[Glorantha] Initiation for heortling women

[Donald R. Oddy]

In message <Pine.GSO.4.58.0606231423420.16912 at paju.oulu.fi> Mikko Rintasaari writes:

>That is obvious, but it just doesn't cut it for me. If the women 
>don't (usually) partake of Heort's and Hengal's secrets, and don't 
>participate in the IFWW, then they aren't really even heortlings. 
>The courage to face chaos (and understanding of the importance of 
>chaos) seems central to the Heortling worldview, and it's very 
>unsatistying that this would would be a gendered thing.

Given that Ernalda is supposed to be passive rather than active
the "I Fought" part seems rather inappropriate. Perhaps the women's
initiation is more on enduring and surviving chaos rather than 
fighting it. So, yes they experience IFWW but see it from a 
different angle - "I Endured, We Won".

-- 
Donald Oddy
http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/