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The Spinners and the Valenwood

  • Member
    July 29, 2014
    Thank you Rune, and, Florentius MIGHT be talking go Arkay, or he could just be insane, or both.
  • Member
    July 29, 2014
    Heres a line that got to me. "She who looks at Arkay's form and does not blush, but breathes deep the scent of Him." This is in reference to Mara, and her being mother to a thousand-thousand children. The way they phrase it, does this mean Arkay, to the a Bosmer, is the father of the Mer? Or what?
  • July 29, 2014
    "Y'ffre also told that no Wood Elf who is struck down by another Wood Elf should be allowed to sink into the ground, but should instead be consumed, like the beasts." Don't Bosmer eat their family regardless of cause of death? As well as any enemies they kill regardless of race? And this makes it sound like getting cannabilized is looked down on in Bosmeri culture.
  • July 29, 2014

    Edit: Never mind, I misread something.

  • Member
    July 29, 2014

    I got the same impression Matt. There was one village in ESO, they poisoned themselves and then attacked the invaders. After that, the invaders were forced to eat them and all died out. I did not hear of Bosmer eating those who died of natural causes. They eat other races only as a punishment of breaking an agreement, as far as I know. It is confirmed both by A Dance in Fire and a quest in ESO. They do bury their dead as confirmed by both Last of the Old Bones and the fact that necromancers do have something to raise. According to War Customs of the Tribal Bosmer mentions that by the time of Interregnum, Meat Mandate was practiced only in "the most remote and savage villages". I think we can assume that this practice has since died out. 

  • Member
    July 29, 2014

    I'd rather not get into metaphysics here, but according to the Monomyth, Arkay was one of the first spirits to crystallize, along with Y'ffre. I'd say Mara and Arkay created the Wood Elves as shapeshifters and Y'ffre gave them their form. It's all just suppositions though, can't say anything certain about it

  • Member
    July 29, 2014

    The book you brought, Rune, mentions "Heavy-bearded Y'ffre" but a lot of sources, including Spinners themselves address Y'ffre as 'she'. The male association can come from certain graht-oak trees. "When Y'ffre told the tale that created the world, she planted her words in the ground and there grew Brackenleaf" - refers to this tree

  • Member
    July 29, 2014
    So, Cannabalism is legal now? Or is Cannabalism a crime?
  • July 29, 2014

    ahh, thanks...makes more sense, the aedra/deadra are often referred as either gender (although a few seem to have a preferred gender)

  • Member
    July 29, 2014

    Let's just say, it's not endorsed. The Bosmer eating the flesh of the fallen enemy will likely not be arrested but the society might look down on him as primitive and barbaric. On the other hand, tribes that do still practice cannibalism will most likely view 'civilized' Bosmer as sinners and oathbreakers worthy to rot in Ouze