MUD ponders on the God of Deceit
I was doing some research on Hyena’s for my MUD, and I was reading through the Wikipedia article which had some interesting facts I wasn’t aware of.
I was originally look at the Hyena as a pet to the God Murelu, who is our God of Deceit, Revelry, and Trickery. He created the Felarae which is a cat/human conglomeration. I wanted two hyena’s chained to his throne, as well as having several domestic cats like the Ancient Egyptians which would be considered a sacred animal. Also since hyena’s are known to sound like they are laughing, are very intelligent hunters, and seem to be more cat-like than dog-like, I thought they’d be suitable as a “pet” for the God of Revelry.
“Hyenas are also highly intelligent predators, even more intelligent than the lions (some scientists claim they are of equal intelligence to certain apes). One indication of hyena intelligence is that hyenas will move their kills closer to each other to protect them from scavengers; another indication is their strategic hunting methods.”
Whether they are more closely related to dogs or cats, no one seems to know for sure. They seem to be more closely related to the mongoose than anything. I figure if they are closer to dogs, it would be fitting for the God who created the Felarae to want them as his pet or slave. If they are more closely related to cats, then like domestic felines, they are another sacred being to the God Murelu himself.
As stated by zoo.org
“Many researchers consider hyenas the evolutionary ‘link’ between dogs and cats but more closely related to cats.”
One of his totems is already a snake, for obvious reasons being the God of Deceit, I think hyenas will fit in well.
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One Response to “MUD ponders on the God of Deceit”
February 28th, 2006 at 2:17 am
I was watching National geographic channel the other day and it was all about the constant battle between lions and hyenas. Anyway all hyenas genitalia looks male. Females have these long penis looking things its weird the show only talked about it for a minute. For the rest of the show I kept an eye out for them.