Nils writes
> Sandy:
> >All mortals have to die because Grandfather Mortal died.
> >The Brithini and Mostali are living a lie.
>
> My Brithini theory: men indeed started to age and die when Humakt killed
> Grandfather Mortal. One people was so scared and outraged at this that
> they created magical strictures which would purge them of their humanity,
> 'the Man rune'. To reinforce this they rejected the gods, isolated themselves
> and invented a story of their own purity, they are the only real men, all
> other are tainted by beasts. Thus they became the ass-holes we all know
> and hate as the Brithini.
Perhaps the Brithini are one of the only remaining 'men' who were created
before Humakt wacked grandad? That's probably their story "We're the oldest
and the purest, all 'yews' came later"
Robert