Can Someone Help Me Find this Word?

[Rhondazvous]

Rhonda, I don't know if it'll help with your writing or not, but a geas can also take the from of an obligation that can create a conflict for your character.  By way of example, the Irish myth figure Cuchulain laboured under multiple geasa.  He was forbidden to eat the flesh of a dog, but was also obligated to never refuse a feast.  When the baddies invited him to a feast at which boiled dog was served, it caused him no end of trouble.

Boru

I imagine it did. And to add insult to injury, they were playing Another One Bites the Dust on the bagpipes.

[The Grand Nudger]

I like that story. Is it from Nigeria, the Ife tradition.   I mistyped up above. It should say Orisa. Esu, Oya and Shango are prominent in this novel. But it's not an ex dous machine.

It's likely to be either Ife or Ashanti.  I can't recall which.  I can't even remember the names, so I can't find it on google, lol.
(there are a ton of stories about the man and his wife, too, I'll keep thinking about it, try and find it for you.)

[AFTT47]

Rhonda, I don't know if it'll help with your writing or not, but a geas can also take the from of an obligation that can create a conflict for your character.  By way of example, the Irish myth figure Cuchulain laboured under multiple geasa.  He was forbidden to eat the flesh of a dog, but was also obligated to never refuse a feast.  When the baddies invited him to a feast at which boiled dog was served, it caused him no end of trouble.

Boru

I imagine it did. And to add insult to injury, they were playing Another One Bites the Dust on the bagpipes.

Now that's a vivid image.

[Rhondazvous]

I imagine it did. And to add insult to injury, they were playing Another One Bites the Dust on the bagpipes.

Now that's a vivid image.

My tagline as a writer is "The writer who paints pictures with words."

[Edwardo Piet]

Geas?

It's spelt B-O-O-B-I-E-S and it's pronounced DEE-LISH-US.

Sorry I couldn't give a more serious answer but the answer had already been given, lol.

[Rhondazvous]

Geas?

It's spelt B-O-O-B-I-E-S and it's pronounced DEE-LISH-US.

Sorry I couldn't give a more serious answer but the answer had already been given, lol.

I think that's about as close to serious as you're likely to get.

[HairyCyclist]

Deleted...Wrong thread.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Faux Latin, ala J. K. Rowling, is handy for made-up words. I grew suspicious of one collection of ... odd ... words in a book and on investigation I found they were actually parts of the human body.

[Pat Mustard]

I think the word you are looking for is "geas"

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Geas

And it's definitely not a species of flying bird.

The géas is from Irish mythology, an obligation placed on a person from birth by fate which, if broken, leads to a bad fate for the person.

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Rhonda, I don't know if it'll help with your writing or not, but a geas can also take the from of an obligation that can create a conflict for your character.  By way of example, the Irish myth figure Cuchulain laboured under multiple geasa.  He was forbidden to eat the flesh of a dog, but was also obligated to never refuse a feast.  When the baddies invited him to a feast at which boiled dog was served, it caused him no end of trouble.

Boru

I imagine it did. And to add insult to injury, they were playing Another One Bites the Dust on the bagpipes.

You shoupd read, or better yet listen to, The Táin.

[Rhondazvous]

Faux Latin, ala J. K. Rowling, is handy for made-up words. I grew suspicious of one collection of ... odd ... words in a book and on investigation I found they were actually parts of the human body.

Someone was trying to be anatomically creative.