> According to Nick Brooke's home page bears are sacred to the
> Lunars
Where on earth did I write that? I'd have thought bears were an anti-Lunar symbol, if you consider their role in myth and history (Sky Bear; Harrek). There is an interface between "Bear" and "Moon" (other than the title of a rather good game), but that doesn't mean bears are sacred to the Lunars. If I've written something that can be misinterpreted this way, I'm sorry to have misled anyone. But I hope I haven't.
> IMO (and Greg's - private conversation) rape is an act devoted
> to Thed, and any rapist stands a (admittedly very small) chance
> of going into broo-hood. =
Just as cannibalism is sacred to Cacodemon (and/or the Hungry Ghosts), and any cannibals risk being tainted with involuntary membership (or 'sacredness'?) to these unsociable cults.
How great a risk? That's a scenario issue. Exactly what happens? That, too. This is a "fact" of Gloranthan life and myth, not a common event: it's the reason some acts are universal taboos.
The Dragonewt =3D> Dinosaur origin story explicitly says that when dinosaurs breed, the result is more dinosaurs. You don't need an active population of dragonewts in order to have a sustainable dinosaur herd in a region. The "first-generation" dinosaurs (who have just devolved from naughty dragonewts) are the only ones who might have magical powers or intelligence, or be carnivores in a usually herbivorous form (the justly-feared Man-Eating Brontosaur of the Bush Range is one of these).
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