Uz & Id from Frederic Ferro on 1998-01-26 (Glorantha Digest Vol 05)

From: Frederic Ferro <ferro_at_clipper.ens.fr>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 17:10:10 +0100 (MET)

Jon Thorvaldson asked about the sense and relevance of the Freudian analogy. In his Second Topic, Freud divides the Self in three parts : Id (urges, desires), Ego (the "I"), Superego (inhibitions, shame, censorship, repressions) (the First Topic Division was Uncounscious, Preconscious and Consciousness, IIRC the Traumdeutung).

We know the Uzs value mainly food and reproduction but I am not sure we could call that a "pure Id personality", as that would mean they have no inhibitions whatsoever, no "social consciousness". Some ZZs fit the decription... A pure Id personality is a psychopath (or a Broo).

Stephen once said that the Dwarves would be the "selfish Ego" and the Elves the Superego, but we could also interpret the Mostali as the neurotic Superego where the individual Self vanish.

And Superego Elves look too much like those uptight Tolkien Noldor. Maybe the Green Aldryami have cycles, as Nick Brooke proposed. Sea Season : Id (Budding Buddies, annoying Faeries), Earth & Fire Season : Ego,
Dark & Storm : Superego (To Protect and Serve, Kill the Meaties).

Frederic
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