From: bjm10@cornell.edu
Date: Fri 02 Oct 1998 - 18:00:05 EEST
> Is it just me, or is the idea of a Orlanthi hunter coming home from a
> hard day at the office, having his missus ready with a nice hot meal
> prepared on her Ernalda 1 magic point / hour hearth a bit naff? Are we
> reducing Ernalda to the level of a 1950s appliance salesman? Extra
> things to make the "little woman's" life a bit easier while hubby's out
> earning the cash to pay for such fripperies.
Where on earth did you get *THIS* idea? Furthermore, the typical
Orlanthi would be a farmer, not a hunter. Also, what do you think the
divisions of labor were in preindustrial societies? It would depend
upon the locale, but in Europe, the men farmed and the women kept the
hearth--both were full-time jobs, and there none of this "off to the
office" nonsense. That was an invention of the industrial era. During
times of intense labor need, men and women would work together, but there
was still general division of labor.
That's a well established fact in both history and anthropology.
Furthermore, let us not forget that there is a long history of hearth
magic--one would invoke gods and/or spirits to protect the hearth, to
make sure the bread rises, to keep the beer from souring (cf my
"Burrruphti" spirit).
In Glorantha, the spiritual is grossly manifest.
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