(07-24-2013, 04:32 AM)Khaze Wrote: are we assuming then that hipparion don't exist in eorzia but instead come from what ever land miqo'te used to live?
Oh, that's a thought. The tribes are a pretty ancient custom:
Quote:In the mass exodus which occurred during the Fifth Umbral Era, 26 Seeker of the Sun tribes crossed the seas (which had frozen solid as a result of the Calamity) to Eorzea in search of food and warmer climates. The names of these tribes contained many sounds which were difficult to represent with the existing Eorzean alphabet; but the fact that there were the same exact number of tribes as letters in the Eorzean alphabet was taken as a sign that they were destined to make the new realm their home, and so assigned each tribe with a letter/sound that was closest to its name. Over time, this resulted in the changing of the pronunciation to more closely resemble the pronunciation of the Eorzean letter than that of the original word.
The tribe names are originally based on traditional beastkin, scalekin, or cloudkin totems, which are said to protect the tribe.
So it seems likely that the animals represented in the tribe names - those "totems" - were all creatures found in miqo'te native lands, rather than those found in Eorzea (though there is some overlap).
It may also be worthwhile to suggest that members of the tribe may carry tokens or other trinkets, and some clothing or housing materials may be adorned with the image of their totem animal.
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