Australian author Trudi Canavan is known for renaming real-life creatures as well as inventing ones similar but not identical to existing ones. Below is a list of common creatures in Canavan's popular fantasy world, Kyralia.
*aga moth: pest that eat clothing *anyi: sea mammal with small spines *ceryni: small rat-like rodent (corresponds approximately to mouse) *enka: horned domestic animal, bred for meat (corresponds approximately to cattle) *eyoma: sea leech *faren: general term for arachnids *gorin: large domestic animal used for food and to haul boats and wagons (corresponds approximately to donkey) *harrel: small domestic animal bred for meat (corresponds approximately to rabbit) *inava: insect believed to bestow good luck *limek: wild predatory dog (corresponds approximately to wolf) *mullook: wild nocturnal bird (corresponds approximately to owl) *rassook: domestic bird used for meat and feathers (corresponds approximately to chicken) *ravi: rodent, larger than ceryni (corresponds approximately to rat) *reber: domestic animal, bred for wool and meat (corresponds approximately to sheep) *sapfly: woodland insect *sevli: poisonous lizard *squimp: squirrel-like creature that steals food *yeel: small domesticated breed of Limek used for tracking (corresponds approximately to dog) *zill: small, intelligent mammal sometimes kept as a pet (corresponds approximately to cat)
|