> Jeff Richard
said:
> > Huh? The Orlanthi myth is verifiably true - many ancient ancestors
> > came with Orlanth from the Spike (and you can go on heroquests and
> > experience it for yourself).
>
Joerg replied:
> I'll have to (mis-?) quote Jane: This is regarding only a minority of the
> Orlanthi, the male half (mostly).
May I ask for a source citation that indicates that the migrants form the Spike were male and not female?
> About half the people who made up the Orlanthi came from Peloria or were
> already resident in the area and joined the Orlanthi in the Wedding of
> Orlanth and Ernalda. Ernalda's daughters brought their lowfire husbands,
> too, and probably other elemental associations as well.
Likewise, may I ask for a source citation on this as well?
> Vingkot is one of several Orlanthssons from a mortal mother, and of a very
> minor people (the On Jorri), too. Drorgalar (ancestor of the Harandings)
> didn't make it that far to godhood. Others now are included in or
> associated with the Thunder Brothers. The Praxians doubtlessly already
> were in the rough region, and there are myths of intermarriage (Vingkot
> and a daughter of Tada, for instance, and where did Ulanin come from?)
I do not dispute that these above named folks are (generally) from outside the Orlanth Family.
-Greg Stafford
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