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====Funerary culture==== | ====Funerary culture==== | ||
====Ghosts==== | ====Ghosts==== | ||
===Lore=== | |||
The Kir canon of lore draws from a native base shared in common with other Kironic peoples, the Imperial-Classical canon, and Postclassical folklore that developed later in history. Kir traditional narratives, oral literature, and cultural classics encode core elements of intangible Kirish culture, such as their cosmovision, history, basis of customary law and other social norms, and value system, as well as a rich body of knowledge about their natural and cultivated surroundings, and transmit this knowledge from one generation to another. In addition to cohesive narratives, the Kir maintain a large body of more concise proverbs and adages that serve a similar purpose as cultural watchwords. | |||
===Timespace=== | ===Timespace=== | ||
Like other Coscivian peoples, the Kir conceptualise time in spatial terms and generally do not view time as an independent natural force or a linear progression, much less a currency-like expendable resource as Ænglo-Gothic cultures do, but rather as a rotating series of subdivisible compartments. As such, the Kir do not speak of 'making time' for something, but they can 'carve [it] out'. Time is not 'spent', but rather 'filled', and not 'wasted' but rather 'hollowed' or 'stuffed', depending on the context. | |||
Traditional Kir timekeeping divides the day into four quarters, each of which is subdivided into five ''marr'' for a total of 20 ''marr'' in a day. Each ''marr'' in turn comprises 20 ''þórr'' (3.6 minutes). Although most modern Kir are familiar with the Occidental 24-hour clock, which is used in parallel for many business purposes (as well as in scientific-technical contexts and the military), most schedules in Kiravic-speaking regions are still set according to the quarter-''marr''-''þórr'' clock, including for civil purposes. | |||
===Material culture=== | ===Material culture=== | ||