>Generic festivals are all very well, but I perfer to have specific festivals
>for each cult. So, Ernalda, Asrelia and Aldrya all have High Holy Day
>>festivals during Fertility Week/Earth Season and are all Earth Cults, but
>their festivals would be very dissimilar.
So there can't be joint HHDs? Or, in a less integrated manner, can't the HHDs of Ernalda, Asrelia and Aldrya share the same mythspace created by the festival?
The dissimilarities could just be that they have different parts in the high holy celebration ritual. I doubt that the Aldrya part would be recognised by aldryami, but it suffices for orlanthi initiated to Aldrya (the Wood Witch) who could well regard the joint celebration as their HH ritual.
Isn't the LBQ the pinnacle not only for Orlanth, but also for CA, LM and Issaries? I think they can share the LBQ festival, even if it is Orlanth's HHD rituals, i think that there are CAs, LMs and Issarieses participating in those rituals as if it was their own HD, and gaining the benefits thereof (in some areas it could well be a joint HHD).
I think there are lots of HD (if not HHD) rituals that are shared between different cults, with initiates from all participating cults.
Of course, if we believe in pantheon initiation, the question is moot - all HHD and HD rituals are, in a way, shared rituals, even if it is especially important to one deity.
Only secret rituals are not shared, but i doubt that these are performed during HHDs.
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