Questions tagged [tribes]
For questions about groups of people of similar culture, usually with a recognised leader.
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Why would yellow be considered a manly colour? [closed]
I am writing a story that is set in the Fourth World (metaphor meaning uncontracted people, hunter-gatherers, nomads, pastoral peoples, and some subsistence farming peoples, and sub-populations from ...
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human version of hermit crabs
I have some tribes of nomads that live in pretty harsh places, going around by carts or building shelter is usually not an option. They live and sleep in some kind of heavy primitive armor, I was ...
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Theoretical Evolutions of Domesticated Lions
So in my fictional universe there is a collection of tribes which, over the millennia, domesticated a closely related ancestor to modern day lions, much like how humans domesticated closely related ...
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What systems would be needed to keep two halves of a spaceship viable for humans?
A large space colony transport ship (100 colonists) set off for Europa to populate a colony recently built by drones (near future, the 2070s). The six-year flight was going well until unidentified ...
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Making Rock, Paper, Scissors fair in battle
The year is 1,000 BC
The Rock Tribe, apart from liking very loud music, makes war by throwing rocks. In close combat they can use rocks as primitive (non-handled) clubs.
The Scissors Tribe naturally ...
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Is it possible for primitive tribe of humans to live most of their lives in system of caves?
I have an idea for a society of humans who have a level of technology similar to that of the North Sentinelese Islanders: borderline stone age with maybe some ability to use metal. The population can ...
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How Would A Tribal Chiefdom Govern a Colossal Land Area?
In the book series I'm currently working on, there's an archipelago around the size of Australia that is headed by a single tribal chief in the capital city of Jubenar. The archipelago is very ...
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Is it possible for the tribe to ignore useful technology?
I'm worlbuilding a low fantasy inspired by the dark ages something like 6th to 9th century in our world. The geography is completely different with one supercontinent containing almost all the ...
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How can human and orcish tribes cooexist on the steppe?
In my world the south of the mountains is the crumbling empire, here orcs where driven out long ago, apart from a few mercenary bands and such.
North of the mountain is the steppe, this grasland is ...
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How to Advance Barbaric Tribes [closed]
In a world full of barbaric tribes, there lives a small gathering of advanced sages. Their hearts are full of knowledge and benevolence for all living beings. They can advance human being to the ...
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Why is burial important?
I have a primitive tribal group that lives deep in the woods and has a deep spiritual connection with nature. I've come to the part about how they treat the dead, and looking at historical examples of ...
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Giant Sentient Spiders Tribal Warfare
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The Planet of Tarachs. Compared to Earth, it has lower gravity, higher oxygen percentage in the air and overall warmer climate. This resulted in higher forests, more flying species and ...
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What is the maximum size of a tribe living off of one whale per year?
A small village of ice miners has popped up in the Northern Territory. They are a mix of southern workers who integrated with the native tribes. The group subsists on the meat of a single humpback ...
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Can tribal humans survive in a world with dinosaurs [closed]
So I want to write a novel set in a primal world with Dinosaurs. The humans live in tribes with stone tools. Unfortunately, I am not sure if they can survive at all in such a setting.
is it possible ...
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Why would the tribes choose herding instead of agriculture in the Great Plains?
So, in my story, the entire world has just gone to absolute crap. The largest war in human history, WW3 in October 1962, has just caused destruction in most of the United States, the Soviet Union, ...
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