Ah. So, the women are less accepting than the men are of, say Vinga?
I was under the impression that Nandan was the male eqiuvalent of Vinga and would operate under similar rules.
> And if a man was strong enough to resist the jeering of his clan
> brothers and the disapproval of his aunties, where would he do it.
> Day to day weaving is done by the hearth - not a good place for
> controversial crafting. Serious weaving is done in the loom
house,but
> no man is welcome there, because, among other things its where the
> clan is run from: the first moot, the womens' moot. No mere male
will
> ever be aloud to spy what goes on there.
Just as Vingans are not allowed to spy on male ceremonies? =)
I think that an Nandan male would suffer about as little or as much problems as a Vingan would to perform 'exclusively' male chores and duties.
Sauce for the goose is, afterall, sauce for the gander.
> So if you're determined to start weaving its a major heroquest
from
> scratch, probably including a journey to that place where all
> Heortling failures go: to town.
>
A major heroquest? I really don't think that's the case. That's the
thing, we don't know any of Nandan's myths. Vinga's been done to
death as it were, for obvious reasons. I suspect you are being
overly conservative in your view. To me, this is almost as bad as
the attitude of "Vinga can do anything Orlanth can, but better."
Now, I suppose I shall have to go and do a proper long-form writeup of Nandan. I had one lying around for Storm Tribe. Now to find it.
But YGMV.
Jeff
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