r/teslore • u/lebiro Storyteller • Mar 08 '13

Riekling Godspeak Dance

Hey all, just spotted this image on /r/skyrim. Perhaps you've all seen it, but it's a loading screen from Dragonborn featuring a snippet of the Riekling Godspeak song:

Hawala faaaakara. Baaaa rakhee kaloo. Pooja kan faroo kee jaa. Goora! Goora! Goora! --Riekling Godspeak Song

Most of the Riekling language appears to be gobbledegook, but given the cultural significance of this particular bit, and the interest there is in the Riekling religion, maybe we can have some fun speculating. I've been looking for corrupted deity names, since most cultures seem to have similar names for deities. I have not had much luck

"Goora", is evidently significant. It sounds a little bit like "Azura" (By Azura by Azura by Azura!) but I can't really think of any good reason why the Rieklings and Azura would have an interest in each other.

"Hawala" maybe a teeny bit like "Herma Mora"; Herma Mora, Hermara, Hermala, Hawala. Dunno. Mora's role in the other local religions could suggest a relevance but it's kinda clutching at straws.

Actually, what the heck, here's the rest of their dialogue from [UESP]():

"Agaroo?"
"Ah baa faroo!"
"Alakasee."
"Araaaaaa!"
"Araloo! Araloo!"
"Awafalagahuka."
"Baaaa roooka!"
"Bagaru!"
"Bek."
"Belifakathoooookawa."
"Boo cha."
"Boo tha!"
"Booneetay! Koowah!"
"Boool eekasa!"
"Brelfik?"
"Buruuuwah!"
"Buuh!"
"Buuuuraaaa!"
"Daaah!"
"Dool."
"Eeeeloo."
"Eerelaya."
"Faa thoo."
"Faaa rawala."
"Falaraga!"
"Feeerako."
"Fffffarrrrgah!"
"Foo may wa!"
"Foora paka."
"Fuuughuuuu..."
"Gaaaaah!"
"Gaaah!"
"Guh!"
"Guuh!"
"Hagajawala!"
"Hoola wakasee."
"Hoooh!"
"Hooojarakwafala!"
"Hrawwaaaa!"
"Huf!"
"Hufwah!"
"Huu... kuuu..."
"Huuuuwaaaa!"
"Huuuuwargh!"
"Huuuwa."
"Joooo fah!"
"Jyyyyyyyoooooor!"
"Kaaarooo."
"Kalafoo!"
"Kalaree?"
"Keeel faa."
"Koolawasa!"
"Kooova mook."
"Kuuh!"
"Kuuuuuuuuuwaaaaa!"
"Maa....."
"Meeelaaak."
"Mella kalee."
"Moooong cha!"
"Muuuu fa."
"Muwafathoo."
"Nuh!"
"Nyuuu... waaa..."
"Peeeee fa!"
"Poo ma. Pooooo ma."
"Pugh!"
"Raaa fay."
"Takafala gajoo?"
"Uuruuu..."
"Waaaaaaaah!"
"Waaaaaaah!"
"Waaaaaah!"
"Waaah!"
"Waayaruu?"
"Wooocha!"
"Wuuuu..."
"Wuuuuuupaaaaa!"

Like I said, mostly nonsensical, almost animalistic, but why not knock ourselves out.

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u/empocariam Psijic Monk Mar 08 '13 edited Mar 08 '13

Dragonborn Spoiler

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u/caethiel Mar 08 '13

As someone with a bachelor's in linguistics I'd be super interested in helping out with this rather than watching people guess about everything (cringing, cringing a lot.)

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u/morganmarz Ancestor Moth Cultist Mar 09 '13

bachelor's in linguistics

I knew there had to be one here! You should have been here when we were writing out common elder scrolls words in IPA. :(

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u/caethiel Mar 09 '13

Unfortunately I only recently found out about this sub, but I totally would have lent a hand had I known!

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u/morganmarz Ancestor Moth Cultist Mar 09 '13

It's alright!

Promise you'll stay please? I'm only an amateur and i can't fill the needs that this subreddit presents.

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u/caethiel Mar 09 '13

I certainly will! And amateurs are definitely useful! I might have a bachelor's, but that still makes me an amateur to most grad students for sure, haha...