> >So flipping back to Monomythic View (press F7), does this envisage
> >that Ratuk is a spirit, and his change in status and the change in
> >mode of worship of the islanders somewhat go hand in hand?
>
>
> Not sure what you mean by Ratuk's change in status. I'll try and
> rephrase myself. I suggest (for the moment) that the majority of
> the original Tamanjaryans worshipped Tomikaratra in a theist fashion.
> At this time there was a specialist warrior cult who worshipped
> Ratuk in an animist fashion. These were still normal East Islanders
> though and did not know the shapechanging secret.
>
> When Tamanjary sunk and Tomikaratra was killed, all surving
> Tamanjaryans joined the animist cult of Ratuk and became nomads.
> They left the central East Isles and turned away from the normal
> Vithelan ways. During this process they found/learned the secret
> of shapechanging.
I'm a little puzzled here: if they are animists with shapechanging
powers and don't (I presume) practice agriculture or the like, in what
sense are they not hsunchen (which we know they aren't)?
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Trotsky
Gamer and Skeptic
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