Re: Barntar: Son of Orlanth?

From: Greg <Greg_at_srFKR_P7-mivVg6cWszNvfhhU_WLsS9lAZVgrdEltjBWBRW8x3RdmMy22SHCK_vkRKpyHLL>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 22:45:19 -0800

YGWV parental_unit_2 wrote:
> Agreed. I think a solution suggested by others works: Barntar, like
> Rigsdal, can be worshipped as a subcult of Orlanth or in a standalone
> cult.

Correct.

> This still raises the question of why Orlanth Barntar isn't the
> default cult for male Sartarite farmers prior to the Lunar invasion of
> Sartar. I think it was Donald Oddy who suggested that farming magic
> like Barntar's is the province of a few specialists in each clan. I
> don't know enough about Sartarite farming to judge whether that's
> plausible or not. I had kind of pictured the typical heads of farming
> households working the land directly, but maybe that's not right.

Yes, they work the land. The heads of cottar families work vegetable gardens, or herds, etc.

All Saratarite farming is mixed use. The percentages of the use vary from farm to farm, depending on the nature of their land and the available resources. It includes: grain farming, vegetable farming, orchards, pigs, sheep, cattle, poultry of various sorts, fishing, wild food gathering, hunting, trapping, and I'm probably forgetting something here.

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