From: Chris Lemens <chrislemens_at_DjrENpiZDAaOvZ5X2-02WiMxFaiTnl-XY4oM0Z2hqBNO6qklrGWp7x65VAP6hrVZi5r_ta1YT0U9ZskBlw.yahoo.invalid>
To: WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, 4 May 2011, 17:11
Subject: Re: The Paps
Mike Dawson says:
> Refocusing back to the Paps, it should be clear that Axe Sisters worship the >Axe Sister Spirit, not a goddess. No matter how much she smells like Babeester >Gor.
Yeah! Take that, you God Learners! The Axe Sisters fortunately have little occasion to carryout their special magics, so the immediately apparent similarity is pretty much just "women with axes."
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Chris
Correct-- undoubtedly.
Is this decisive objective proof that the Axe Sisters don't (unwittingly worship Babeester Gor? Well, if the Praxians who worship the Iron Man spirit are somehow interacting with an aspect of the god Humakt, why is it impossible for the Axe Sisters to be doing the same in relation to Babeester Gor? Though maybe the Iron Man is the spirit of an otherwise anonymous Humakti hero who came to Prax rather than Humakt itself
Is the 'true identity' of the Axe Sisters' spirit relevant in play in most circumstances -- on reflection, probably not (other than perhaps to a God-learner). Whoever Iron Man is, surely what is important in game mechanics (and narrative) terms is that the Praxians interact with him as a spirit. The same would be true of the Axe Sisters' spirit.
Maybe a Theyalan familiar with Babeester Gor would look at the Axe Sisters and see 'misapplied' Babeester Gor worship? (Though not in the technical sense of the old Hero Wars rules) Or maybe they would just see some barbarian women with axes doing their own thing?
For their part, surely most Axe Sisters would carry on doing what they had always done regardless of what the Outlanders think of it. Being an Axe Sister must be a big commitment (both spiritually and as a lifestyle choice), so they are unlikely to give up what they devote their lives to on a whim, or because of whatever some Outlander tells them.
What if a curious Axe Sister somehow saw, and was impressed by, the feats she saw a Babeester Gor devotee perform and wanted to learn how to copy them. Would the Babeester Gor cultist try to convert the Axe Sister?
However even if she did, would this process in any way depend on whether the Axe Sisters' spirit was or was not an aspect of Babeester Gor?
Richard Hayes
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