[Glorantha] Compromises and Adulthood

From: Greg Stafford <greg>
Date: Tue Mar 21 14:01:06 2006

YGWV
> From: Stephen Tempest <gd@stempest.demon.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Glorantha] Compromises and Adulthood

> Lightcastle <lightcastle@3web.com> writes:
>
>> Is this a question of "will not teach it" or is there really an element of
>> "not able to learn it yet" going on here? (You seem to imply that with the
>> "reveal some of the spiritual secrets they were not capable of understanding
>> when they were young and irresponsible.")
>
> Well, Harsaltar son of Salinarg became a disciple (?) of Humakt at the
> age of 8, "gain[ing] heroic powers in trade for terrible geas and
> taboos."
>
> Mind you, he's probably a good example of why children should *not*
> be entrusted with powerful magic...

It is dangerous to use unique individuals as examples of something, because they
are, simply, unique. In the usual epic traditon, the fact that an 8-year old takes on great heroic magic is an indication of his uniqueness, not of normalcy.

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Sincerely,
Greg Stafford

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