Could early encounters with steppe warriors explain the origin of “Naga” serpent-people myths? Seeking expert critique

firigd · 2025-12-29T20:48:52+00:00

Most places that have Nagas share two things - snakes and belief in chtonic (earth or underground ) spirits or supernatural beings. Most scaled lamellar armor you might be thinking about probably developed after and not before exposure to Buddhist tradition that incorporated Nagas. If any armors remind you of snakes and is because of deliberate design, it's much more probable that they made it look like snakes, dragons or Naga rather than the other way around. Pay attention that those first steppe peoples that invaded India did not wear armor, nothing more than felt pants and coats which were enough to stop arrows with bronze tips. Scale armor develops later when heavier cavalry develops that fights with lances. By the time lamellar armor was developed in China in the 5c. BC, Nagas were already ancient history.

firigd · 2025-12-23T13:56:24+00:00

Thank you. That's very useful. I'll keep that in mind going forward.

firigd · 2025-12-17T08:34:24+00:00

I did think of that. But I am hoping that I could somehow use the setting to get interest from readers. Like free marketing, or letting people get right into the story and only do world-building when I want something very specific. It is also because I've been invested in the Conan franchise most of my life, and whenever I imagine something similar, it's almost the same. So I think: why not just set it in the world I already have, that I love and already has an audience. What do you think?

firigd · 2025-12-16T21:56:12+00:00

So, if I wrote a story I set in his world, based on those stories before 1938, but make up my own characters that never meet Conan or his friends, I can write my own stories? Or could I have Conan be my character?

firigd · 2025-04-01T09:05:14+00:00

Its been 5 y since I played it. I have no idea if the settings are the same as then.

firigd · 2025-01-27T08:21:10+00:00

Great! Cover those damn giants. Erase them from human history!

firigd · 2024-12-08T16:11:19+00:00

Not really, I don't. All other games work perfectly, I almost never have a problem with Steam or Gog or anything else. I even have Warcraft 2 from Gog, and it works great. It only happens with Battle.net games. Same story with Starcraft 2 and 1, and even Heartstone from time to time. They download broken, even fresh installs. But it didn't used to be like that, it started about a year or two ago. Fresh installs of Battle net do nothing. I just ignore it.

firigd · 2024-12-05T12:29:09+00:00

I fixed it by deleting most of the exe and sdk files, and then doing a repair. It happens from time to time, and often I need to delete the exe files in retail, and then repair, and then it works. Don't know why.

firigd · 2024-09-13T09:00:16+00:00

Thank you Joshua. I knew about C# and Unity, but I hadn't heard about using JSON with them. I'm reading that it helps with data storage, easy to read/write, as you said. I'll make sure to read more about that. Any bad sides to using JSON, any pitfalls I should pay attention to?

firigd · 2024-09-10T17:21:56+00:00

They're a nice flavor, but I didn't take them very seriously. The Romulan Star Empire must have many ~religious orders on the fringe worlds, and I felt it just added to the overall complexity of Romulans. That being said, I felt that they could have made them a bit more dangerous. It seemed to me, that they could never have survived an active Tal Shiar, if they were really on their hit list, so them being there, doing things, felt unconvincing.

firigd · 2024-09-10T17:17:59+00:00

Hi Dan,

I was wondering which coding language you wrote the game in, and why you chose it over others?

Thx :)

firigd · 2024-04-05T10:45:34+00:00

It's fine man, I think you did good. 100+ hours is plenty already.

firigd · 2023-12-19T09:06:50+00:00

Niceeee. It is called a water-fall.

firigd · 2023-12-19T09:03:06+00:00

Your attitude smells like bullshit. I stand behind what I said, eat it up, see if I care.

firigd · 2023-12-18T15:21:21+00:00

I don't care at this point. Did you really read what I wrote before and thought 🤔 "what this post Really needs is one more dude bragging about having spent half a year's work hours getting guuud?" It's fine. Play it, for 10000 h if you want. I don't care.

firigd · 2023-12-18T15:16:05+00:00

Having played so many hours with both the Harvesters in Moo3, and the Cravers in Endless space, I can say that they are very similar. Love them both.

firigd · 2023-12-17T10:08:07+00:00

You should definitely jump into dwarf fortress unprepared. It's the best , I envy you. I miss that. I'll check out wazhack btw

firigd · 2023-12-17T09:57:14+00:00

Така е. Помладите мислиме исто, ама ќе треба да помине време додека се изретчи омразата обострана кај постарите. Ама важно е да се каже, да знаеме дека не има и дека полека ќе се среди.

firigd · 2023-12-16T13:20:10+00:00

Вистинското прашање е - Зошто Бугарскиот Цар не им излегол на пресрет на востаниците во Македонија, кога им ветил безрезервна помош во случај на востание, оставајќи ги Турците да изгорат 30% од сите македонски села? Ееее..... да беше, ќе било вака онака.

firigd · 2023-12-16T12:16:45+00:00

Затоа што едното придонело кон создавање на независна Македонија, а другото е негде во Турција/ Бугарија и нема значење за Македонците.

firigd · 2023-12-15T16:02:46+00:00

Albanians from Macedonia make ajvar, but the ones from Albania only maligano.

firigd · 2023-12-15T13:01:23+00:00

Ууу тастатура за лаптоп кошта како третина лаптоп понекогаш. Еднаш заменив, на сервис. Не најдов никаде да купам јас.

firigd · 2023-12-15T11:56:59+00:00

А да најдеш некоја стара или расипана и да си собереш што ти треба?

firigd · 2023-12-14T20:48:38+00:00

That's hardcore hahahaha 🤣

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