Virgins

From: Argrath@aol.com
Date: Fri 08 Jul 1994 - 20:24:35 EEST



Urox:
Loved The Saga of Megaera. As I'm sure there has already been quibbling about one point (even though I haven't seen today's daily yet, I just know it), I thought I'd go ahead and back you up on the question of how Megaera can be a virgin when she was gang-raped back in childhood. There are several possibilities.

  1. The New Testament meaning of "virgin" theory: in Megaera's culture, "virgin" just means unmarried young woman.
  2. The magical theory: at some point in Megaera's career (perhaps upon initiation into BG), she was transformed into a virgin in body and/or spirit.
  3. The psychological theory: Megaera has suppressed the memory of her trauma, and shouldn't have participated in the Voria ceremony. She got off pretty light, if this is the case.

I'm sure that others can suggest still other theories. I vote for #1.

Brandon: Thanks for Andromache's tale. Enjoyed it.

Re: Abbreviations

CoP       Cults of Prax
CoT       Cults of Terror
G:G,CHW   Glorantha: Genertela, Crucible of the Hero Wars
GoG       Gods of Glorantha
KoS       King of Sartar
RoC       River of Cradles
GRAY      Glorious ReAscent of Yelm (also, GRoY, GRAoY)
TTRM      Tales of the Reaching Moon (also, TotRM)
AIG       Adventures in Glorantha (moribund RQ 4 playtest rules;
          a/k/a AiG)
SiP       Strangers in Prax

BG        Babeester Gor
IG        Invisible God

Any others?

--Martin

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