On 22 January 2013 21:52, boztakang <daniel.mccluskey_at_iAfQgW7hge_VxonGk2LC6x-azEPQNnBNIixzZvN3q9yHdCgoFvwKa0pFwASUsWxvC0h1l2rZ7ddkhkJRn5dzjXR9fuY.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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> --- In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, Phil Hibbs wrote:
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>> I wonder if there's a "Why men have nipples" myth to be discovered.
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>> Phil.
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> While it doesn't directly address the nipples issue, I have a telling that is told to explain why all the other man-rune creatures are so clearly inferior to Uz...
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> How Trolls got their Shape
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> In the old time, back in wonderhome where everything was perfect, lived the ancestors, and their mother, Kyger Litor. Back then, everyone could be whatever shape and size they wanted, but things were changing, and Great Kyger Litor knew that soon her children would need to have a form of their own that they could be happy in.
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> She called together the Seven, who were the best and favorite of all her children, and showed them the shape she had chosen. "It is the man-shape. It will be a good shape for us. But it is awfully plain on it's own. It needs a bit of sprucing up, before it will be ready."
> Her children tried on this man-shape, and they agreed that it was good, if not yet perfect.
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> Karrg loved the hands, and he immediately invented the first mace to smash things with.
> Vaneekara loved the limbs, and she spun a twirling and leaping dance.
> Jakaboom listened and spoke, and the others listened and spoke with her.
> Korasting found the form greatly to her liking, and shared it freely with her kin.
> Jeset liked how he could eat and become full, which was a new experience then.
> Hombobobom sang the first song of praise, making new use of the voice her sister had found.
> Then Boztakang farted, and everyone laughed, which was also a new thing.
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> Once everyone had tried out the new shape, and adjusted it to their liking, they came back to their mother, to share the improvements they had made. Like all dutiful children, they had each taken their mother's gift and grown it and improved upon it so that they could return more to her than she had given.
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> Karrg showed the Tusks he had grown, so that no troll would ever be completely unarmed.
> Vaneekara shared how to eat stones and hard wood, so that we can now all eat anything we want to.
> Jakaboom had grown her snout and ears, inventing darksense so we can see in the darkness.
> Korasting insisted that two breasts were not sufficient to feed a hungry child, so she added more, and wore them proudly.
> Jeset had grown his skin thick and strong, so that we cannot be easily harmed or cut.
> Boztakang insisted that they keep the eyes, though no one knew of any use for them at the time.
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> Kyger Litor was pleased, and decreed that all Uz should have the gifts of her children forever more.
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