Re: Odaylans amongst the Orlanthi

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_w1zUGViBKAGK3nW4EndyRlKa3T7H8su3KgIONpS6rwcJ-FeXcnUpDsRFfnDe7ywuUcT-d>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 15:34:04 -0700

> Yinkin is, of course, also a good choise for a hunters god. What would
> you say are the differences between a community of Yinkini hunters and
> of Odaylan hunters.

That "there wouldn't be a community of Odaylan hunters" is the first one...

I see Yinkini as not being so far-ranging in their hunting - they might be gone for a few days, maybe even a week, but not an entire season. Odalyans, on the other hand, come in maybe once a season (sometimes not even that).

Also, I could see a group of Yinkini hunters out in a far stead, but Odaylans are solitary for the most part, with no fixed abode. They wander as the prey (and their god) calls them. They might spend a night at a far off stead in really bad weather, if they were close to it, but wouldn't "settle down" much. With their Bear-like myths, I see them holing up in a cave or similar place for the worst of the winter, sleeping heavily. Note that only a few of the Holy Days require the Odalyans to return to the community.

RR
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