On 5/10/07, Jeff Richard <richaje_at_afpRPW5mdA7D-jc2Cb3VW3G9E3jkf1phYmjGtRNJjrzO15DRUDseON_APoIvYFZXN4Gb2lAy1A.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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> The women who want to act out Orlanth's stories are odd. Then again,
> men who worship Humakt or Storm Bull are odd. Hell, why don't we
> whine about all the restrictions on Humakti or Storm Bull worshipers
> in Orlanthi society? We've given lots of taboos and restrictions to
> men and women who worship Death, lots of taboos and restrictions to
> men who worship the Raging Bull. We even have restrictions on men who
> worship Ernalda (even if they are simply things like they aren't part
> of the fyrd). So, what sort of taboos or other restrictions should
> exist around a woman who gets to participate in men's secret rites?
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> Or is Vinga too important to you as a modern Western ideological
> statement to even play around with that question?
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> Jeff
Is not being part of the fyrd more of a restriction for Nandanites than
being part of the fyrd is for Vingans?
--
Jakob Pape
"Sometimes subtlety comes in the form of large explosions and jammed open
airlock doors."
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