Re: The Glorantha Digest V7 #742

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 14:18:46 PDT


Olli Kantola:

Me> > Bagog has been associated with shamans in Gods of Glorantha
> > and is thus animist. Some of her worshippers have spells, > feats, etc
>depending on who they last ate.

>I don't see Bagog as animistic, althought it is tempting (ancestress
>worshipping).

There is much more to animism than ancestor worship.

Why Hmm. Let's see.

>Is the intelligence devouring an inborn ability or does it come from
>worshipping Bagog? I think that it does. That's why the cult is the
>cornerstone of scorpionman society.That means that you have to have Eat
>Enemies -spirits and Stomach Acid that drains intellect ->spirits. :)

Or perhaps the Scorpion people simply have the Ritual of Devouring that allows them to integrate (as described in the HW rules) anything they've physically eaten and gain one ability.

>I don't see the scorpionmen wielding fetishes and dancing in a
>circle (with their legs going clipety-clak, step-dancing) while >practicing
>ecstatic worship :D

Ecstatic worship can involve dancing in a circle and not all animists use fetishes.

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