> Much good stuff snipped - but it seems to me that you left out one
> important aspect. The geese. The one thing we know about this ritual
> is that there are geese involved.
A very good point. It didn't occur to me, but the quest absolutely has to explain why the dance is the Goose Dance. I just thought that the movements would resemble the movements of geese. Perhaps an insignificant goose tells Ernalda something important and she was the only one to notice the "commoners".
Geese are loud and they are said to be good guards, because they will start making noice if some trouble is afoot. Geese are easy to raise - thay only need some grass, a dry shed and they even prefer open skies at night. I'd say that the Goose Dance could be a warning that the needs of even those, who want very little are in danger.
I think that the dance itself is beautiful and as such it attracts the attention of men back to their homes.
Olli Kantola
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