🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Tue, Apr 14, 2020 05:41 PM UTC:
So, Ancaa (or Anqa) is not really another word for Gryphon (or Eagle for that matter), but a mythological creature with no parallel to a mythological creature known to English speakers. This would make sense, given that mythological creatures are made up, and different cultures are unlikely to have the same ones. It's sort of like translating the Korean Gumiho (nine-tailed fox) as a werewolf or the Japanese Oni as a demon. In that case, I don't object to using each name for a different piece. It's just a bit awkward that Betza lifted the name from the Spanish name of a piece he was using the English name for with the description given for it.
So, Ancaa (or Anqa) is not really another word for Gryphon (or Eagle for that matter), but a mythological creature with no parallel to a mythological creature known to English speakers. This would make sense, given that mythological creatures are made up, and different cultures are unlikely to have the same ones. It's sort of like translating the Korean Gumiho (nine-tailed fox) as a werewolf or the Japanese Oni as a demon. In that case, I don't object to using each name for a different piece. It's just a bit awkward that Betza lifted the name from the Spanish name of a piece he was using the English name for with the description given for it.