| From: | Kelly Martin <kelly@*******.BLOOMINGTON.IN.US> |
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| Subject: | Re: Animal Fight? |
| Date: | Tue, 5 Sep 1995 19:48:42 EST5 |
"Byungwoo" == Byungwoo Lee <finix@*******.SNU.AC.KR> writes:
Byungwoo> What would happen when a cat shaman and a rat shaman meet?
Byungwoo> Will the cat shaman try to "eat" the "rat?"
nothing in particular is expected to happen. there is no "emnity"
between Cat and Rat. it is a fact of nature that sometimes a cat will
eat a rat, but that is part of the way of things, and Rat does not
begrudge Cat for that. most totems coexist peacefully with one
another, the exception being most Insect totems.
in general, shamans of differing totems will work with or against one
another based not on their totemic affiliations, but rather based on
their individual goals and outlooks. shamans are not servants or
vassals of their totem; each shaman has a uniquely individual
relationship with his totem.
Byungwoo> The same thing with an owl shaman? And what would happen
Byungwoo> will two cat woman shamans have a cat fight?
only if there is some mundane reason for it. now, if two cat shamans
were to be aggreived toward one another for some reason, they might
very well have a cat fight. it wouldn't matter if they were female.
Byungwoo> Oh, and what will the totem do when they are summoned in
Byungwoo> the presence of other "hated" totems?
totems are not (and cannot be) summoned. it is very rare for a totem
to make its presence known directly to anyone other than to one it has
chosen as its shaman. at best, a shaman may _request_ its totem's
intercession, but that too would be quite rare.
have you read the Secrets of Power trilogy? pay especial attention to
how Sam Verner comes to know Dog.
all of this is, of course, my (humble|holy) opinion. take or leave it
as you will.
k.
--
kelly martin <kelly@*******.bloomington.in.us>
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