t.s.baguley_at_... wrote:
>
> > 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
>
Or just an intelligent evolution of how to pay them.
No one can make you do anything, but your whole family can make your life miserable if you don't....
Jeff
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