>BTW, does anyone have a Gloranthan mythic reason for menstruation? The sort
>of story that would be told to the young girls to prepare them for
>adulthood?
There is a Pelorian myth given in the Entekosiad involing a contest between some goddesses and a 'serpent'. One of the goddesses, Provaria the Virgin, is stabbed and left bleeding as a result of the contest and so all women bleed for beyond a certain age (likewise the goddess corresponding to childhood ran away from battle thus kids don't have sex. The goddess of old age had her back broken by the serpent etc). A variation of this can easily be transported to Orlanthi cultures with their earth goddesses and dragons.
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