Re: Re: Saunas

From: KYER, JEFFREY <jeff.kyer_at_f_VI5cm3es00LMDZUZf3gZD_3j5T2AZB3m7NnEndlmd7pTKexWDy6TMk_X39NI4r4R>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 14:37:18 -0500

Peter Larsen wrote:
>
> Ian Cooper says:
>
> >need a reason to enter the sauna - now it may be that
> >entering the sauna is seen as eidfying becuase it
> >demonstrates the stultifying Golden Age and men try to
> >endure it as long as possible before leaving and
> >re-entering the Storm Age when they leave.
>
> Right. I'd prefer if the sauna was not seen as a trial or
> something unpleasant like the Stagnant Age, though -- it should be
> fun. Although with plenty of room for posturing -- maybe the best way
> to get the Uroxi clean is to challenge them to a regular
> sauna-sitting contest; even if an Uroxi wins, the whole clan wins....

Perhaps they used to be such things - maybe now they are a way to relax after the rigors of a HARD day of ploughing and herding.

And to get the stink oout of your skin - the wife she complains so.

> and he and Bo Rosen invoke the Baths of Nelat, which is a great idea.
> Not because saunas should be unpleasant, but imagine one that can
> sweat your guilt and bad deeds out of you!.

Good point.  

> "When Orlanth went into the Baths, it was like the sauna only closer,
> like a winding sheet. And hotter."
> "As hot as the Hearth, grandpa?"
> "Hotter. As hot as your uncle's forge and hotter than that. So hot
> that bronze would melt and run like sweat. So hot that Elmal's anger
> was remembered like a breath of air. So hot that only Orlanth could
> stand it. And that was just the first of the baths."
>
> Peter LArsen

Wow, Grampa.

(sits on the hearth and listens raptly)

Voriof            

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