Married to the Wheel; Sun Kings

From: David Dunham (ddunham@radiomail.net)
Date: Sun 10 Apr 1994 - 03:20:45 EEST

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Nigel Johnston said
>Also Gwalynkus is also supposed to have married one of the last of the gold
>wheel dancers. Pinniching (from the cradle scenario) is supposed to be a Gold
>wheel dancer too, yet he (she? it?) is a spinning hoop. You would have to be
>pretty wierd to marry a spinning hoop I think.

You're forgetting that one of the top two reasons for marriage is to form alliances between families. An alliance with the Gold Wheel Dancers would be quite impressive. And if Gwalynkus already had kids, the other major reason for marriage (producing an heir) wouldn't matter.

Alex Ferguson said
>I think that solar cultures tend towards a much stricter adherence towards
>strictly lineal heredity of Kingship

This is not true among the Sun-worshipping horse nomads, according to the Wyrm's Footnotes article. They choose kings from noble clans or families (much as did, surprise surprise, the Mongols).

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