Re: Potatoes in Peloria

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 17:37:57 +1200


Herve Ancelin:

>>But maize in Glorantha came from the Kingdom of Ignorance
>>originally. HonEel's trick was getting it to grow in Peloria.

>Points taken. So the potatoes where brought along with the maize

I don't see any need to assume this. Unlike corn, there's nothing bloody unwholesome about growing spuds. As for them being associated with darkness because they are tubers, Peloria has quite a few indigenous goddesses to whom tubers are sacred.

--Peter Metcalfe

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