From: Jonas Schiott (jonas.schiott@vinga.hum.gu.se)
Date: Sat 12 Nov 1994 - 05:17:20 EET
Michael Hitchens:
>I know KoS has many deliberate contradictions in it, but
>given that these quotes all come from the same document (Report on the
>Orlanthi), I do not think this one is intentional.
Probably not. I _hope_ not.
>Has Greg ever clarified this? Sandy?
Not to my knowledge.
>So can you marry
>someone of your clan who is not of your bloodline?
I've discussed this before with people on this list, and the consensus
seems to be in favor of clan exogamity (meaning the answer to your question
is NO). I was the only dissenter - I think exogamity of such large groups
of people as Orlanthi clans is a bad joke dreamed up by some bored
ethnologist...
In any case, Orlanthi in the East Wilds stick with bloodline exogamity
(it's our campaign, we can do what we like).
Oh, and BTW, the "what my father told me" on Orlanthi implies (the bit
about barn dances) that marriages within a clan are normal. I know, this is
an older source... ;-)
( Jonas Schiott ) ( Institutionen for Ide- och lardomshistoria ) ( Goteborgs Universitet ) ---------------------
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