Fair enough. I understand the whole "unfortunate women born into the form of men" aspect, but who was Nandan? The Gloranthan wiki describes Nandan as "a man who became a woman to serve Ernalda". Am I correct in assuming that change was literally in the physical sense (it seems more mythical and subcult worthy if he did indeed physically change gender) rather than simply assuming the social gender role? Is their more to the tale of Nandan? Could Nandan's subcult Feat consist of the individual actually physically changing into a woman?
cheers!
Colin
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> That's the only reference to Nandan in the book. The subcult is not described as we concluded that it is of very little interest for most players and not of such cultural importance that it needed to detailed in order to understand the Orlanthi.
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> In a nutshell, members of the subcult are men who are initiated into the cult of Ernalda. They may be biologically men but they are women as far as the Orlanthi are concerned.
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> Jeff
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> --- In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, "Colin" <colin@> wrote:
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> > Hey all,
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> > So, reading through SKoH again, I noticed this text in the Ernalda cult entry:
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> > "All initiates of Ernalda must be women (although the Nandan subcult provides a means by which men can perform women's roles and participate in women-only rituals)."
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> > However, there's no Nandan subcult mentioned or described in the subcult section, and in fact this seems to be the only mention of Nandan at all in the entire book.
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> > Did I miss something (entirely possible) or was the Nandan subcult just not described at all? Could anyone describe the Nandan subcult for me in SKoH subcult description terms, please, in the case of the latter?
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> > cheers!
> > Colin
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