Re: Agamori and Lodril

From: markmohrfield <markmohrfield_at_...>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 14:29:14 -0000

> At 1:23 PM +1300 20/1/05, Peter Metcalfe wrote:
> But (while all this is correct enough) the question was less
> about the Agimori people generally, but specifically the Praxian
Men
> and a Half, who were initially a distinct group with different
> practices within Pamaltela, but have now been in Prax with no (or
> virtually no) contact with their original culture for centuries.
> They are very different - from Borderlands its clear that
> they are effectively slightly superhuman as a result of some sort
of
> invocation to 'Lodril' ritual that is a significant deviation from
> the normal Pamaltelan practice. I suspect they probably had
distinct
> tribal practices when they were in Pamaltela too (and followers
that
> tradition probably remain there, admittedly a minority tradition
now
> with centuries of deviation from the Praxian version). >
Cheers
> David

Several years ago I asked some questions about the men-and-a-half tribe over on the Glorantha Digest. Here is the reply I got from Sandy Petersen

"The Men-and-a-Half also exist in Pamaltela. They are a separate people from the other Agimori there, and technically I suppose are not Doraddi, but share much of the same culture. Actually, there are several Men-and-a-Half tribes. Probably fewer than 1% of the Savannah humans are Men-and-a-Half. Men-and-a-Half tribes often try to enforce strict sex rules, to keep from diluting their qualities by outbreeding with ordinary Agimori. Because they also don't like incest (Doraddi incest rules are extremely complex, more so than any other major culture in Glorantha), this means that they pretty much have to find another Men-and-a-Half tribe to marry. So on the rare occasions these tribes meet, they stay together for a long time, and have extensive group weddings based on very little acquaintance. The festive and orgiastic nature of Men-and-a-Half conclaves is proverbial among the Doraddi.

Sandy>"