> In message <p06240806c23afee69e0e_at_[10.0.1.2]> David
> Dunham writes:
>
> >And who aren't satisfied with the more mainstream
> minority deities,
> >like Chalana Arroy, Lhankor Mhy, and Humakt.
> They're probably 15% of
> >the 15%.
>
> I'd regard Vinga as a mainstream minority deity,
> probably the
> biggest of the 15% of women who don't follow
> Ernalda.
It probably depends on whether you're seeing her as the goddess of female warriors, or of all women who want to follow any career which is traditionally male.
> Lhankor Mhy is
> probably preferred to Vinga Andrin just as Issaries
> is preferred to Vinga Harst.
Makes sense to me. Where specialist cults exist and there's no advantage to the less dedicated version, might as well go straight there. Vinga Dar, though, for a lot of female leaders.
> I remember playing with numbers some time ago and
> the 15% males
> who weren't followers of Orlanth were easy enough to
> find - the
> biggest group were Elmali because there are some
> clans with an Elmali majority.
Ah, yes, the cases where "traditional male cult" does NOT mean Orlanth will skew results for men. Elmali clans still have Ernalda as trad female, so no clash there.
> The 15% of women were much more difficult
> even with a relatively high proportion of Vingans.
Makes sense, again.
> Further
> thought leads me to the possibility that the Elmali
> clans have
> a high proportion of women who follow Redalda rather
> than Ernalda.
Maybe - as herders? I'd expect Elmali clans to have a lower proportion of women who want to follow male lifestyles anyway (at least, want it enough to buck social convention).
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