At 08:58 PM 1/15/2001 -0000, Bryan Thexton wrote:
>I know Kero Finn has a role in Orlanthi myth, and is sacred in
>various ways, but I'm wondering how much it matters in the life of
>your typical Sartarite.
>
>For example:
>- Would particularly devout Orlanthi of some means travel there on
>the equivalent of a pilgrimage, just to gaze upon it? Or climb it?
Of course, you can see it anywhere fin Dragon Pass.
I d not perieve people climbing it as a regular pilgrimage (oh, except
Yinkini)
>- For that matter, would climbing it be considered a good thing
>(pilgrimage style) or bad thing (trespassing on sacred ground)?
Well, probably foolish first of all, and otherwise acceptable.
>- Would it be revered in art, be it song or other depictions (think
>Mt. Fujimori in Japan for what I'm thinking of here).
Yes, I think so.
>- Is it even seen as actively sacred, versus somewhere that important
>things happened in myth, so yes its important, but who cares who
>grazes their sheep on its lower slopes?
Kero Fin is worshipped as a goddess of childbirth, not much else.
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