Re: "Don't mention the gyrda!"

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From: jorganos <joe_at_lDGECD2WM4adLfeZcF0yMshqqDJCibRYWBC7WIkSQxwg46naw_oaseQVWV8P9H3goUde2E8n>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:50:09 -0000

In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, Alison Place <alison_place_at_...> wrote:

> I did miss 'gyrda' in 'Thunder Rebels', but except by reading
> cover to cover, there's no way to find it. It's not in the index,
> and it's not described under 'godi' or 'god-talker' (p. 163).

There is a way: it is indexed in the online index.

http://www.glorantha.com/tools/buserian/Entry/Gyrda

The proliferation of names is one reason I remained working on that index. I'm still more fluent with "sword sage" than with "Hevduran initiate", and I'm not so sure that "serdodrosa" is superior to "earth witch". On the other hand, "kolati" surely beats "wind shaman" or "wind warlock". "Breath shaman" could rival that term.