Klingonized human history...
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Klingonized human history...
I was thinking about the Klingons stealing Hamlet, Gengis Khan etc. and claiming them as their own. Is it possible that in a simular sense to the Holy Roman empire, that the Klingons simply "Converted" human historical and fictional works into Klingon one, much as the Christian church "Christianized" existing legends and Holidays?
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I think the real question is why, are they so lacking in their own cultureal icons?The Yosemite Bear wrote:I was thinking about the Klingons stealing Hamlet, Gengis Khan etc. and claiming them as their own. Is it possible that in a simular sense to the Holy Roman empire, that the Klingons simply "Converted" human historical and fictional works into Klingon one, much as the Christian church "Christianized" existing legends and Holidays?
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Re: Klingonized human history...
I think so. They did tend to act like the Soviet Union for many years and could've wipped out a lot of their history.Kitsune wrote:I think the real question is why, are they so lacking in their own cultureal icons?The Yosemite Bear wrote:I was thinking about the Klingons stealing Hamlet, Gengis Khan etc. and claiming them as their own. Is it possible that in a simular sense to the Holy Roman empire, that the Klingons simply "Converted" human historical and fictional works into Klingon one, much as the Christian church "Christianized" existing legends and Holidays?
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No, they tried to save as much of humans glorious past, which the Federation tried to forget.
Or the Klingons were simply mocking them in a "look at your history and don´t dare to claim you are better than us"-fashion.
Or the Klingons were simply mocking them in a "look at your history and don´t dare to claim you are better than us"-fashion.
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Actually, we know more about Klingon mythology than the worship of Kahless.Equinox2003 wrote:I think they were probably lacking for thier own history, legends and
so on. Other than Kahless, there does not seem to be any pure
Klingon legend/mythology. None that I ever heard of anyway.
They believe in Heaven and Hell, although they call it Stovokor and Gre'thor, respectively. (The Klingon counterpart to Hell, Gre'thor is also guarded by a demonic beast called the Fek'lhr)
I also recall reading that the Klingons believe that they once had gods, but that these gods were killed by their own worshippers!!
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Of course!! Th Klingon afterlife, I saw a Voyager about that.
Be'Lanna was in and out of there for that whole episode.
Still, even with that, there is not much in the way of Klingon
legends/mythology.
I also read about them the non cannon book Kahless. It gave a
first hand account of the events the mythos of Kahless is based on,
the base of what appears to be the only religion the Klingons have.
If you have heard of a Klingon religion other than the Kahless based
stuff, post it.
Be'Lanna was in and out of there for that whole episode.
Still, even with that, there is not much in the way of Klingon
legends/mythology.
I also read about them the non cannon book Kahless. It gave a
first hand account of the events the mythos of Kahless is based on,
the base of what appears to be the only religion the Klingons have.
If you have heard of a Klingon religion other than the Kahless based
stuff, post it.