Paul King and me:
>
>>>The Esrolian version probably is a version of the Orlanthi one.
They
>>>might have Humakt as a Husband-Protector and maybe there are more
>>>Esrolian Humakti who marry and - maybe - even have children.
>>
>>I don't think so. Humakti should be scary. Heortlings fear Humakti
>>because they are not bound by kinship. I think Esrolians fear Humakti
>>because they are not bound as husband-protectors.
>>
>>There is little room for such loyalties in Humakti philosophy.
>
>Well I checked HeroQuest Voices and Humakt is not listed as a Husband
>Protector.
>
>But I don't see that Humakti ought to be more scary than those
>lovable "life affirming" Babeestor Gor Axe Maidens... And we have to
>ask "scary to whom" ? - Humakti need some place within the society
>(or at least on the fringes) and scaring the Matriarchs sounds like a
>good way of getting kicked out altogether
The scary thing came out as rather silly. What I'm after is that
the husband protector role is a way for the matriarchy to put a
leash on (potentially) dangerous male cults. The cult of Humakt, the
great god of death, cannot be controlled in that way, because death is
uncompromising. So, to the matriarchs, Humakti are scary not because
they worship death, (as you say, so do the Babeester Gor maidens), but
because their single-minded focus makes their cult uncontrollable
through the husband protector mechanism.
>I also note that it seems that Ana Gor is the premier Death deity in
>Esrolia.
That sounds probable, and more acceptable as it is not a disruptive
male cult.
Nils Weinander
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