[Glorantha] Re: Earth Tribe

In message <20061221080153.30231.qmail@web27215.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Jane Williams writes:

>> >So we get Mahome as a subcult of Ernalda and Vinga regarded as
>> >part of the Earth Tribe although she behaves more like a member
>> >of the Storm Tribe.
>>
>> Is Vinga regarded as Earth Tribe? I always thought
>> she was quite evidently Storm.
>
>Both, IMO. She's her mother's daughter as well as her
>father's, it's just a question of emphasis. Her
>fighting style is usually "there is always another
>way", after all.

The "Generations of the Earth Tribe" in ST pg.201 shows Vinga, Nandan, Babeester Gor and Voria as the daughters of Ernalda. That's why I suggested that it's a cultural attitude which defines women as members of the Earth tribe and men members of the Storm Tribe when their parentage suggests membership of both.

With the inclusion of Nandan but not Barntar we could go further and say that full membership of the Storm Tribe among the Heortlings is based on acceptance as a man by their father. Nandan is not accepted (probably a myth of rejection by Orlanth here) and Vinga is only accepted after a struggle. So before Vinga is accepted by Orlanth as a man she's a member of the Earth Tribe, afterwards a member of the Storm Tribe.

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Donald Oddy
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