he seems like an enemy.


Yes, it is bizarre. He calls Lorkhan a daedra, praises daedra, talks trash about Lorkhan's enemies, and then we are given a scene where Mehrunes Dagon smashes his skull.

My best theory at the moment is that this is some sort of sacrificial imagery, not meant to be hostile to Lorkhan. Think of the sacrificial lamb/Jesus Christ imagery. Lorkhan is steeped in sacrifice as it is, so this is possible.
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Post » Sat Jun 18, 2011 3:13 pm

Mankar Cameron was bat[censored]-crazy. Just throwing that out there.
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Post » Sat Jun 18, 2011 6:41 pm

I'm not gonna play like I'm a genius with Ehlnofex, but I'll chunk out these pieces of info so someone else who isn't lazy can maybe come up with something, if no one wants to search for other threads:

MNEM -- more than likely referring to Mnemoli, which means Memory
CHIM -- means essentially royalty
Chim-el Adaba (I probably butchered that to [censored]) -- name of the Amulet of Kings

And that's all i got....
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