History: Lojbanic Mythology

Source of version: 4 (current)

The ((Lojban Creation Poem)), though perilously obscure, is thought to embody some crucial aspects of ''((lobykai))'' reality... ---- There is some carry-over from Loglan Mythology in Lojbanic Mythology, though it is not as widely known as it should be, and tends to be mentioned only by those old enough in the community to remember both. For example: !!!The four gods Loglan has four gods: *__((Jeeg))__ and __((Talen))__, who featured in an early Loglan ((Jeeg and Talen|anecdote)) *__((The god R|R))__, the Loglan equivalent of ''.y.'' (English ''er...'') *__Zipf__, after the formulator of ((Zipf's Law)) ---- The history of Lojban is already becoming shrouded in myth. If Loglan is ''purjbo'', 'old-Lojban' (or in the gismu list, ''dzejbo'', 'elder Lojban'), the Lojban that existed prior to the Great Rafsi Shift of 7/93 is already partly unintelligible (including the poembook ''((ziryroi))'' {by ((Michael Helsem))}--whose very title now means something different) & must be considered ''mijyjbo'', '((Middle Lojban))'. Here are some tales from ''lapoi pelxu ku'o trajynobli'' that pertain to the Loglan-Lojban split: *((In the Mountains)) *((In the Pit #1)) *((In the Pit #2)) ''What did "((ziryroi))" originally mean? "zirpu troci"? "zirpu rokci"?'' (''le remoi'') ---- There are also instances of mythos built up through metaphors bandied about on the ((Lojban Mailing List)): *The ((Jimbob Mythos)) was quite popular in the early 1990s. *So was the ((ckafyzda Mythos)), which motivated the first concerted effort in original Lojban writing. ---- Flora and fauna of Lojbanistan. * ''((ti'ocpi))'' * ''nalci since'' * ''le toldi poi jmive ti'u le cimni'' * ''morji ((Elephant|xanto))'' (see also ((dragon))) ---- The following near-mythical exchange occurred on WikiImprovement, in which the language was arguing with itself: * Most of the features you want are present in TWiki (http://www.twiki.org). It has user authentication, allows you to upload files and has other improvements over the traditional Wiki Model -- Lob ** I must say, signing as if you were the language (even if most people only recognize the ''jbo'' rafsi) seems rather arrogant, when most of its speakers are satisfied with this wiki. -- Lo'os