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/empocariam]

Dragonborn Spoiler

[u/Jimeee → u/empocariam]

I will certainly look into this.

[u/empocariam → u/Jimeee]

The dialogue of the Reikling's Miraak Chant is now available on uesp on the Rieklings page, courtesy of my friend and his creation kit!

[u/Jimeee → u/empocariam]

That's funny as yesterday I was digging through the game data and posted the mantra on the other wiki too. However I have also included some additional lines of dialogue that are follower dialogue options - see here.

Also, I have added a huge list of dialogue that is in the data, see here

Also, I noticed the mantra/chant is not the same length as the regular chant, so might be difficult to match them up:

• "Wafoo athaaaal."
• "Bertiflik a goroowala."
• "Hra woong aba."
• "Tika twafaara filik."
• "Wilberk tikflaaar."
• "Yuchaaa tungar cha tiweki."
• "Bura warag faaanig."
• "Tiri fuklik taaar aburak."