RE: Shortchanged Orlanthi Women Folk

From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_...>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:42:08 +0100

> > I'd worry about the poor short-changed Orlanthi men, if I were you.
>
> Though presumably an Orlanthi man could worship Nanda, and,
> thus, be accepted as a woman by his tribe--and then, when
> something horrible happens to his (her?) family, he (she?)
> could join Vinga.

Um.... (picks jaw back up off ground)

Come to think of it, if you could "convince the examiners"....

"any Heortling woman who has undergone Ernaldan initiation" can join Vinga.

And Nandans are "women who have the shape of men". "He"'s an aspect of Ernalda.

Yes, I think you're right. The scenario you describe would head towards the Red Woman sub-cult - the one that loses fertility anyway.