> Eiritha as Beast just doesn't sit right with me. I guess your general
> concept is "Eiritha as the Herd Mother."
>
> Inspite of any Godlearnerness, I would have thought Eiritha as Earth
> which also goes with the General Meaning of "Resilience, Nurturing,
> Stubborness" (the unyielding earth)
That's a good point, but the elements are as much as psychological and behavioural categorisation as much as anything. I think that Earth only affects Praxians indrectly, when compared to agriculturalists. For farmers, the link is
Earth -> grain -> food
For Praxians, it's
Earth -> grass -> fodder -> beast -> milk -> food
This indirect link between earth and food means the earth is much less important. It's the beasts that are the important things. Farmers treat land as property; pastoralists treat herdbeasts as property.
And I'm sure that beasts can be as stubborn and unyielding as anything you care to mention (they are in my experience!).
Thanks for the comments,
Neil.
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