The Nathii were a human cultural group in northwestern Genabackis. They were known as traders. They had also warred with the Korhivi and according to Torvald Nom, the Nathii had made the infliction of suffering an art.[1] They tended to have pale skin and black hair.[2]
Nathii sayings
- "The slower the river, the redder it runs."
- ― Nathii saying
- "Children from a dark house choose shadowed paths."
- ―Nathii folk saying
Notable Nathii
Funerary Customs
The Nathii buried their dead in wooden boxes, based on the older tradition of burying their dead within hollowed-out tree trunks. The wood represented a vessel of life born from earth that then returned to earth.[4]
Notes and references
- ↑ House of Chains, Chapter 2
- ↑ Reaper's Gale, Chapter 21, US HC p.649
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 House of Chains, Dramatis Personae
- ↑ Memories of Ice, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.619
| Humans | |
|---|---|
| Assail | Lowlanders • Yag'Quarall |
| Genabackis | Capan • Daru • Gadrobi • Genabarii • Korhivi • Nathii • Rhivi |
| Jacuruku | Adwami |
| Korel | Korelri • Mare • Theftians |
| Lether | Akrynnai • Awl† • Bolkando • Kolansii • Letherii |
| Quon Tali | Dal Honese • Falari • Geni • Hengese • Kanese • Kartoolians • Malaz Islanders • Napans • Seti • Talians • Untans • Wickans |
| Seven Cities | Dosii • Gral • Khundryl • Pardu • Semk • Tanno |
| Others | Meckros |
| Bold = Principal people of the area † = Functionally extinct | |