Post by Thunderstar on Oct 15, 2006 8:44:09 GMT -5
Below are listed terms cats of the clan often use:
Leader: the cat who leads the Clan; their names always end with -star; after a trip to the Moonstone or Moonpool, they receive their nine lives and name from StarClan.
Deputy: the cat who is second-in-command to the Clan leader; the deputy is in charge of organizing patrols and hunting parties, and succeeds the leader after he/she loses all nine lives from battle or sickness. Before a cat can become Deputy, he/she must first have had an apprentice at one time or another.
Medicine cat a cat who is trained specifically in the ways of healing; receives messages from StarClan and interprets them; stands outside the rivalries between the Clans; is not allowed to take a mate or have kits; sometimes, fully trained warriors can also become an apprentice of a medicine cat
Warrior a cat (tom or she-cat without kits) trained in the ways of combat; warriors defend, hunt, and fight for their Clan; they also are in charge of training apprentices to become warriors; a warrior may only have one apprentice at a time, although they may supervise the training of apprentices lacking mentors. Their names usually end with a noun, the most popular being -claw, -fur, -tail, and -heart (i.e. Tigerclaw, Bluefur, Feathertail, and Fireheart)
Queen a she-cat expecting or nursing kits; they stay in the nursery until their kits become apprentices and then return to their warrior duties
Apprentice a cat who, at six moons old, begins training to become a warrior or medicine cat; they train daily to practice battle and hunting skils, and also care for the elders; their names always end with -paw; they become warriors when their mentor and leader feel that they are ready
Kit a kitten, not yet old enough to be an apprentice (six moons old); they are not allowed to hunt or leave the camp, they do not normally leave the nursery, however, older kits are sometimes allowed to leave the nursery; their names always end with -kit
Elder a retired warrior, deputy, or medicine cat; apprentices care for the elders
Starclan When a clan cat dies, it then becomes one with Starclan. Starclan walks with all the living cats who have faith in them, and often give messages to medicine cats and selected others through dreams or visions. But Starclan is mysterious, and are never flat-out straight forward. It often takes time and consideration to make out a vision given by Starclan. When a leader recieves his/her nine lives, nine cats of Starclan who share a special relation to the leader gives them their lives.
Prisoner a cat that is captured by members of another Clan and held within that Clan until the leader decides what to do with them
Loner a cat that lives neither with a Clan or with humans, normally used for a friendly loner
Kittypet a cat that lives with their human owners (twolegs)
Kittypet a house cat; the term can also be used as an insult.
Rogue another term for loner; used to describe hostile loners or cats exiled from their Clans
Stupid furball an teasing insult
Mouse-brain an insult; stronger than stupid furball
Mousedung an insult; stronger than mouse-brain, but less offensive than foxdung
Foxdung an insult; stronger offense than mouse-brain
Sharing tougues term used to describe cats grooming each other
Leaf-bare the season of winter
Newleaf the season of spring
Greenleaf the season of summer
Leaf-fall the season of autumn
Moon a 28-day period (one full moon to another); a month
Moonhigh the point in time when the moon is highest in the sky; midnight
Sunhigh the point in time when the sun is highest in the sky; noon
Fresh-kill freshly caught prey
Crowfood rotting, dead prey; also used as an insult
Gathering a meeting that the Clans hold in peace when the moon is at its fullest
Moonpool a place where medicine cats and leaders meet and share dreams with StarClan
Silverpelt the large swath of stars in the sky (the Milky Way); StarClan is represented by Silverpelt
Thunderpath A road.
Monster a human vehicle (cars, trucks, and other 4 wheeled transportation tools)
Twoleg a human (also called upwalkers and nofurs)
Twoleg nest a human house
Cutter a veterinarian, usually one specialized in spaying and neutering
Kittenstep less than an inch
Tail-length about the length of a cat's tail (a foot) (as in: a tail-length away)
Fox-length about the length of a fox; approximately a yard
* Poppy seeds - used to numb pain and make a cat drowsy
* Cobwebs - used to stop bleeding
* Feverfew - used to cool feverish cats and treat head pain
* Borage leaves - used to treat fevers
* Marigold - used to treat infection and heal wounds and sores
* Horsetail - used to treat infected wounds
* Burdock root - used to treat infections, especially rat bites
* Chervil (root) - used to treat infections
* Wild garlic - rolling in this can help to keep out infection
* Coltsfoot - used to treat kittencough
* Catnip (also called catmint) - used to treat whitecough and greencough; can help to relax a cat
* Chickweed - used to help treat greencough
* Tansy - used to treat coughs
* Thyme - used to calm a cat
* Chamomile - used to calm a cat
* Juniper berries - used to treat bellyache
* Chervil - used to treat bellyache
* Watermint - used to treat bellyache
* Daisy leaves - used to treat aching joints
* Goldenrod - used in a poultice to treat aching joints and stiffness; can also be used for severe injuries.
* Ragwort leaves - used alongside juniper berries in a poultice to treat aching joints
* Comfrey - used to treat broken bones
* Nettle (leaves) - used to treat swelling
* Celadine - used to treat ailments of the eyes
* Snakeroot - used to counter poison
* Nettle (seeds) - used to counter poison
* Honey - used to treat sore throats
* Mouse bile - used to remove ticks from a cat's coat
* Yarrow - used to make a cat vomit and expel poisons from the body
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Other herbs:
* Dock leaves - used to make a cat's coat slippery, also can be used as a surface for vomiting.
* Deathberries (yew) - of no medicinal value; bright scarlet berries that can kill a cat if they are not expelled quickly enough (called night-seeds by the Tribe)
* Nightshade - of no medicinal value; is poisonous
* Holly (berries) - of no medicinal value, poisonous like deathberries
Clan Positions
Leader: the cat who leads the Clan; their names always end with -star; after a trip to the Moonstone or Moonpool, they receive their nine lives and name from StarClan.
