[Glorantha] Female Heortling initiation

[Donald R. Oddy]

In message <Pine.GSO.4.58.0606251631500.22071 at paju.oulu.fi> Mikko Rintasaari writes:

>Ernalda is dead, but the first initiation isn't about the Gods, it's about
>mortals and culture heroes Heort and Hengal. It's not like the boys do the
>lightbringer quest, or emulate orlanth. They experience the lives of the
>Vinkotlings and the Heortlings, and stand at the end of the world at IFWW.
>
>I don't see any reason why the girls wouldn't do the same.

Why on earth should the girls experience the lives of the male culture
heros? While I've no doubt there were Vingans who fought at IFWW I
can't believe the majority of women did so. So what were they doing?
We need to find the parallel myth, the heroines and what they did.
Not push them into roles which they are fundamentally unsuited for.

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