> > I'm less clear on the initiation (but I'm sure no the Ralian Orlanthi
> > don't use the mysteries of Second Son the way Heortlings do). But in
> > my campaign, Ralians don't burn bodies with smokey flames, they inter
> > them in Mother Ralia (i.e. burial, with grave goods).
>What sort of burial customs we thinking of here? I admit I instantly
>flash on a Delelan Newgrange, which will doubtless appall the 'anti-
>analogisers', but I say, if the Good Lord, didn't want us to loot
>the RW for inspiration for RPGs, why bother creating it at all, really?
I've only seen a gazillion photos of Newgrange, but I have no idea how it was actually used. Presumably for interring someone rather important.
But I'd prefer something less Celtic -- why not use wagon/chariot burial from the Scythians (or was it the proto-Indo-Europeans?). At least for East Ralios.
Again, that would only be for important folks, like thanes. Normal people get wrapped in their finest cloak and lowered into Mother Ralia. I.e. a hole in the ground. Quite possibly they are flexed into a fetal position first (a fairly common archeological practice). Probably no marker unless, again, they are an important person (though this might have a much lesser threshold).
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