> >Ah : then this is what I would disagree with : I believe that a Bloodline
> >in Ancestor Worship is both a part of oneself and a part of each of one's
> >Ancestors and a part of one's Descendants, through which the Ancestor
> >magic courses, and which is a non-independent portion of them all.
>
> Even if this were true for all ancestor worshippers, all it states
> states is that you and an ancestor share something, not that the
> ancestor is really a part of you.
All I can say is that I disagree.
> Contacting the dead in a sorcerous context is either Saintly
> Worship of Necromancy AFAIK (there's some 4-world esoteric
> behind this which I won't go into here).
Good. It's best left alone ...
> As for theistic worship of Ancestors, many people can claim
> descent from one god or another (Orlanth for the Orlanthi,
> Lodril for the Pelorians etc). Yet when they worship their
> ancestor, they do so via their normal cult. Is this ancestor
> worship?
Orlanth is not an Ancestor : he is a Great God.
> >Is Raus of Rone a straight up Animist IYO ?
>
> >More to the point, is Raus' worship of his ancestors
> >an Animist tradition ?
>
> The Deneronic Ancestors of Dara Happa is described as
> an animist tradition in the HW rules, I believe.
Okey-doke.
cheers,
Julian Lord
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