RE: Can Someone Help Me Find this Word?
February 15, 2017 at 3:04 pm
(This post was last modified: February 15, 2017 at 3:05 pm by Jesster.)
(February 15, 2017 at 3:02 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: Ye thanks. The word is geas. Now I have to think. The word appears to be Irish. So would it throw my readers off to have an African grisha lay a geas on someone?
I think it's fine. The word is Irish, but the concept is not theirs alone. Plenty of cultures have myths for things like curses, prophecies, etc. It's used loosely in fantasy stories anyway, as you said before.