Re: Three Runes

From: L C <lightcastle_at_VWVCZwCP0-JsSa2G_FREoxBhhNwb9fGbnEihoDq1qIQQIxBCTT0yAG6XfwduWx4i>
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:00:24 -0500


John Machin wrote:
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> Harmony might mean Ernalda, but depending on the individuals other
> runes it
> might suggest Chalana Arroy too.
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Right. Now, I suppose you can argue that the reading of all three runes is where people pick the god, but the HQ2 rules (I haven't read S:KoH yet) seem to imply quite strongly that your runes don't in fact define the god you have necessarily.

> I assume that lots of factors (including,
> to some degree "what do we already have in our clan?") come into play. I
> like to imagine that is social as well as magical selection, at least to
> some degree. Mostly since this allows people to get it wrong, and then
> discover new truths later. (is my Sedenyic Philosophy showing?)
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No, and I am quite fond of that interpretation.

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> I'll not comment on relativism in observers any more since it'll spawn
> some
> tedious essay on my part... ;)
>

LOL! Fair enough.
I still think that while most cultures are likely to view it as "This God has marked you", others won't. For instance, I could see anywhere in the West as likely to refer to it by Rune instead. (Although some might go by Saint.)

LC            

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