>- in this case, when they try to replicate the heroine task in a
>heroquest it is a misappropriated ceremony? or the fact that she
>succeeded means they should act the same way?
HonEel's ritual and the Ignorance ritual are not the same. Although there are common elements in both rituals, other elements of the ritual are different. HonEel did not consciously know she was trying to adapt an Ignorance ritual when she quested for Corn.
>- how did she understand that she had to perform a blood sacrifice
>(she was told by the corn god? what was she told?)
She came across the wounded elf-god (Sinoda) being menaced by the wicked Alanthore. In trying to rescue Sinoda, she found it was necessary to bleed Alanthore dry.
There's a detail or two more in the Glorantha: Intro p102.
--Peter Metcalfe
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