>2)'Most' rural Heortlings live communally in steads; Do 'most' rural
>Esrolians live communally with their extended family in steads? Is
>their technology similar? Is their style of dress similar? Would they
>recognise each others customs?
Yes to all.
>3)Are non-leadership gender roles similar to Heortlings i.e women
>still run the home, men perform warfare, heavy labour but valued
>differently? Or are many gender-roles reversed for 'most' Esrolians?
Roles are not reversed.
"Biology always wins."
>4) Are clans still the basic social unit,or
>federations/alliances/tribes?
Clans, matrilineally calculated.
>5)Is the similarity to Heortling culture most significant to those
>clans that worship Orlanth as Ernalda's husband (or have the
>appropriate year-father), with other clans diverging from this model
>with the influence of their choice of year-father.
Yes.
>6) Is polyandry (sp?) common?
Common? Not sure what that means.
Acceptable? Yes. Common among the rich and powerful? Yes.
>7)Is the Orlanth cult less rich in subcults in Esrolia?
Yes.
>Is his mythic
>role less significant as 'just one of Ernalda's husbands'?
Yes and No. Mostly no.
>Do
>Esrolians recognise Vinga and Nandan?
Yes.
>6)Would a matrilineal and matriachal Heortling clan look similiar to
>an Esrolian one if you were an outsider (say a Loskalmite)?
Yes.
>8)Was the Kingdom of Night a significant influence on Esrolian
>culture?
I am not sure what the quantifier "significent" means here.
>9)Are the Malkioni a significant influence on Esrolian culture? If so
>is that influence mainly confined to urban areas?
No. But yes, there are significent numbers of Malkioni in cities o affect
their running.
>10) Would a male Erolian have a closer relationship with his sister's
>children on the grounds that is they who will inherit or does
>marriage tie his fortunes to his wife's clan so much that he would
>favour his own offspring?
They are matrilineal. Sons belong to their mother's clans. Officially, it
is impossible to prove paternity.
>11) Do the mercantile elements of the economy wield any political
>power?
Yes, absolutely.
>12) Celts/Saxons/Vikings are good sources of real-world inspiration
>for Heortlings. Are there any other cultures we might think of when
>drawing inspiration for Esrolians.
No.
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