Post by RAiNfiRE on Feb 5, 2009 22:43:50 GMT -5
Glossary
A glossary of terms used in the Warriors books.
Catspeak: Humanspeak
Clan: a group of cats, following the Warrior Code, one of the four (ThunderClan, RiverClan, ShadowClan, WindClan)
Crow-food: rotting food
Fox dung: an insult; stronger offense than mouse-brain
Fresh-kill: recently killed prey
Gathering: a meeting that the Clans hold in peace at every full moon
Greencough: severe chest infection, which can be fatal in elders and young kits
Greenleaf: summer
Greenleaf Twolegplace: a place where humans visit only in the summer (a campsite, ect.)
Halfbridge: a dock
Half-moon: Two weeks
Horseplace: fields and stables near the lake where half-tamed cats live
Housefolk: a house cat's word for its humans
Kittypet: a house cat
Leaf-bare: winter
Leaf-fall: autumn/fall
Loner: cat that lives peacefully on its own in one place but doesn't defend its territory
Monster: usually refers to human machines such as cars and bulldozers
Moonhigh: the time of night when the moon is at its highest--often midnight
Mouse-brained: not very smart
Mouse-dung: an insult; stronger than mouse-brain, but less offensive than fox dung
Newleaf: spring
Nofurs: another word for humans
One moon: one month
Quarter-moon: One week
Rogue: a potentially hostile cat who lives outside the Clans and never spends too long in one place
Sharing tongues: term used to describe cats grooming each other
Silverpelt: the Milky Way
Sun-drown-place: the sea to the west, where the sun sets
Tribe of Rushing Water: a Tribe of cats that live in the mountains north-west of the Clan's first forest
Edited from glossary in Secrets of the Clans.
A glossary of terms used in the Warriors books.
Catspeak: Humanspeak
Clan: a group of cats, following the Warrior Code, one of the four (ThunderClan, RiverClan, ShadowClan, WindClan)
Crow-food: rotting food
Fox dung: an insult; stronger offense than mouse-brain
Fresh-kill: recently killed prey
Gathering: a meeting that the Clans hold in peace at every full moon
Greencough: severe chest infection, which can be fatal in elders and young kits
Greenleaf: summer
Greenleaf Twolegplace: a place where humans visit only in the summer (a campsite, ect.)
Halfbridge: a dock
Half-moon: Two weeks
Horseplace: fields and stables near the lake where half-tamed cats live
Housefolk: a house cat's word for its humans
Kittypet: a house cat
Leaf-bare: winter
Leaf-fall: autumn/fall
Loner: cat that lives peacefully on its own in one place but doesn't defend its territory
Monster: usually refers to human machines such as cars and bulldozers
Moonhigh: the time of night when the moon is at its highest--often midnight
Mouse-brained: not very smart
Mouse-dung: an insult; stronger than mouse-brain, but less offensive than fox dung
Newleaf: spring
Nofurs: another word for humans
One moon: one month
Quarter-moon: One week
Rogue: a potentially hostile cat who lives outside the Clans and never spends too long in one place
Sharing tongues: term used to describe cats grooming each other
Silverpelt: the Milky Way
Sun-drown-place: the sea to the west, where the sun sets
Tribe of Rushing Water: a Tribe of cats that live in the mountains north-west of the Clan's first forest
Edited from glossary in Secrets of the Clans.