>> Back on task though: while we seem to have a pretty good grasp of
>> Heortling Vinga, what about the Vinga from up north? I've brought this
>> up before elsewhere (and had a pretty good chat about it) but I was
>> wondering if anyone here had a take on the Vinga of the Lunar
>> Provinces and how an understanding of her cult's traits might help to
>> clarify that of Heortling Vinga?
>
>Phew! I guess I killed that thread dead!
>
>Anyone? Anyone at all?
It's not even certain the Red Woman of Holay is Vinga. Some say they are the same (ILH1 pg.54). You also have Vinga as she appears in Esrolia (HQ pg. 43) which is as a soldier (in practice an officer) rather than a warrior.
If you want some speculation based on little or nothing try this for size:
Vinga is the daughter of Orlanth and Sedenya, conceived when the Red Goddess still believed Orlanth could overcome his rebellous nature. Vinga was a wayward child and when she became a woman chose to follow her father even though his warriors laughed at her. Still she was also her mother's daughter and refused to be put off by this treatment gaining their respect after many contests. After a while the endless drinking, boasting and fighting began to bore her and she returned to her mother where she found her true place as guardian of the home. Content among her sisters and their families until the need arose to defend them from ignorant barbarians.
In the mortal world the Vingans of Holay are distinguised from their sisters in Sartar by using a flaming crimson hair dye obtained from the Moon rather than henna.
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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