[Glorantha] Re: Levi-Strauss

[Nils Weinander]

Tim Ellis:
 >
>>Info overload? The basic idea is binary opposition: myths present 
>>culturally-determined oppositions and then mediate ('solve) them:
>>Man :: Woman
>>Raw :: Cooked
>>Light:: Dark
>>Land : Sea
>>Up : Down
>>are all pretty universal, but
>>Maccaw : Ape
> 
> 
> ... Now I suspect that what John meant to say here was "Macaque:Ape"
> - Macaques being a species of Baboon-related primates that include
> the Barbary Ape (Europe's only non-human primate), and Macaws being a
> type of parrot...
> 
> ...But maybe I'm wrong, and the next sequel to Beak No Evil/Bad Boon
> Rising will see our intrepid heroes sent "up the jungle" where they
> will find them selves culturally opposed to a new, colourful, and
> talkative type of Keet?
> 
> (John, Jane and other foolhardy types are at liberty to take this as
> a challenge if they wish...)

Not a keet (which are waterbirds) but one of the fabled parrot
people of Forng! Forng is a remote islands in the far south
of the East Isles. Its inhabitants are entient parrots who
worship Karkal, the Vithelan god of fire and strength and
his divine spouse as a pair of fiery parrots.
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Nils Weinander
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