>> Won't most cultures know something about other cultures,
>> especially the cross-over myths, precicely because they
>> will have (collectively) been sucked into the myth everytime
>> it is performed.
>
>Sure. But I'm still assuming they won't know those
>myths as well as they know their own ones. They may
>recognise what they're in, they may not. "Know myths
>of ZZ" at 10W2, sure, but that's "know myths of Argan
>Argar" at maybe 10W, and "know myth where Vinga tricks
>AA" at 17 if you're lucky. Possible, but by no means
>certain.
They won't know "Vinga tricks Argan Argar" at all, they'll know "Argan Argar cheated by human female". In the same way the human version will be "Vinga tricks troll merchant" or just "Vinga tricks a troll".
"Vinga tricks Argan Argar" is just GM shorthand for the two HQs but I see no reason why the two myths should be better known in one cult than the other.
Of course if the two individuals involved are a Humatki and a Zorak Zorani then they are both probably at 6 in knowledge of that myth. But then there's no reason why they should get involved in that HQ. I'd expect an Issaries or Eyteries merchant to be dragged in before a ZZ. I'm not sure who's the most likely substitute for Vinga - another female warrior cult I suppose.
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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