To split hairs, though, it sounds like the Shargashi Dance (that admittedly looks a lot like Berzerk to those on the receiving end) is closer in ways to the Humakti Morale spell. Apparently, both are only cast on large units, rather than individuals.
The only reason to care about the difference is if you (or your friendly neighborhood Trickster) is trying to disrupt the unit going into whatever it goes. With Uroxi, one must stop nearly every member individually; with Shargashi, you only have to disrupt the one ceremony (say, by throwing a few beehives at the leaders?).
On another point, why would soldiers worshipping Shargash imply that they need R&R? I would assume that it would imply that the common soldiers have lost confidence in their officers' abilities, and were prepared to take matters into their own hands (much like Col. Kurtz, in Apocalypse Now). I.e., if the men think that they can and should be winning, except that the politcal control restricts them from "doing what must be done" then they will take up worshipping the god of No Quarter. Or is Shargash also the God of Fragging The Officers?
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