> I just reread this on page 84 of Thunder Rebels:
>
> "If propitiation or sacrifice be made to spirits of disease, or to the
> mother of ills, or to the toothed Maw, whether ill come of it or no,
> then five cows."
>
> But isn't propitiation of Malia one of the primary ways to *GET*
> protection from disease spirits?
Yes, a primary way, but Bad (witha capital B). Any worship (propitiatory or otherwise) strengthens a deity. You are *supposed* to trust in the clan healers, not the Mother of Disease. it's equivalent to paying protection money to the mob. On a day-to-day basis it works out for *you*, but it's not healthy for the community.
RR
C'est par mon ordre et pour le bien de l'Etat que le porteur du pr�sent a
fait ce qu'il a fait.
- Richelieu
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