[Glorantha] Re: Initiation for heortling women

[Donald R. Oddy]

In message <200606260850.49553.lc at lightcastle.net> LC writes:

>I think you are too hung up on the word "Fought" and thinking it 
>is simply a battle. I've never viewed IFWW that way. I completely 
>get the Heortlings thinking of it that way, and thinking it is a 
>male only event, and assigning a different name to what the women 
>do, but it's the same event, IMO.

I've no problem with it being the same event but the myth and the
experience are different for Orlanthi and Ernaldans. At least 
partly that's because the two react differently.

Take the example of a HQ stage where the initiate is attacked by
an enemy. The Orlanthi response will be to fight whereas the
Ernaldan one might be to hide, or try to make peace.

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