[Glorantha] Re: Praxian Names

In message <20060717141018.20482.qmail@web51009.mail.yahoo.com> Simon Phipp writes:    

> Personally, and I am not talking for anyone else at all here, I like
>to think that Gloranthans, in general, are a bit more sophisticated than
>people make them out to be. There may be some praxians in the back of
>beyond who have had no contact with other people and haven't made any
>associations with other cultures/pantheons, but they would be very rare
>indeed.
>
> Praxians travelling near Dagori Inkarth would certainly know there
>are at least two distinct types of trolls - trolls and trollkin. If
>they didn't have a specific word for trollkin then they would borrow
>one. Similarly, those near Pavis would encounter trolls and trollkin.
>Such praxians would also have encountered the more common trolls
>cults - in Pavis they even have temples above ground - and they would
>know the names of the main deities.

So you expect everyone to know the main Catholic Saints because they will have encountered Catholics? And those who live in a city with a significant Hindu population to know their Gods? Heck, I don't know all the different Christian sects within a few miles of here never mind what the differences between them are.

As for types of trolls there are several although Uzuz are rarely seen by outsiders and there won't be many Uzdo in Prax. Even the distinction between Uzko and Enlo is not as clear as the Uz make out. The simplistic distinction they use is that single birth is Uzko while multiple births are Enlo. But that doesn't prevent some small, weak and stupid Uzko being less than some large, strong and clever Enlo.

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Donald Oddy
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