#gethen is the world and getheny is one of the only literally translated words we get. it means new moon or lit. 'darkness'
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I needed to do some proper art for Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness, which has shaken me so so deeply.
#taishe art#the left hand of darkness#thinking about how the planet's name probably translates to Dark....#gethen is the world and getheny is one of the only literally translated words we get. it means new moon or lit. 'darkness'#i don't believe the dark in gethen means winter because they don't have axial tilt seasons - so no longer nights! i think it's a#soil/burial/birth metaphor. creation unfinished and all that yaknow
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