Twirling mode | Era | Setting | Avatar | Prop |
---|---|---|---|---|
Spinning Padiddling | current | Italian ristorante kitchen or bakery | pizza chef pâtissier | pizza dough cake |
eternity | heaven | angel or cherub | halo or aureola | |
Whirling Poi | modern | electronica rave | psychedelic youth | glowstring or fire twirl |
medieval | European castle, ye olde jousting field | knight (mounted cavalryman) | flail weapon (Morningstar mace and chain) | |
martial | swamp | warrior | cudgel or bludgeon | |
Cranking | Victorian | drawing room | steampunk organ grinder | hand-cranked “orgel,” barrel piano |
contemporary | laboratory | inventor | contraption (orgel, hurdy-gurdy) |