> The most obvious manifestation of this is the weekly public lectures
> given by the temples. They're held every Wildday, and intended for
> the astute layman.
[...]
> (BTW, which is the normal "day of rest" for various cultures? I
> presume Full Moon Day for the Lunars, and Windsday for the Orlanthi,
> these being the days when most folk go to church.)
I think that a formal day of rest is very much a rarity in Glorantha; while weekly worship is pretty common, I doubt there's usually any accompanying prohibition on labour -- and in many cases, no lack of work to be done, either.
OTOH, I have heard of a Heartland custom of artisans and other 'middle-class' types wealthy enough to manage the luxury, while not well-off enough to be yer stereotypical effete noble layabout having half-day Holy Days to pursue such 'worthy' pursuit as the above: Fireday being the most propitious day for endeavours of the Intellect, of course, and that being one of the more common excuses for bunking off work around 3pm...
> In Pavis, these lectures are very popular with the more experienced
> Rubble runners.
For a moment I pictured an intent audience of large scalily-armoured rodents...
Cheers,
Alex.
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