Re: The thing with goats

From: Osentalka <Osentalka_at_ezaOG5RedJTPvMiwwnmxZS2aRo2phrO8c9PIdNEOh4RTwck9HPmoBGCNmZfaSWJHte>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:52:47 +0200

Broos adapt the features of their host animals, that seems to be true. IMHO the goat head feature, which seems to be more common than it should be, comes from their ancestral father, Ragnaglar. Like everything in Glorantha, this is true for goatkin as well: Mythical origin is more important than real world genetics.

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From: "Richard Crawley" <richard.crawley5_at_Hg0-4lrlxkj3ZbtKBWwDqJ3w5T4tRSJ15cDOlB6Osbs-RRl1eV0tPChwsX6W4hrCFLgk-trZR3n9M7S0JaD1r6xK_ONKNlsT.yahoo.invalid> To: <WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 10:43 AM
Subject: The thing with goats

> Broo tend to look like the creatures they are born from.
>
> Most Broo look like goats (RQ2 gives "Goatkin" as an alternative name)
>
> Most Sartarite tribes tend to shy away from goats because of the Broo
> associations. To the extent that the Balkoth are forced by the Lunars
> to keep goats as a punishment (HiG2).
>
> Dara Happans don't eat goat meat (DHS) because of the Broo associations.
>
> So where are all these effing goat-like Broo coming from? Is there a
> massive population of wild goats right across Genertela that forms a
> Broo breeding reservoir? Is so why doesn't some enterprising Storm
> Bull / Urox / other chaos-hating cult Hero get out there and preach
> caprine genocide?
>
> Richard
>