> From: David Dunham <david_at_...>
>Subject: Re: Alakoring vs Heortling vs Vingkotling
>
>Ian wrote
>
>> maybe Heort invented weregild
>
>The myth in Enclosure 2 has Orlanth doing it.
>
>Maybe Heort reformed wergild from the very high values Orlanth gave
>to values more appropriate for the modern era (which of course is not
>as prosperous as the Storm Age).
A further thought. How about he (also?) reformed the way wergild was paid -
e.g. from an individual to a bloodline, or a bloodline to clan element.
Thus wergild becomes a social rather than individual/immediate family
phenomenon. (This could be a rediscovery of practices lost in the Great
Darkness).
Thom