thread: 2006-03-09 : Those things in The Dragon Killer
On 2006-03-09, Julie, aka jrs wrote:
For the worldthingies, I instantly thought of "motif"—as in Stith Thompson's index of folk tale motifs. I also like Clinton's suggestion for "mask".
I don't know enough about the peoplethingies to offer a suggestion. "Realm" seems static, but could be exactly right.
