>On Sat, 22 Jun 2002, morganconrad wrote:
>
>> Adam writes:
>>
>> "To some Humakti Death is a good thing, an end to toil and pain."
>>
>> Do Humakti (or any Heortlings) condone suicide?
>
>I don't see them banning it or calling it a sin. Sometimes a clean death
>is the only "good" way out. The heortling men are so tempestous and
>emotional I bet they occasionally kill themselves.
But (perhaps being over influenced by dreams of Valhalla) I don't see plain suicide being much approved of. You won't get to Orlanth's high table that way.
>The deathsong berserk of the humakti is pretty much a ritual suicide
>too.
It's an offer of death. There are certainly Humakti out there who keep offering themselves to the God and the God doesn't want them. I have this vision of an old grizzled Humakti who knows he's called by the God, but keeps winning his fights. As a result he takes increasingly insane risks and is always a bit disappointed when he comes out with only a scratch.
>In extreme times one may even offer ones life to be sacrificed to the
>gods, for the good of the clan.
Sacrifice != Suicide.
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