Siavahda
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Matt Weber:
Why do people call the dragons 'it' in Streets of Flame? And why does that change sometimes? Zaya usually says 'it' for all dragons, but sometimes uses 'he' and 'she' for Bandit as well. Cer uses 'she' for Bandit. The Visitor's Guide uses 'it'. Are the dragons hermaphrodites maybe?
Matt Weber
The different cultures in Yemareir have slightly different conventions w/r/t pronouns, for dragons and also babies and priests.
... I don't want to box myself in too much with a Goodreads answer, so pls heavily salt the canonicity of this response, but some of this has to do with the special place of dragons in the culture of Old Mlinivoun (where the Mrineen of Yemareir emigrated from). They're revered, held separate from and superior to humans, and so they get their own designation. The Ililue, on the other hand, live with dragons as kinda normal animals, and will call a dragon "he" or "she" just like they would with a rooster or a cow.
As to whether dragons are hermaphrodites -- their bodies are canonically unusually adaptable, so it's a possibility. :D
... I don't want to box myself in too much with a Goodreads answer, so pls heavily salt the canonicity of this response, but some of this has to do with the special place of dragons in the culture of Old Mlinivoun (where the Mrineen of Yemareir emigrated from). They're revered, held separate from and superior to humans, and so they get their own designation. The Ililue, on the other hand, live with dragons as kinda normal animals, and will call a dragon "he" or "she" just like they would with a rooster or a cow.
As to whether dragons are hermaphrodites -- their bodies are canonically unusually adaptable, so it's a possibility. :D
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