A lot of the things in these books are just odd descriptions of common world things and legends.

 

Example: Razor -- Zebra

Drakgar -- vampire

grey men - zombies

Elayne and Nynaeve conjour up a unicorn while in TAR (a horse with a single horn on it's head)

12 trolloc clans include Deamons, Devils, efreeti, Genies (djinni), etc...

 

 

Noal (aka Jain) Charin tells stories from Shara about giants with bellies on their faces.

 

I cannot seem to figure out what real world legend these are based on. Any Ideas?

Rj stated that razors were not zebras. As for the giants, its been suggested that this is twistings of stories about nym.

Well, this is a monster with its face on its belly..

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xing_Tian

 

Also, see this:

 

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

 

I think something like that turned up in a 'Real Ghostbusters' episode.

Edited October 12, 201114 yr by FarShainMael

Rj stated that razors were not zebras. As for the giants, its been suggested that this is twistings of stories about nym.

 

So what are they then? The razors I mean. Some cross breed between zebras and horses? Or does Randland have a breed of horse not present in our world? Or was the answer never given and I'm just needlessly bothering you?

 

 

Also, see this:

 

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

 

I think something like that turned up in a 'Real Ghostbusters' episode.

 

IT'S A GIANT BELLY MOUTHED SLUG!!!!!!

Edited October 12, 201114 yr by Master Ablar

I think RJ said the razor was a paint horse?

A razor is just a horse breed, one that happens to be pinto/piebald/painted.

 

A lot of the things in these books are just odd descriptions of common world things and legends.

 

Example: Razor -- Zebra

Drakgar -- vampire

grey men - zombies

Elayne and Nynaeve conjour up a unicorn while in TAR (a horse with a single horn on it's head)

12 trolloc clans include Deamons, Devils, efreeti, Genies (djinni), etc...

 

 

Noal (aka Jain) Charin tells stories from Shara about giants with bellies on their faces.

 

I cannot seem to figure out what real world legend these are based on. Any Ideas?

 

Grey Men--Zombies? Don't really see that one...

Grey Men, = NINJA'S!

Yeah, the Zomaran remind me more of zombies, and the terms themselves are also more similar.

Was it Marco Polo, Magellan, Mungo Park or Pliny that mentioned a tale with people that had faces in their bellies? I think thats just it. A lot of real world stuff has been digested and regurgitated into The Wheel of Time books.