From: Alex Ferguson (abf@cs.ucc.ie)
Date: Fri 14 Aug 1998 - 06:01:54 EEST
Jane Williams:
> Personally I still think people who are very tied to the Death rune
> should be less tied to Life/Fertility, just because Glorantha is a
> very magical place. And this should go for other oppposing runes as
> well, though other examples are a bit hard to think of.
Mastakos worshippers become really easy to push over when they've had
some of Old Munts' Finest, and newly-initiated Uroxi will never be able
to play the harp again? ;-)
I think Glorantha does not not unfailingly work in manner than makes
these Runes "opposed", in an exclusive sense. I know several cultures
_do_ oppose them in this way, but some don't, and Illumination
allows one to perceive the Truth that they aren't irreconcilable.
Of course, what certainly does happen is that some peoples will
_voluntarily_ cut themselves off from one power, to enhance/help
concentrate on its opposite. And I think that's indeed the case
with Humakti, especially if they take geasa to that effect.
> Orlanthi clans being what they are, most of that clan are related
Not very related, though.
BTW, question to the floor: are Orlanthi clans still invariably
strictly exagamous? I'm sure this was discussed some time ago, but I
forget our conclusions, except a vague impression that casual "incest"
with a fellow clan member was probably not regarded as heinous, unless
there was an actual close blood (or social) relationship.
Slainte,
Alex.
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