[MUD-Dev] Non-traditional monsters?

[Nathan F. Yospe]

Jack Britt <mud at experimentzero.org> said:

> So the concepts for our MUD are coming along quite nicely. Thanks
> to everyone on this list who's given us suggestions.

> One thing that I want to do is to have non-traditional monsters
> for our game. While orcs, goblins and dragons will definitely be
> featured, I'd like to pull things from other cultures. If I have
> an area of my MUD that has a Polynesian theme, I'd like to
> incorporate things from Pacific Islander mythology in it.

> Does anyone have some leads on where I can find such things?

Well, there's me...

If you want collected legends and mythologies, you could look for
books from The University of Hawai'i Press.  They have a purchase
point web page <http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu>, which allows some
decent searches.

Albert Wendt is a good source for Samoan legends, and there's one
children's book called Tala o le Vavau that's also worth a look.

Vivian L. Thompson has written a few books retelling mythologies,
and a couple retelling semi-historical folklore.

My dad's an anthropologist, and growing up in Hawai'i, in regions of
the islands far from the main cities, I know many of the tales by
heart.  Some in Hawai'ian, in the chanted form, even.

--

Nathan F. Yospe -  Programmer, Scientist, Artist, JOAT with a SAK
yospe#kanga.nu   Home: nathanfyospe#mac.com  Work: nyospe#a2i.com



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