From: Alex Ferguson (alex@dcs.gla.ac.uk)
Date: Wed 21 Sep 1994 - 08:30:18 EEST
David GGC#10 (Dunham):
> Bryan Maloney's version of Vinga is somewhat different than mine, as I've
> already mentioned. One thing I found odd was the term "Red Ladies," as it
> sounds like those hated priestesses from Peloria...
I didn't much like the suggested title, but I think this ambiguity exists, and is ruthlessly exploited by said Lunars, even. (This struck me when Suzanne Corteau remarked to me at C. '92 that her red hair might make her a tad unpopular in Sartar. Points deducted for not having read about Vinga, Suzanne. <g>)
> 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.
I think for theist Genertela, the two (Grain/Land) are neary nuff the same, in general. Or at least the God Learners thought so, which surely means that there's at least, oooo, maybe two examples where this seems to be the case.
> I've been giving Ralia this power -- to become king of
> the tribe, you need to ritually marry a Ralia priestess (exactly what this
> means for female kings I haven't worked out).
Obvious answers would be:
There aren't any, or at least that this tends to mitigate against such appointments.
There's a formal "marriage" in such cases, though it's purely for ritual purposes.
Kinky Lesbian Sex.
Men can act as Ralia priestesses.
> 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.
The Grazers would say the relevant deity was La-ungariant, and the Tarshites that it was Kero Fin, I should think. Sartarites may well say "Ernalda", or either Esra or Kero Fin, I'm not sure.
> BTW, we've been wondering what Dorasta's grain is. Maize, same as her
> mother Pelora?
Sweetcorn? (Suggested he, floundering.) Pela's "original" grain is wheat, though, I believe.
Alex.
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