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FlaggerX:
Changing hemispheres really doesn't change anything other then which month is winter and so on (actually that is a bit of a problem for the stone table dominance, unless there are two tables.)    What matters more is how far south and north you are.

mithrandirthewhite:
southern hemisphere IIRC is just like Northern hemisphere with flipped seasons.  Its the tropic belt around the middle that is changed

The Deposed King:
you could do the whole flat lander philosophy to explain things.  the burning lands are to the north and the frozen lands are to the south.


The Deposed King

DragonEyes:
The term North can also be translated as "Down" from the original norse language. South could have meant meant "Sunward", as in toward the sunny areas but the etymology isn't as clear. The reason we currently align north and south the way we do is because English evolved in the Northern hemisphere. In a place where the language (and the most powerful civilizations) evolved in the south, they wouldn't call it north or south the same way. Just something to consider.

MClark:
HI,

I believe Lois McMaster Bujold's "The Curse of Chalion" world takes place in the southern hemisphere - indeed the world is basically europe upside down. (Chalion is Spain). Several books in the series won an award or another of some kind, so the idea will certainly work.

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