Re: [WorldofGlorantha] Real World Vingans

From: <donald_at_RpY744nnWK6B0buDd_XnmwelysRRpMHOXJKL70_GaGk-gi2kB7dLQrrAOPCtnVbaH_S4-rJ0>
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:05:49 GMT


In message <20070331153426.2fsnz2iyjfkk04oc_at_nwhP-lI5egdNKtsVKteO6MklYzzBKvP3Rc38pUjXGsDN_EKFSjPNSiP1xCesJ83DdM8kVGr1bskt6KYUeaHM-KtKuGfx_2OsFIgAzMNh8_dXmJIoJssYTs1.yahoo.invalid> Greg Stafford writes:
>YGWV
>
>>> > Interesting, but they're not Vingans. Vingans are
>>> > women, and proud of it.
>>
>> Greg:
>>> Yes, excep for the ones that are men.
>>> And proud of it.
>>
>> Really? I don't think I've ever met one of them. So
>> how does that work out?
>
>With a tremendous variety of variations, of course.

I'll admit to bending the conventional definition of Vingan here. However any Glorantha/RW comparison involves approximations. This is an example of women taking men's roles in a pre-industrial society and all the baggage that's required for it to be socially acceptable. Vingans in Glorantha may have a different collection of social baggage but it's there.

-- 
Donald Oddy
http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/

           
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