[Dragaera] Seventeen Jhegaala Spoilers *HEAVY, SEVERE, SERIOUS, MAJOR Spoilers*

[Jon Lincicum]

Chris Olson wrote:
> Erzsébet of Catspirit Wood wrote:
>> Jon Lincicum wrote:
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>>> 15. We now know that pigs do exist on Dragaera. We've had hints 
>>> before, but this is the first time the word's ever been directly 
>>> used. I had often suspected they might not, in favor of Kethna.
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>> I first thought you meant the reference to "pork" in the "hunter's 
>> stew," and I think that could still have been kethna. But then I 
>> realized you probably meant "pig eatin's." I'm not sure what to think 
>> of that, as we still have no other evidence of pigs. I wonder if it 
>> could be a linguistic hold-over from pre-colonization days?
> Well, there are two explanations for "pig eatin's", I suspect.  The 
> first is that the author had to put it in, because it amused him to do 
> so.  (If you don't know the reference, you can find it on his weblog.  
> It was some time in 2007 prior to November, but I'm not sure 
> precisely.  Link to 2007's entries: 
> http://skzbrust.livejournal.com/2007/ .  I'd explain, but I wouldn't 
> do it justice.)
The original source of this was actually the March 17, 2006 entry, seen 
here:

http://skzbrust.livejournal.com/8654.html

Oh, Chica, just look what you started!

> As for the second explanation, I dare say he'll enjoy our speculating 
> about it.  Is this proof that Dragaera has pigs?  Is the author 
> translating the word as best he can, and that's what he came up with 
> from what Vlad said?  Perhaps pigs are only native to the Eastern 
> lands, and they can't survive in the land of the Elfs?
> Did Vlad just mishear what was said?
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> Just a thought. 

Well, we've known about "Wild Boars" (i.e. the one poked by the porker 
poker). Are these "pigs" in our sense of the word? Do Dragaerans raise 
them as food animals? The implication Vlad gives when trying the 
"Hunter's Stew" earlier in /Jhegaala/ (made with pork) is that boar-meat 
is tougher, and that he can tell the difference. To me, this is implying 
that pigs are food animals on Dragaera.

In any case, as Mia just correctly pointed out, pigs were mentioned way 
back in chapter 9 of /Athyra/, and I apparently just missed the 
reference. Memory like a watchacallit, and all that. I nearly think this 
answers the question definitively.

Majikjon