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967
... I'll admit to bending the conventional definition of Vingan here. However any Glorantha/RW comparison involves approximations. This is an example of women...
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Michael> As Jane said a few days ago, all you can Michael> really do in picking any Michael> Argrath is work out which bits you are Michael> contradicting when...
Jose
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Well, yes, since "The Argrath" is now revealed to be a title or description, and by no means an exclusive one; but we're still left with the question of which...
Pete Darby
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I suggest the idea that 'Argrath' could be more a title given by historicians to various heroes who acted as 'liberators', title given then to the King to...
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YGWV ... I'll even change that to be, "If they get married they always have the male role." ... I'm not precisely sure what you mean here, but let me clear...
Greg Stafford
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... Hmm... well, a Vingan who marries is rare enough that I suppose that's a possibility. ... But doing the job of a man does not make someone a man. Vingans...
Jane Williams
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... Except that's the Orlanthi "always" which means, about 85 percent of the time. ... BKC...
Brian Curley
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... Well, it may be a bit of a stretch, but what about "How Vinga Joined the Thunder Brothers?" BKC...
Brian Curley
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... this ... to see ... Thanks for the clarification! Also, on the whole water flows thing, I don't think that there is any requirement for water flows, if I...
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YGWV I played a game of HeroQuest when I was at StellarCon in North Carolina a couple of weeks ago. I just wanted to share a bit about the expediton that the...
Greg Stafford
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... Of course, you could say that, metaphorically, Argrath does start as said piece of putty. And then he grows. ... Michael ... Dr. Michael Hitchens Senior...
Michael Hitchens
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... I suspect this is argument is over the definition of male and female. In the modern world we use physical attributes as the definition and will surgically ...
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We Are All Argrath. Guy ... -- --Guy Hoyle "Live every day as if you're dying Of a contagious disease that turns people you bite into zombies." The Onion,...
Guy Hoyle
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... First reaction : lol Second reaction : hmm, maybe there's more truth here than I first thought..... Michael ... Dr. Michael Hitchens Senior Lecturer,...
Michael Hitchens
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... Eurmal seems to be keen to share his, from the myths I have seen around about, so perhaps Vinga takes him up on it at some point (albeit not precisely how...
John Machin
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Top of the World Mountain (Mt Farar) - I know it's somewhere in the Rockwoods, probably roughly in the northeast. Some EWF locations: Molorios - razed by...
David Dunham
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Hi David ... This one I know. It's at the bend wher ethe Rockwoods turn into the NidanMts. ... Your speculations are all that I know as well. Do we NEED to...
Greg Stafford
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Hi According to KoS "This clan are descendants of Hiord and Safeela, a swan maiden" Am I right in thinking that means something like there children are the ...
Michael Hitchens
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... While I can't answer your question, here's a little snippet that may or may not add something: "Events of My Life by Minaryth Blue, son of Renatha...
Jane Williams
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... That's how I've always understood it, yes. Physics is not involved, on the large scale. On a smaller scale, is is, as any boat caught in the rather large...
Jane Williams
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987
... Let's try checking the writeup, shall we? Vinga is refered to as "she", throughout. And "Loyal Daughter". "Vinga is the goddess who does a god’s job of...
Jane Williams
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... It could be a fun little myth. There might even be a minor Vingan sub-cult based on it, if someone's game needed a Vingan to father a child. But making...
Jane Williams
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... There's also the Draugr in Sratar Rising part 3 - one of them was a swan maiden, with a swan maiden mother. Which, by the way, makes my wonder if there's...
Michael Hitchens
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... the ... say* 4 ... Probably. They could always have adopted bloodlines who don't officially descend from the pairing, but most of them would do. ... other ...
Simon Phipp
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Male Vingans are quite possible. Imagine a worshipper of Nandan, she has a number of children, whether adopted, from her husband's previous marriage or...
Simon Phipp
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Apologies if this has been asked and answered elsewhere on any of the 6 lists. Even if I was that diligent, I can't imagine a search string that would get me...
Mike Dawson
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... Bloodlines are usually traced through the male line so initially all would be. Generations on some bloodlines may have been kept going by adoption or...
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... That's a foregone conclusion with a trickster, nothing works quite how it was intended. ... I'd even doubt the sub-cult, more a stray myth to be followed...
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... I was a player in this game (merchant), and just want to add that a good time was had by one and all. Of the seven players, only two of us had ever played...
Kevin McDonald
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Forwarded from Ben Monroe: Hmmm… So, I made a discovery today, and figure it's either one of two things: 1 - another 'Gloranthan secret' along the lines of...
Chris Lemens
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