Esrolvuli Law Affair and Petition of Translation

From: TERRA INCOGNITA <inarsus-ferilt-z_at_mrg.biglobe.ne.jp>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 03:35:58 +0900

To Mr. Jeff Richard:

First, please give me a chance for the petition, I finished the translation of your article, "Law and the Orlanthi" in Tales #18, may I ask you for updating it to my website and revealing it to public?

I am TERRA INCOGNITA.
While ago, you gave me permission to translate your Rastalulf's Saga.

But I have always puzzled the way for explaining about Orlanthi's legal procedure and their habit to weregeld and outlawry, etc to fellow Japanese....for we have completely different set of tradition unlike of you europeans. (Even in modern Japan, lawsuits are uncommon for ordinary people, they takes long time and costs seriously, and result of them generally aren't written for civil affairs. IMHO, Carmanian Law is far more understandable for Japanese.....)

After that, we talked about the difference of Esrolia and Heortings for the difference: their Old Earth Tradition and Storm Way. From Greg's writing about Esrolians.
http://www.glorantha.com/new/q-and-a/esrolia.html

Below is some of my opinions in GD digests and opposing idea. Esrolia (formerly Kodigvari) and Heortling http://glorantha.kondalski.org/g9index/1657.html Aizawa's Essay about Ancient Jurisdiction (TI's Translation) http://glorantha.kondalski.org/g9index/1693.html
->Julian (Bloodline: Uz Matriarchal Influence?)
http://glorantha.kondalski.org/g9index/1695.html
->Terra's objection

http://glorantha.kondalski.org/g9index/1702.html

If I can ignore the logic of MGF and try to find the rough approximation of the Esrolvuli, there are some problems....

1. No RW Parallel except some Legends (and David Dumham's..info about Chinese Minority Group?.) Woman Domination Society. The difference of Realism and Fantasy.
2. About the Law System of your work for Heortling..... See John Hughes' post for Heortling.... http://glorantha.kondalski.org/g9index/0418.html

Summarized:
<<Iceland 10C
Weregeld, Godi, Moot (Thing?, Althing?)
Immigrants from Harald Fairhair of Sweden (13C Pharaoh)

Gallia BC 1C
Tribes and Clans
Divinities of Druids
Oppressive Conqueror: Caesar (Fazzur Wideread?)>>

And Orlanthi Heortlings is those two different groups into one. IMHO. And in RW Iceland, I know the Collapse of Republic was at the Assassination of Snorri, isn't it a proof of the history such system doesn't work long well.....? (Of course, it is Fantasy.....but....)

3: Why only Good Lunars are Dead Orlanthi? Certainly in Dara Happan (and RW chinese) proverb, "Ten Bad Emperors are better than None."
But why they can do well with them as to other many many ethnic minority groups in their Empire?

Sorry for my muttering.....

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