From: Peter Metcalfe, CAPE Canty (CHEN190@csc.canterbury.ac.nz)
Date: Fri 16 Sep 1994 - 03:28:54 EEST
David D:
>How do people run the Land Goddesses? Dorasta, frex, is a Land Goddess, as
>well as a Grain Goddess. Her health and the health of the land appear to be
>somewhat connected.
IMO the grain of a particular goddess is a tool or spirit that has been acquired by that goddess. Normally bless crops will work with any old grass and edible legumes but the special crop means the areas a bit better for growing the crop.
>It seems clear that there is the concept of sovereignty of the land, though
>it's far from clear that it's in the Grain Goddess (Esrola), but rather in
>other Earth goddesses.
My money is on the land/grain goddesses from their descent from Gata and Genert. This can of course be confused with other earth goddesses and I will leave that up to the myth makers.
>BTW, we've been wondering what Dorasta's grain is. Maize, same as her
>mother Pelora?
Maize really only entered the Lunar empire with Hon-eel and the southern tribes rejected her grain. IMO from my interpetation of the graoy (don't hiss folks!) the Pelorians grew barley and rice prior to this. Unless anything else comes up my guess is on Barley.
Sandy:
>IMPALA
> Unlike other antelope (like the Praxian sable), the impala
>requires a source of free water. NOTE: female impalas do NOT have
>horns. Female impalas are hence not ridden, even by women, since the
>horns are important to steering antelopes while riding (personal
>opinion).
--Peter Metcalfe.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.7 : Fri 10 Oct 2003 - 01:36:55 EEST