>> Equally a Niskis isn't going to be looked on favourably as a
>> husband. He may be a great lover but what are you both going
>> to live on? So it's a subcult for young men before they
>> settle down.
>
>Absolutely. I am thinking of a story where the young man in
>question is married but reluctant to give up his Niskis initiate
>status, courting popular disapproval, and suspicion from his wife.
Why did his wife marry him? what did her family have to say about it? If he broke a promise to change she's entitled to a divorce with his family losing the brideprice and having to return her dowry.
>He has in fact been having a secret affair with a Vingan, which
>is bad karma.
I can see her being blamed for breaking up the marriage. If she isn't liked that may be an excuse to banish her.
>Initially I thought that he may have been sacrificing to Niskis in
>secret, but that felt wrong somehow. Hence my question regarding
>the social acceptablity of Niskis.
He'd have as much chance of keeping that a secret as he has of keeping the affair secret. I reckon the clan women are waiting for his wife to kick up a fuss before making an example of him. Not because Niskis is socially unacceptable but because of his actions.
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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