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Post by ;; a m b e r on Apr 1, 2009 12:28:14 GMT -5
Time/Seasons --
Leaf-bare - the season of winter
Newleaf - the season of spring
Greenleaf - the season of summer
Leaf-fall - the season of autumn
Quarter-moon - a week
Moon - a 28-day period (one full moon to another), a month
Moonhigh - 12 o'clock a.m. (midnight)
Sunrise - a day, for eg. 2 sunrises ago - 2 days ago etc.
Sunhigh - 12 o'clock p.m. (noon)
Measurement --
Rabbit length - roughly a foot (see below)
Tail length - roughly a foot
Mouse length- roughly an inch
Kitten step - less than an inch
Fox length - roughly a yard
Ranks/Names --
Leader - the cat who leads a Clan
Deputy - the cat who is second-in-command to the Clan leader, and will become leader after the current one.
Medicine cat - a cat who is trained specifically in the ways of healing, and receives messages and signs from their warrior ancestors
Warrior - a cat trained in the ways of combat; warriors defend, hunt for, and fight for their Clan, and are the life-blood of the whole clan. They are toms + she cats without kits.
Apprentice - a young cat aged at LEAST 6 moons who is in training to become a warrior or medicine cat, each young cat has a mentor, teaching them.
Queen - a she-cat expecting or nursing kits.
Kit - a kitten.
Elder - a retired warrior or medicine cat, which is respected by the whole clan, the apprentices feed and change the elders bedding.
Kittypet - a house cat; the term can also be used as an insult, these cats live with twolegs (humans)
Loner - a cat who is neither owned by humans or part of a Clan, are usually friendly and choose to travel alone by choice rather than force.
Rogue - another term for loner, however these cats are hostile, and are often exiled from clans to become rouges.
Twoleg - a human
Nofurs - a human
Upwalkers - a human
Twoleg-kit - a child.
Housefolk - a term usually used by kittyepets about their owners.
Workfolk - humans that usually trap/dislike cats.
Other Terms --
Fresh-kill - freshly caught prey
Crowfood - rotting, dead prey
Gathering - a meeting that the Clans hold in peace when the moon is at its fullest
Fourtrees - The place where the clans meet
Highstones - The place where leaders can get there lives and medicine cat's meet with Starclan
Silverpelt - the large swirl of stars in the sky; StarClan is represented by Silverpelt (The Milkyway)
Thunderpath - a road, more specifically, a highway
Monster - a human vehicle (cars, trucks, motorcycles, etc)
Halfbridge - a dock
Twoleg nest/dwelling - a human house
Twolegplace - a human town
Greenleaf Twolegplace - a place where humans visit only in the summer (a resort, etc)
Horseplace - a horse ranch or stables. |
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