My only aim was to infer general rules from those in TR and HW to apply to ur numbers instead.With TR to hand:
>From Your Stead (TR p.18):
70 adults;35 men and women (and 70 children):
2 godtalkers - 1.5%
1 weaponthane (not resident) - <1%
18 fyrdsmen - 12.5% (25% of adults)
Greg has used the 1.5% figure before, so it is possibe that is why the godtalkers are at this level.
On devotees:
"To spend so much time on actual worship, a person must have some outside support or income. A clan typically supports its thanes and god-talkers in this manner." TR p.69
So the number of 'normal' devotees, excluding hero bands, is small, gotalkers (1.5%) + thanes.
I have yet to note other evidence, but Greg might have changed his mind, before TR or after.
"They were seven in all, and therewithal both sides rushed into the fight. Thorarin slew a house-carle of Thorbiorn's, and Alfgeir another, and there fell also a housecarle of Thorarin's; but no weapons would bite on Odd Katlason. Now the goodwife Aud calls out on her women to part them, and they cast clothes over the weapons." The Story Of The Ere-Dwellers Chapter 18
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