> Oh sure, they're meaningless *here and now*, but maybe they used to work and
> were minor sacrifices to local Daimones in the place the tribe used to live,
> or they make occassional differences whenever a particular wandering essence
> is around... Or they're the remnants of pre-GL (or GL!) practices that the
> GL broke.
>
This is my point.
The Gloranthans can't tell if they are useless and meaningless, and so
will obey these compeltely.
Which only makes it debatable whether they are superstitions or actual
practices.
> Like RW supersitious beliefs or actions (I was saying good morning to the
> magpies on the way to work this morning), even if it doesn't work, it "can't
> harm", though I could see Malkioni equivalents of Randi and Dawkins rail
> against them.
Yes, absolutely. Expecially since, as even the HQ book says, the religion is plagued with non-Malkioni practices, etc.
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