tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 23 16:30:41 1996
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Re: Empty Shell
- From: Jonathan Keiser <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Empty Shell
- Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 18:58:05 -0500
>If the body is just an empty shell after death (which is true)...
>then why the Klingon mummification glyph from ST:IV? Seen during Spock's
>memory/IQ tests on Vulcan after his rebirth...
>Has this already been posted? If so where/When? Any Ideas?
>Qapla'
More ideas:
If there was a period in Klingon history (pre-imperial) which used a
mummification glyph this would indicate two things:
1. Klingons at some point prepared the dead (could sitting with the dead in
DS9's "The Ship" be related to some residual ritual?)
2. The use of this one glyph could not be unique, therefore perhaps the
Klingons used some form of hieroglyphics prior to the use of pIqaD. Perhaps
pIqaD is a derivative of these glyphs...perhaps a history of the Klingon
writing system is in order?
Qapla'