> Guy Hoyle <ghoyle1_at_...> wrote:
> >
> > No doubt they wrap it up in that old pelt
> > that Torvalt kept it in, brought it out on special
> > occasions and told stories about it and Torvalt
> > Trollkiller, and added a little bit to the power of
> > the axe every year or so by all this special
> > treatment.
>
> And, of course, whenever the clan re-enacts the "Making of the Storm
> Tribe"
> myth in their worship--you know, the myth that ends with the tribe banding
> together against a troll attack--well, naturally, they use Torvalt's
> axe in
> the ritual. I mean, it's a "trollkiller" axe, right? And you do that for
> enough years, some magic's going to rub off on it.
Oooh, I hadn't thought of that, but of course piggybacking on an extant myth makes loads of sense.
Guy (Hoyle)
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