to respond to the many more kindly souls who indulged in my musings.
David Cake
Nils Weinander
Somash in my picture is the "executive branch" of the Teshnan hierarchy, but not the ruling deity. That's still Zitro Argon, IMO.
> The question where the women belong is a more difficult one. They might go
> for the deity of their caste.
Women worshipping Somash ? Well, nah, can't bite this. I even think that the
old women worship Zitro Argon indirectly via >Ourania<.
> ..., they might be relegated to the socially inferior Calyz cult, or they
> may have more insignificant female deities which are not mentioned in the
> Genertela book.
Calyz directly ? After all, he's male and possibly not the epitome of the
_female_ virtues. Or is he androgyne in your picture ? (?(!))
The insignificant female deities were the ones I think I was asking about.
How to put them into the mainframe of Glorantha ?
Does the Night Caste practice witchcraft (though persecuted, I have no doubt) and Spirit Cult Worship, say perhaps of >Gorgoma< ?
Nick Brooke
> Eating horses scares horse-nomads who depend on them. We don't yet know
> about any Teshnans who are *that* dependent on elephants.
> And horse-eating is Yara Aranis' specialty, not Gorgoma's, making the pa-
> rallel suspect.
Your correction re: horse-eating appreciated. Yet I think that >Gorgoma<
had/has some devouring aspect as well as being rebellious, preferring a
beast of burden for a ritual snack perhaps. And IMO elephants are THE beast
of burden in Teshnos, used for transport as well as for building purposes,
whereas horses or Praxian beasts are probably unsuited for the Teshnan climate.
And as the poor elephants are used exclusively for the benefit of the
ruling castes, I suspect that the Night Casters might feel no hesitation to
present them as food to the night demon otherwise known as >Gorgoma<.
Harald Smith
This for a start ...
R.
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