From: D.Schubert (crawford@explorer.clark.net)
Date: Fri 03 Dec 1993 - 09:53:51 EET
Well, after almost 10 years of being away from Glorantha, I'm running my Sartar campaign again. I've been reading lots of backround material and have found GoG, Glorantha, KoS, ToTRM, and the RQ-Daily to be of great help. I still have many questions about Sartar and hope for the day when Sartar Pack is finally published. Until then I'll just have to fill in the gaps.
One question I have that really bugs me is this: what is the relationship between Shamans and Orlanthi society?
What role do Shamans play in the clan and in the Cult? Do cults have
their own shamans? In the Greydog Inn article in ToTRM #5 a reference is
made to the leader of the Hillhaven clan, Bofrost, crafty Shaman of
Umath. In GoG p18 it states that spirit spells are learned by summoning
a cult spell spirit via the spellteaching divine spell, as specified by
the priests. So what role DO shamans have? I've always pictured Orlanthi
society as having "progressed" beyond the shaman stage into a larger
institutionalization of religion with a bureaucracy, priesthood, etc.
Baboons, on the other
hand, would still be on the level of the Shaman, not yet having developed a
priesthood/cult/religion institution.
Please help clarify this important issue!!! :-)
David Schubert
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