I've always held that there's no such thing as being 'positively Gregged'...
Cause and effect are admittedly hard to disentangle in these case, but I'd put it the other way around: it's not so much that magical/mythical association with Humakt "naturally" makes you less fertile, as that Humakti give up such things to become better warriors, as parts of geasa, etc.
> "Surprisingly, Vinga also has a strong and seemingly paradoxical friendship
> with Humakt, a closeness that is reflected in both cultic traditions. Grim
> Humakt teaches severance, the casting aside of non-essentials to embrace
> Death, while Vinga epitomises a love of life and the spirit-spark of
> laughter. Yet both cults understand that both life and death serve sacred
> purpose. Vingans renounce fertility (often temporarily) to serve the greater
> good of the clan, while humakti gradually lose their attachment to the
> energies of life (including sexual desire, fertility and potency) as they
> align more deeply with the energy of death. Humakti, who consider both
> kinship and gender as non-essentials, are among the few fighting cultists
> who treat vingans as full and equal warriors, without the resistance and
> constant testing so evident in the myths."
Seems completely backwards to me. Becoming a Vinga is _precisely_ about proving yourself to be a full and equal warrior to Orlanth(i). If you want to prove yourself the equal of and to a _Humakti_, join that cult, which is entirely without gender bar or preconception. (Which isn't to say that genders are without preconception about the Humakt cult...)
Slan,
Alex.
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