Re: Praxian distress

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From: Gianfranco Geroldi <janjero_at_...>
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:05:34 +0100

> >Do you think that Waha is also a "communication spirit", BTW?
> >I mean, which tradition do the trading nomads follow, in path?
>
> Waha is not a communication spirit. The preferred method of
> "communication" with outsiders is to raid them.
>
> --Peter Metcalfe

Maybe, I am imagining so right now, when the nomads trade, they mock raiding expeditions, to save their hardened image. Something like the Sabines' Raptus (if you get what i mean). In ancient societies, feigning a violent act to mask a consensual contract was a wdespread practice.

GianGero