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[[Faction Paradox]] borrowed the term ''loa'' to refer to similarly-defined entities existing within the [[structure of history]], structures complex enough to have achieved [[sentience]] and be better understood as occupants and [[Guardian of Time|guardians]] of [[Time]] itself than as mere [[equation]]s. Some within the Faction believed that other kinds of non-physical entities who could affect the physical world despite not being conventionally "real", such as popular cultural figures, could also be considered "minor ''loa''". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=Loa}}) | [[Faction Paradox]] borrowed the term ''loa'' to refer to similarly-defined entities existing within the [[structure of history]], structures complex enough to have achieved [[sentience]] and be better understood as occupants and [[Guardian of Time|guardians]] of [[Time]] itself than as mere [[equation]]s. Some within the Faction believed that other kinds of non-physical entities who could affect the physical world despite not being conventionally "real", such as popular cultural figures, could also be considered "minor ''loa''". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=Loa}}) | ||
''The Book of the War'' drew comparisons between either kind of ''loa'' and the [[Native American|Native]] [[North American]]s' ''[[dakina]]'', a term it translated as "spirit-[[god]]s" ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=A'daltem Ano'nde}}) and also rendered as the pleonastic "spirit ''dakina''". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=Catch-the-Bear's War Bonnet}}) | |||
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