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TheWayOfKings2021 |
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You may be looking for the 2010 fantasy novel The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson.The Way of Kings is a fantasy/xenofiction novel by Louise Searl, telling the tale of a lion's life on the African savannah. |
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Scavengers Are Scum |
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Scavengers Are Scum: Inverted. The lions do not think of scavenging as any less noble than hunting. |
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Papa Wolf |
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Papa Wolf: Kachula is extremely protective of his cubs, especially the mischievous Tavu. |
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Alternate Animal Affection |
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Alternate Animal Affection: The lions rub heads to show affection. |
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Death of a Child |
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Death of a Child: Two of the cubs are killed by a rival male. |
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Covered with Scars |
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Covered with Scars: Nava has a few. Also Harathi. |
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Heinous Hyena |
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Heinous Hyena: Kachula initially thinks this way about hyenas, but upon getting to know Yar he changes his mind. |
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Bittersweet Ending |
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Bittersweet Ending: The main character and his brother both die at the end. But they have lived long, successful lives, and go to Mbingu (lion Heaven). |
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Animal Religion |
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Animal Religion: The lions worship the sun and moon as gods. They believe they created all the animals, including their original ancestor. |
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Interspecies Friendship |
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Interspecies Friendship: Kachula the lion and Yar the hyena. |
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Nature Is Not Nice |
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Nature Is Not Nice: The lions face danger on a daily basis. |
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Fantastic Racism |
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Fantastic Racism: Lions and hyenas hate each other. |
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Panthera Awesome |
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Panthera Awesome: Well, they're lions. |
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Taught to Hate |
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Taught to Hate: Lions are taught from birth to hate hyenas, with the differences between the species being emphasised. Once Kachula actually meets one for himself, he learns they aren't so different after all. |
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Meaningful Name |
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Meaningful Name: Not the character names, but those used by the lions for themselves and other species - simba, fisi, etc. They are the Swahili words for those animals. Their names for the sun and moon, Jua and Mwezi, are also Swahili. |
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You No Take Candle |
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You No Take Candle: Yar the hyena talks like this when speaking lion language. |
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Animal Talk |
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Animal Talk: Each species has its own language, but they have a few words in common, since they all originally spoke the "Ancient Tongue." Yar the hyena learns lion language. |
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Unusual Animal Alliance |
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Unusual Animal Alliance: Kachula and Yar. |
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Overly Long Name |
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Overly Long Name: Yar the hyena's full name is Yarishkanovatunkatemasukitor. |
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Rite of Passage |
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Rite of Passage: Kachula and his siblings are excited for their first hunt. It doesn't go well. |
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Big Bad |
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Big Bad: Torga. |
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Fantastic Naming Convention |
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Fantastic Naming Convention: Male lions have names ending in A or O, females in I or U. Hyenas start life with a short, one-syllable name, and add a new syllable each time they achieve something. Yar's full name is Yarishkanovatunkatemasukitor. |
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Due to the Dead |
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Due to the Dead: The lions speak a death rite for those who have died. They also say words of thanks to prey they have killed. |
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Predation Is Natural |
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Predation Is Natural: Lions have to hunt, but they respect their prey and thank each animal they kill for its sacrifice. |
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Cub Cues Protective Parent |
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Cub Cues Protective Parent: Lion cubs get into trouble and have to be rescued by their parents. |
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Creation Myth |
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Creation Myth: The lions believe the sun and moon created the world, including their original ancestor. |
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Xenofiction |
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Xenofiction: Told from the point of view of lions. |
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Animal Jingoism |
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Animal Jingoism: Lions and hyenas, as in real life, hate each other as they are direct competitors. |
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The X of Y |
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The X of Y: The Way of Kings. |
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Constantly Curious |
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Constantly Curious: Kachula when young, and later his daughter Tavu. |
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King of Beasts |
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King of Beasts: The lions tell a folk tale about how their original ancestor became King of Beasts. |
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