From: Joerg Baumgartner (joe@sartar.toppoint.de)
Date: Tue 05 Jul 1994 - 03:03:03 EEST
Nils Weinander in X-RQ-ID: 4988
> Sandy on Teshnos' land goddess:
I asked:
>>>Sandy, does Teshnos have a Grain Goddess/Goddess of the Land?
Sandy quoth:
>> I would have assumed the existence of a Teshna, or something, >>but if you have a more interesting idea than a dull old Land Goddess, >>let's hear it.
> I jump in uninvitedly. What if Teshna is the land goddess, but acknowledged
> only by the original people of the land, my Night caste? (Of course this
> means that my idea of the Teshnan castes must be accepted :-)) That could
> have interesting implications to explore since my poor Nighters are not
> allowed to worship any gods.
An inspiration I just had:
Teshna might be a regular goddess of the land, but with much stronger ties
to Aldrya than elsewhere in human lands. We know that the Teshnans are very
friendly to the Embyli living east of them, and although the map in
Genertela Book doesn't make it clear, all of Teshnos is quite heavily
forested. So what about a goddess of the land who is worshipped only
indirectly, through the Embyli, who also provide the Bless Crop spells
for their Teshnan friends, and receive part of the harvest in return for
their clerical services?
And Teshna with her male-only Embyli lovers would make a nice counterpiece to Tolat and his amazons...
The Night caste still might be involved somehow, but since they don't have rights to the fields they till, they don't need the rites to do so. <Hoping for the "Worst pun on the Daily" award>
Paul Reilly is thinking about the Night Caste equivalent of Dara Happa. Any chance they are blue-skinned?
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-- Joerg Baumgartner joe@sartar.toppoint.de
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