>From WAY back in April... Roderick forwarded this from Greg:
Damn, that was burried a low way down. My arms are tired.
Jeff "Digger" Kyer
- In hw-rules_at_egroups.com, "Roderick and Ellen Robertson"
<rjremr_at_s...> wrote:
> Gang,
>
> Here's a bit that Greg asked me to forward on...
>
> And here is what Greg wrote:
>
> Humakt in the Waha Tradition
>
> What the shaman said:
>
> You, Sword Man, are special. I knew your great-grandfather and
every
person
> since then, have spent fifteen years exploring the Spirit World,
and
have
> known more spirits then there are stars in the sky, but even
compared to all
> of those thing you are special. You are unique because you are
serve
the
> Great Sword. None of these other men has that calling. They are not
tough
> enough. They are not brave enough. You are special for doing this
very hard
> thing. You are the fierce one because you know those spirits of the
Great
> Sword. Everyone knows this. The spirits that you wrestle to get
your
magic
> are tougher than any one else's. We know that. You are the Death
Man
and
> everyone else are just men. We see the cost in your face and watch
you
> writhe in agony to conquer your spirits. We know you spend all your
waking
> hours mumbling to the Great Sword and seeing death in everything.
You are
> powerful and do this for us, and so we are grateful.
>
>
>
> Orlanth in the Waha Tradition
>
> What the shaman said:
>
> Little Brother, you are the one they should watch, aren't you? But
do the
> tribesfolk see you? No, never, because they know where to look: at
Storm
> Bull and Waha. But not you, eh? They tell you that you are just
little
> brother, eh, and expect you to be reduced for that. But I hear your
voice
> across the plains at night when you even dream of Little Brother,
so
he has
> touched you to be special. Now you have gained some of his secrets
and you
> bear the pride and power of the Little Brother for us. You are the
one to
> wrestle with the wind, a task too hard for anyone else. You are the
one to
> sneak and steal, where Urox and Waha can not . You are the one who
can speak
> to strangers, being a bit strange yourself. No one else can do this
things.
> They don't have your special power to do it. You do that hard work.
You do
> that because no one else can do it. You do it no matter what the
cost, and
> the clan is blessed because you have taken that burden. You are
powerful,
> Little Brother.