[UA] Cannibal

[Epoch]

On 31 May 2001, Nick Wedig wrote:

> >Rather than mythological "ogres" and "ghouls," I'd think the more
> realistic conflict would be between those who cannibalize for spiritual
> reasons (some old Paupan tribes, some Amazon tribes, Jeffrey Dahmer) and
> those who cannibalize out of necessity (the Donner party, that soccer
> team whose plane crashed).
> 
> Perhaps draw the two together?  connect the ghoul with the religious
> types (incidentally, I heard somewhere that the royalty of ancient China
> did the same) and the ogre with the survival folks (flesh giving the
> strength to survive.  You could do it the other way, or make a set of
> four options, but that's your choice.

I don't think that there's a big problem in making the "flavour" of the
Archetype be somewhat mythical in nature.  I mean, yes, we all know that
Archetypes should have honest to god historical people in them, or they
aren't really Archetypes, but there have been cannibals.  From there, I
think it's okay to put a mystic twist on it.  After all, kings aren't
/really/ connected with the land.

Mike

--
"Like H.P. Lovecraft's dark and inbred Maine, only with grits!"
		- Greg Stolze


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