Deputy: the cat who is second-in-command to the Clan leader; the deputy is in charge of organizing patrols and hunting parties, and succeeds the leader after he/she loses all nine lives from battle or sickness. Before a cat can become Deputy, he/she must first have had an apprentice at one time or another.
Medicine cat a cat who is trained specifically in the ways of healing; receives messages from StarClan and interprets them; stands outside the rivalries between the Clans; is not allowed to take a mate or have kits; sometimes, fully trained warriors can also become an apprentice of a medicine cat
Warrior a cat (tom or she-cat without kits) trained in the ways of combat; warriors defend, hunt, and fight for their Clan; they also are in charge of training apprentices to become warriors; a warrior may only have one apprentice at a time, although they may supervise the training of apprentices lacking mentors. Their names usually end with a noun, the most popular being -claw, -fur, -tail, and -heart (i.e. Tigerclaw, Bluefur, Feathertail, and Fireheart)
Queen a she-cat expecting or nursing kits; they stay in the nursery until their kits become apprentices and then return to their warrior duties
Apprentice a cat who, at six moons old, begins training to become a warrior or medicine cat; they train daily to practice battle and hunting skils, and also care for the elders; their names always end with -paw; they become warriors when their mentor and leader feel that they are ready
Kit a kitten, not yet old enough to be an apprentice (six moons old); they are not allowed to hunt or leave the camp, they do not normally leave the nursery, however, older kits are sometimes allowed to leave the nursery; their names always end with -kit
Elder a retired warrior, deputy, or medicine cat; apprentices care for the elders
Starclan When a clan cat dies, it then becomes one with Starclan. Starclan walks with all the living cats who have faith in them, and often give messages to medicine cats and selected others through dreams or visions. But Starclan is mysterious, and are never flat-out straight forward. It often takes time and consideration to make out a vision given by Starclan. When a leader recieves his/her nine lives, nine cats of Starclan who share a special relation to the leader gives them their lives.
Other Ranks (Outside of Clans)
Prisoner a cat that is captured by members of another Clan and held within that Clan until the leader decides what to do with them
Loner a cat that lives neither with a Clan or with humans, normally used for a friendly loner
Kittypet a cat that lives with their human owners (twolegs)
Clan Terms
Kittypet a house cat; the term can also be used as an insult.
Rogue another term for loner; used to describe hostile loners or cats exiled from their Clans
Stupid furball an teasing insult
Mouse-brain an insult; stronger than stupid furball
Mousedung an insult; stronger than mouse-brain, but less offensive than foxdung
Foxdung an insult; stronger offense than mouse-brain
Sharing tougues term used to describe cats grooming each other
Leaf-bare the season of winter
Newleaf the season of spring
Greenleaf the season of summer
Leaf-fall the season of autumn
Moon a 28-day period (one full moon to another); a month
Moonhigh the point in time when the moon is highest in the sky; midnight
Sunhigh the point in time when the sun is highest in the sky; noon
Fresh-kill freshly caught prey
Crowfood rotting, dead prey; also used as an insult
Gathering a meeting that the Clans hold in peace when the moon is at its fullest
Moonpool a place where medicine cats and leaders meet and share dreams with StarClan
Silverpelt the large swath of stars in the sky (the Milky Way); StarClan is represented by Silverpelt
Thunderpath A road.
Monster a human vehicle (cars, trucks, and other 4 wheeled transportation tools)
Twoleg a human (also called upwalkers and nofurs)
Twoleg nest a human house
Cutter a veterinarian, usually one specialized in spaying and neutering
Kittenstep less than an inch
Tail-length about the length of a cat's tail (a foot) (as in: a tail-length away)
Fox-length about the length of a fox; approximately a yard
Healing Herbs
* Poppy seeds - used to numb pain and make a cat drowsy
* Cobwebs - used to stop bleeding
* Feverfew - used to cool feverish cats and treat head pain
* Borage leaves - used to treat fevers
* Marigold - used to treat infection and heal wounds and sores
* Horsetail - used to treat infected wounds
* Burdock root - used to treat infections, especially rat bites
* Chervil (root) - used to treat infections
* Wild garlic - rolling in this can help to keep out infection
* Coltsfoot - used to treat kittencough
* Catnip (also called catmint) - used to treat whitecough and greencough; can help to relax a cat
* Chickweed - used to help treat greencough
* Tansy - used to treat coughs
* Thyme - used to calm a cat
* Chamomile - used to calm a cat
* Juniper berries - used to treat bellyache
* Chervil - used to treat bellyache
* Watermint - used to treat bellyache
* Daisy leaves - used to treat aching joints
* Goldenrod - used in a poultice to treat aching joints and stiffness; can also be used for severe injuries.
* Ragwort leaves - used alongside juniper berries in a poultice to treat aching joints
* Comfrey - used to treat broken bones
* Nettle (leaves) - used to treat swelling
* Celadine - used to treat ailments of the eyes
* Snakeroot - used to counter poison
* Nettle (seeds) - used to counter poison
* Honey - used to treat sore throats
* Mouse bile - used to remove ticks from a cat's coat
* Yarrow - used to make a cat vomit and expel poisons from the body
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Other herbs:
* Dock leaves - used to make a cat's coat slippery, also can be used as a surface for vomiting.
* Deathberries (yew) - of no medicinal value; bright scarlet berries that can kill a cat if they are not expelled quickly enough (called night-seeds by the Tribe)
* Nightshade - of no medicinal value; is poisonous
* Holly (berries) - of no medicinal value, poisonous like deathberries