Re: shapeshifting

From: David Dunham <dunham_at_pensee.com>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 11:19:18 -0700


John Hughes

> Harmast Saga mentions that several kings of Vingkot's line 'reverted' to
> shapeshifting during the Greater Darkness, with the implication 'we don't do
> that anymore'. However, it doesn't seem to be a central motif in known
> Heortling mythology, except as a trickster ability.

I read this as saying that they reverted to less-civilized Hsunchen behavior. An especially bad thing for a king, who is likely responsible for a certain aspect of the fertility of the crops...

David Dunham <mailto:dunham_at_pensee.com> Glorantha/HW/RQ page: <http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html> Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein


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