Nekrimah wrote:No cats either.
Fire-Lions...whether they are actually lions in the shape of fire, or that is just a clever metaphor...the people of the Land know what lions are.
As far as the whole discussion of domesticated dogs and cats go, I wonder if SRD is maybe just not a cat- or dog-person IRL. I can't recall off the top of my head if there were any dogs or cats in MN or Gap Cycle. But since he does not write what he doesn't need, if IRL he does not see any *need* for dogs, or cats, it wouldn't make any sense for them to make their way into a story.
But back to the Land, after the RoD, you would think that dogs could have played a significant role as hunting assistants while the exiled people tried to cling to life in the mountains or wherever it was they got scattered to, yet on the other hand, maybe the strict laws of survival ofter RoD explains why men lost their relationship with the four-legged friends; they just couldn't provide for them.