Re: Hsunchen Was: Animist magic [was: Changed magic in 2nd and 3rd Age]

From: Toread DuDerysi <jakyer_at_783p-78qPOlV6ZELgKafBpZrNYPG7lkTIixIgqk8pkgYdniARMmBE8JdbpcpE6pGflNQ8>
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:09:31 -0000

>
> Jeff Kyer
>
> >I think one point that is continually overlooked with the Hsunchen
> >is that they are in a very basic way, broken. One of the primary
> >tenements of their worship is the reintegration of missing spiritual
> >parts that they lack and once integrated these spirits become part
> >of the worshiper until they recover all that was lost with the
> >coming of whatever destroyed or damaged their particular people, be
> >it Death, Wolves, or Lima Beans.
>
> I like the "broken" idea. Makes sense.

It really does fit in with their entire motif and myth cycles. However, most spirits aren't reintegrated as they practice the more common forms of animism too but it appears that recovering their lost Green Age completeness/innocence remains a central focus to their beliefs.

> So the lima bean warriors at
> <http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha/umathela/> (towards the
> bottom) are actually hsunchen? An amusing idea, though I wouldn't be
> surprised if they're really aldryami -- or something purely
> Otherworld.
> --
>
> David Dunham
> Glorantha/HQ/RQ page: www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html
>

Oh no! It was the vile Lima Beans that did the breaking of noble hsunchen into their broken state with their foul taste and induced flatulence. Lima Bean Hsunchen? Preposterous! Might as well expect Fox hsunchen something equally silly.

Jeff