Gods' hooks!

From: Peter Larsen <plarsen_at_mail.utexas.edu>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 17:37:00 -0500


Donald Oddy says:

>I can imagine a clan based around Vinga and Barntar with Barntar
>taking over many of Ernalda's roles (e.g. childcare and fertility)
>and leaving Ernalda the mother as a specialist concentrating on
>pregnancy and birth. If such a clan exists it would be isolated
>from mainstream heortling clans and probably has other odd
>features as well - maybe it is cursed to have few sons.

        Darn weird, in my book. I would like to point out that I don't think this would work....

>I'm a bit fuzzy on this 'Great God' idea anyway.

        How do you think I feel? The more we discuss it, the less I think I understand it. I do think it's possible to lose great god status (I think Heler did), but I don't know if you can gain it (the Red Goddess was one in prehistory, so she doesn't count).

Peter Larsen


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