wrote:
> I like the Sacred Time idea, but agree that people would know and
act upon
> the elemental associations of their birthday.
>
> As to the day itself, a sacrifice to the ancestors or Flesh Man
feels right
> to me. Only you and your mum are likely to register your actual
birth day.
>
> And I suspect, as in many parts of the world, that people are 'one'
when
> they are born, and 'two' on their first birthday. Concepts
like 'zero' are
> for Lhankors or for other weird folk.
>
Makes a lot of sense especially since the normal human term is very
close in length to the Gloranthan year. (38-42 weeks being
considered the norm). I suspect most people just say the kid's one
when they're born rather than trying to guess when they were
conceived though.
Occassionally I imagine people have performed HQs or ceremonies to
get the pregnancy started but I imagine most pregnancies are as
unplanned as RW ones.
Oliver