Re: Re: Prax

From: KYER, JEFFREY <jeff.kyer_at_...>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 09:23:35 -0400

Wulf Corbett wrote:
>
> > James Turner:
> >
> > >1. Praxian tribes have loads of shamans, a Waha shaman, an Eiritha
> >Shaman,
> > >a Storm Bull shaman etc
> >
> > No. Animist magic is not the shaman's sole domain and the
> > Praxians still do most magic through the Khan and the Eiritha
> > Priestess.
>
> But are these 'Priestesses' just names attached to an Animist working
> LIKE a Shaman (as with the Family Head or whatever the phrasiology
> was in the Animist section) or are they using Theistic-style rules &
> gaining Affinities & Feats?
>
> In other words, are Praxian Animists 'pure', or are they one of the
> cultures mentioned who work by widespread Misapplied Worship?
>
> Wulf
>

Yep. I'd noticed that most of the male magicians are shamans and the women are priestesses.

But then, there's not a perfectly good feminine word for shaman that isn't othewise loaded with meaning. They are animist. They and the Pentan nomads are probably the biggest animst grouping in Gernertela.

Jeff

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