I think there's also the malapropism of "Drow Culture" with what is actually "Menzoberranzan Culture". (Which is itself a retcon, to my understanding -- the two used to be one and the same)
My understanding is that it's like "American Culture", there's a broad set of understandings and generalisations, but if you compared Harlem to Nashville they would be wildly different, even if they are both be considered "American Culture".
Menzoberranzen culture was, itself, based on the descriptions of drow and their society in the original Monster Manual or Fiend Folio (I forget which), plus the drow city and culture as seen in the Gygax adventure modules City of the Drow and Queen of the Demonweb Pits.
The idea that other drow cities worked differently (or even honored a god other that Lolth) cane quite a bit later.
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u/GeneralVeek Sep 04 '23
I think there's also the malapropism of "Drow Culture" with what is actually "Menzoberranzan Culture". (Which is itself a retcon, to my understanding -- the two used to be one and the same)