Re: Humakti temples

• In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, Greg Stafford <Greg@...> wrote:
  >
  > YGWV
  >
  > As long as the local king honors Humakt, does not put any of the
  men
  > into a position where they will have to dishonor themselves, and
  > maintains traditional gifts and so on, he can probably count on
  > [a Humakt temple's] support.
  

Of course--to bring it back to the question that launched this--if the
king leans on the temple to pay wergild because a Humakti killed some punk who obviously had it coming, well, that could definitely fall into
the category of "putting them in a position where they would have to dishonor themselves"--that is, *would* have to, except they'd just tell
the king to piss up a rope.

So if an unsheathed Humakti kills your brother, don't expect the local
king to be any help at all--even (or especially) if he has a lot of pull with that Humakt temple. He'll just tell you "Oh, sure, his temple's five miles down the stream, look for the withered oak grove. Talk it over with *them*. Good luck."             Received on Fri 24 Aug 2007 - 10:51:48 EEST