> Hi,
> (First, thanks for all this informations about illumination.)
>
> Second, I read with attention the exchange of mail on Vikings
> longhouses and the parallelism which was made with traditionnal
> Orlanthi houses.
> In these mails, I did not read a word about Innstafar, both pillars
> which supported the roof of Viking longhouses. These sacred pillars
> were carved out of wood and bearing the image of the Gods...
Ah, how had I forgotten about this!
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> their longhouses (exiles or looks for new lands), they took with them
> the innstafars. Once arrived at destination, they threw them to the
> sea and built their new houses in the place where innstafar ran
> aground.
> I think that it is a idea to keep this vikings tradition for Orlanthi.
Good Idea.
> As Vikings innstafars, the innstafar of my Orlanthi campaign are
> bearing the image of Gods (such as Orlanth and Ernalda) or heroes /
> ancestors of the clan (example: to sartar).
>
> But I am confronted with two small problems:
> 1-Which name for Orlanthi Innstafars ?
Innstafar works for me. Or I'll look for a traditional Finnish translation.
> 2-Orlanthis are not viking (no travels by sea), so how to use these
> pillars as did it the Vikings in the case of an exil for example ?
>
> Do you have any idea ?
Parhaps during the ceremony to start building a new longhouse, sacred wind/earth daimones come and bear the Innstafar into a spot favored by the gods?
-Adept
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