Re: Yanafal Tarnils & Humakt

• In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, "markmohrfield" <markmohrfield@...> wrote:

> Do they? The Carmanian cultural keyword lists "sword and shield" as
one
> of the abilities. I had assumed that this meant a straight sword,
with
> the new-fangeled lunars adopting the curved scimitar. Anyone know for
> certain, one way or the other?

Certainly that has always been my working assumption, that the scimitar -- really closer to a sabre -- derives from the khopis (Greek machete-like sword) of Dara Happa and was taken up by YT both for symbolic reasons and also because of his break with straight-swording Humakt.

On the subject of the Carmanian Humakt, the non-canon but Martin Laurieapproved  affinities (in The Thieves Arm, p. 16) are Battle, Combat, Death -- to the Carmanians, while Humakt is of course an honourable warrior, his primary function is as the great divider, not his truth aspect.

All the best

Mark             Received on Wed 07 Nov 2007 - 03:45:47 EET