Maericiak {may-REE-see-ak}
numinous and mythological figure of khoyyohk
An essential figure in the cosmology for many on khoyyohk for many years.
Some of this name's records seem to go back some several millenia, farther even than the remnants of records we have from those ancient peoples claimed by this planet's great cataclysm. Maericiak is a being (or very possibly beings) known to transform with the times, often drastically, to reflect the needs and dreams of the humes of khoyyohk.
This is a character of ritual, legend, cautionary tale, inspirational story, focus of art, way of life - Maericiahk's forms are myriad, and it is mysterious to most of the rest of us just how those humes really see or feel the presence of this Being. Or, for that matter, what they deeply know - or believe - Maericiahk to be. Or, indeed, their answers to these same questions in regards to to any of the Beings and characters in their long-lived and proudly mercurial cosmogeny.
The famous aphorism 'even glass can flow' is attributed to Maericiak, one of many wisdoms emergent from the local natural world that have long guided the khoyyohk. As Maericiak's reality and/or historicity is otherwise an open question in terms of technically and officially and all that, the phrase is generally attributed to the classic identity of 'ancient anonymous'.
Because this character has been alive in mythology for so long, and through many transformations besides, it's worth knowing some of the other names he has been given; they include Kriam-Sar, Kiirr, kiirriik, Trism, rasmirikira, Old Maer, Young Maerik, kiln, Mister Anneal, and The Shimmer Traveler.
Maggmocean {mag-MOW-shin}
mythic figure of the planet Noma
A magmatic crone character, who births chaotic prima materia and exudes steams of moods and effects in order to outvent an overheatable heart and choleric temperature-ment.
Noma's arts have conjured a whole cast of alternate forms for the bodies of water that make up their planet, fitting these forms to characters and fitting those characters to stories to remember the relationships, effects, locations, and mysteries of the waters. This name and character capture a particular current pocket of Noma's southwestern ocean, one created by undersea vents and ancient volcanoes who still express themselves some degree of now and then.
While a superfluity of characters and identities have come to be over the years, and the most enduring and malleable favorites eventually became clear. Creations from the entire span of Noma history now co-exist in the pantheon of their mythology.
Maggmocean is a name derived from one of these manifestory characters, whose presence became so potent that this name replaced the ocean’s earlier names.
Melliffluii {mell-IH-flew-eye}
kind of being
These beings are formed, so far as we can discern, from sound and vibration alone.
This does not mean they cannot be seen, but rather that the ways in which they might be seen shift depending on the circumstances and medium(s) of viewing.
They can internalize sound and vibration patterns with ease, and then reproduce them instantly with equal ease, which means they are invaluable keepers of sound, music, language, history, expressivities, and all sorts of storytelling - indeed, they are second only to the Trees of Rhizophora for their universal value in this essential regard - and even the most simple, abstract encounters with them somehow seem to subtly suggest the full spans and expansions of sound each one contains within.
Minda {MIN-dah}
legendary-historical Being of Loalo
A figure of yore and story renowned for their compassion, communicative contact with insects, and leadership in the early years of Loalo’s civilisation.
We are fairly confident that Minda was not legendary in the sense of being fictional from the start; but rather began as a real historical figure of flesh and blood, water and copper. Though we must say there is no direct historical evidence per se.
Whatever that early and real life may have been, Minda quickly became a character found across the Loalo psyche; one who appears in stories from the joyful to the heroic, the magical to the miraculous. The point of the many Tales of Minda is merely and totally the spirit of the thing, rather than matching any consistent outer form for the telling of these stories.
It is said that those who can discern which of Minda's many stories were true will recognise that they still are true, and so discover Mindamind:
The view that kindness is just the best.