David Dunham <dunham_at_pensee.com> wrote:
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> Dom Twist wrote
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> > But losing your fertillity is more of a blow to 'most' women than
> > to men.
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> for an Orlanthi male not to have a son to instruct, to run his
> farm when he gets too old to, and more importantly, who can avenge
> him, is not at all the same as [for] modern guys
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Yes. In Egil's Saga, after the death of his son, Egil composes a
sorrowful poem, then takes to his bed determined to starve to death.
His daughter tricks him into drinking milk, and so turns him around.
That might be worth working into a Chalana Arroy myth.