A quick muse on HeroQuests
As those who know me will know I am hardly ever moved to actually post as
aside to reading digests. This is one of those moments.
I fully agree with the metaphors used by RR and would wish to add that IMO
Heroquests have one important shared facet...the are EXPERIENTIAL....sure we
as modern mortals can read or write or talk about Gloranthan myths and those
characters in the world of Glorantha can tell stories or collate scrolls and
we can both try to understand what each Heroquests is like or what its
benefits are...BUT each of us can never really comprehend a Heroquest fully.
The ONLY way is by participating in the Heroquest..Its like going white
water rafting or bear hunting or sky diving.
This is one of the 'community harmonies' that emerges in Glorantha. The
peoples have group ceremonies, and every adult gains some insights, practice
quests, where selected adults gain more insight, and full heroquests where
heroes gain more insights, that set them aside from normal mortals in their
community.
This is also how the God learners committed their fatal errors, they thought
that by studying others myths that they could enact them in a way they
wished to gain benefits. They did not truly understand the myths and this
was their error.
Cheers
martin
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