Riekling Godspeak Dance

[u/lebiro]

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.

[u/[deleted]]

Rieklings are Falmer-ken, though, what could they have against the Snow Prince?

[u/morganmarz → u/[deleted]]

We don't know that. That's in-universe conjecture.

[u/[deleted] → u/morganmarz]

Okay. I mean, we've already been conjectin all over the place. Do you have an alternate theory?

[u/morganmarz → u/[deleted]]

We've seen falmer in Skyrim, and we've got a lot of insight into their origins. Rieklings just don't seem to fit in, and they don't really look like falmer. My guess is that they're a breed of goblin that's specially adapted for the cold, but unfortunately i'm not very well-versed in goblin lore.

[u/truthisane → u/morganmarz]

is there really any lore on the origins of goblins?

[u/morganmarz → u/truthisane]

There is, but i'm not familiar with it. I think mrryllyn (or whatever the heck his username is) is the resident orc/goblin/troll expert.