(urth) Geography of the Whorl

[Gerry Quinn]

From: "James Wynn" <crushtv at gmail.com>


> I'm pretty sure that Viron's culture is South American--presumably that of 
> the Commonwealth. The "ball game" is based on the Nahuatl game. It's an 
> analogous Catholic culture.
>
> Still, that doesn't mean that Viron couldn't be based on Jerusalem of 
> course.

I agree that it is plausibly South American, though I'm not terribly 
convinced by the above points.  The Commonwealth did not exist when the 
Whorl was launched, and the Whorl contains elements from numerous cultures 
(e.g. an Indian culture which provided the forebears of Gaon).  The religion 
of the Whorl is allegedly a parody of the state religion of Typhon's time, 
which would have been worldwide - and anyway the Catholic religion is hardly 
confined to South America .  The ballgame is not specifically the 
aforementioned game, in which catching the ball in one's hand is illegal, 
though it has elements of it.

On the other hand, the coloration of the people fits, and Mamelta had a pet 
parrot named Chiquita.

- Gerry Quinn