From: Nick Brooke (Nick_Brooke@compuserve.com)
Date: Wed 17 Sep 1997 - 10:12:17 EEST
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Andrew Behan writes:
> According to Nick Brooke's home page bears are sacred to the
> Lunars
Where on earth did I write that? I'd have thought bears were
an anti-Lunar symbol, if you consider their role in myth and
history (Sky Bear; Harrek). There is an interface between
"Bear" and "Moon" (other than the title of a rather good game),
but that doesn't mean bears are sacred to the Lunars. If I've
written something that can be misinterpreted this way, I'm
sorry to have misled anyone. But I hope I haven't.
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Sandy writes:
> IMO (and Greg's - private conversation) rape is an act devoted
> to Thed, and any rapist stands a (admittedly very small) chance
> of going into broo-hood. =
Just as cannibalism is sacred to Cacodemon (and/or the Hungry
Ghosts), and any cannibals risk being tainted with involuntary
membership (or 'sacredness'?) to these unsociable cults.
How great a risk? That's a scenario issue. Exactly what happens?
That, too. This is a "fact" of Gloranthan life and myth, not a
common event: it's the reason some acts are universal taboos.
The Dragonewt =3D> Dinosaur origin story explicitly says that when
dinosaurs breed, the result is more dinosaurs. You don't need an
active population of dragonewts in order to have a sustainable
dinosaur herd in a region. The "first-generation" dinosaurs (who
have just devolved from naughty dragonewts) are the only ones who
might have magical powers or intelligence, or be carnivores in a
usually herbivorous form (the justly-feared Man-Eating Brontosaur
of the Bush Range is one of these).
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Nick
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