Nils has it right here.
I don't think there is any other example of such a horrible ting
happening anywhere in KoS.
-Greg
nils_w wrote:
>
> --- In WorldofGlorantha@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:WorldofGlorantha%40yahoogroups.com>, "valkoharja" <rintasaa@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > The fact of them being children is very poignant. Children are
> > protected in the heortling society. In fact, since the initiation is
> > so important, these deciples aren't even heortlings. They are deciples
> > of Humakt, but they've never been initiated into adulthood and full
> > membership of the society.
>
> I'd say it is more than poignant. IMG, the Heortlings view the
> Householf of Death as a tragedy and a horrible perversion (but maybe
> a necessary one). Orlanth and Ernalda are about life. Being chosen
> by Humakt is a last resort for those beyond hope, the lost cases, the
> already dead. Children are the future of the clan, the continuation of
> life. Children joining Humakt is utterly wrong.
>
>
--
Sincerely,
Greg Stafford
Issaries, Inc.
1942 Channing Way, #204
Berkeley, CA 94704
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