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Post by GT on Jan 21, 2021 20:35:54 GMT -5
...At least, I think... Type in "obox in mayan" on google. It means "mushroom/fungi" "-ob" is a mayan ending that denotes a plural. So basically, "the many/multi fungi". Maybe some kin of Zuggtmoy's?? I never did adopt the post-Gary "Lord of Vermin" thing... there was usually an anagram or mythological basis for his names... [to wit: "Yeenoghou"==hYENA GHOUl]
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Post by Scott on Jan 21, 2021 23:30:41 GMT -5
This better not be another drive by post, and then you’re MIA for another two years.
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Post by GT on Jan 22, 2021 0:58:33 GMT -5
OK... Here's another bit. The Mayans called the gods "Bacab"... rather similar to Boccob! A nod to "magic mushrooms" from the halcyon formative days of D&D? I once asked Gary where Obox-ob came from, and he changed the subject. It's all starting to make sense...
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Post by GRWelsh on Jan 22, 2021 8:02:25 GMT -5
"Who's there?"
"Ye Know Who!"
"Who?"
"Ye Know Who!"
"No we don't! That's why we keep asking."
"My name IS Ye Know Who!"
"Why don't you just say it?"
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Post by GT on Jan 22, 2021 12:07:35 GMT -5
"Ye Gnoll Who"? ^__^
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Post by geneweigel on Jan 22, 2021 13:20:16 GMT -5
That sounds good.
Gary had a library that he had lost so it could be.
As for "Boccob", look up "Jacob" from the Bible and all the weird mystic material generated from his name and him returning to Israel across the "Jabbok" river. There is a lot of wordplay they did with the words in various Jewish cult material. So that is a pretty good suspect.
My old theory for Yeenoghu is "Dunsany" (Gnole creator) written out sloppily then read backwards. "YNasnUD" appearing as "YNOGHUD" then given a clean up to sound spookier.
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