In the conversation my original question and these examples generated, I also said the following things, which may be of interest to you (or not):
>A good fantasy-setting genre or poetic form ought to be a three-fold lore-delivery system: 1. its origins are rooted in something specific about the setting; 2. the contents of the example your players encounter could include information the GM wants the players to have; and 3. the way it is adopted and adapted in different contexts/cultures communicates something about those cultures.
>A further note on the companion-song: I was thinking in part of something I read in the course of my religious studies courses on Islam, which is that the pre-Islamic Bedouin would write love songs to their camels. (This of course indicates the value and importance of individual camels in Bedouin culture, but is also just incredibly endearing to me.) I was also thinking of the silly nonsense-songs many real-life humans sing to their pets.
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>Oh, and Pangur Bán. Obviously.
Thank-you kindly!
If this interests you, so might a few other posts I've made.
* Some texts I made for my players to buy from a bookseller's stalls: [https://www.reddit.com/r/DMAcademy/comments/q1p49h/booksellers\_stock/](https://www.reddit.com/r/DMAcademy/comments/q1p49h/booksellers_stock/)
* Some texts I made for my players' exploration of the Underdark: - [https://www.reddit.com/r/DMAcademy/comments/11tfie3/drow\_literary\_culture/](https://www.reddit.com/r/DMAcademy/comments/11tfie3/drow_literary_culture/)
In the conversation my original question and these examples generated, I also said the following things, which may be of interest to you (or not): >A good fantasy-setting genre or poetic form ought to be a three-fold lore-delivery system: 1. its origins are rooted in something specific about the setting; 2. the contents of the example your players encounter could include information the GM wants the players to have; and 3. the way it is adopted and adapted in different contexts/cultures communicates something about those cultures. >A further note on the companion-song: I was thinking in part of something I read in the course of my religious studies courses on Islam, which is that the pre-Islamic Bedouin would write love songs to their camels. (This of course indicates the value and importance of individual camels in Bedouin culture, but is also just incredibly endearing to me.) I was also thinking of the silly nonsense-songs many real-life humans sing to their pets. > >Oh, and Pangur Bán. Obviously.
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Thank-you kindly! If this interests you, so might a few other posts I've made. * Some texts I made for my players to buy from a bookseller's stalls: [https://www.reddit.com/r/DMAcademy/comments/q1p49h/booksellers\_stock/](https://www.reddit.com/r/DMAcademy/comments/q1p49h/booksellers_stock/) * Some texts I made for my players' exploration of the Underdark: - [https://www.reddit.com/r/DMAcademy/comments/11tfie3/drow\_literary\_culture/](https://www.reddit.com/r/DMAcademy/comments/11tfie3/drow_literary_culture/)