Timeline for What is "pinchfire"?
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| Jun 1, 2018 at 7:58 | history | edited | Edlothiad | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 17, 2014 at 20:43 | comment | added | Joe L. | Sourleaf is probably closer to betel leaf. From GRRM's other books, I know he likes to make compound names for various fictional things - lizard-lion, shadowcat, and yes, pinchfire are pretty typical of GRRM's favored naming conventions. Every writer has their quirks. | |
| Feb 10, 2014 at 1:02 | vote | accept | Ivo3185 | ||
| Feb 8, 2014 at 23:02 | history | edited | Valorum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 8, 2014 at 20:58 | history | edited | Valorum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 8, 2014 at 20:36 | comment | added | Valorum | I'm basing it on the sorts of herbs and spices that would have been burned in a medieval mansion house but it is, as I've noted, a complete shot-in-the-dark guess. For the record, burning capsicum would result in a sort of teargas that would choke and blind people who came into contact; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsaicin#Acute_health_effects | |
| Feb 8, 2014 at 20:35 | comment | added | Stan | Agree that author had to have something in mind. Interesting that you guess pinchfire would be like cloves / myrrh while I guess (based on the name) a hot capsicum. Anyway +1 | |
| Feb 8, 2014 at 20:31 | comment | added | Valorum | I've seen no canon explanation that they're based on real-world herbs and spices. I'm assuming the author must have had something in mind when he wrote it but some of the plants like Sourleaf (similar to tobacco except red) and Weirwood (a white-wooded tree with red leaves and sap) are clearly totally fictitious | |
| Feb 8, 2014 at 20:30 | comment | added | Stan | Are the herbs / spices themselves made up or are they just made up names for 'real world' ones ? Of course, there may be no way to tell. The name 'pinchfire' suggests something like a hot capsicum or cumin powder. | |
| Feb 8, 2014 at 20:29 | history | edited | Valorum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 8, 2014 at 20:23 | history | answered | Valorum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |