[good examples skipped]
> So we do seem to have a tradition in Glorantha of bound spirits being
> uncontactable/unusable by anybody else.
Yur. But only now do we have a situation where Ancestor Worshipping animists (apparently) *have* to bind their ancestors into fetishes in order to get any magic out of them.
I think the crux is in that "apparently", and that binding one's ancestors will turn out to be a generally bad thing to do. I think (like Peter) that the answer lies at the Axis Mundi...
And I also like the excellent suggestion that Tradition Knowledge allows a shaman to bargain with friendly spirits from his tradition.
Cheers, Nick
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