From: Nils Weinander (niwe@ppvku.ericsson.se)
Date: Thu 04 Aug 1994 - 22:09:11 EEST
Nils Weinander writing
jiml@falcon.teleride.on.ca (Jim Lai) writes:
>Now if there is any patterning after Chinese civilization, any restless
>spirits of the ancestors must be propitated (cursed be the False Emperor
>and the foreign Godlearner demons). Some form of ancestor worship
>compatible with sorcery is likely. Perhaps some filial individuals would
>even quest across the world to lead a wayward spirit of the dead home.
>There might even be popular tales of such quests (in which foreign customs
>and culture are revealed to be inferior, of course).
I think this one pf the points where Kralorela is very different from RW China. Kralorelans in good standing do not remain in accessible spirit form after death. The spirit leaves for Vithela, and thence to worlds unknown when the emperor dies. Thus any human spirit encountered is really disreputable, perhaps even a deceased Hsunchen (ptoi!).
/Nils W
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