Re: The skin of God

On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Irina Rempt wrote:
> > Beautiful story, but I'll pass on it; the Franciscan monks threw me.
> > There's no (and I mean NO) tradition of proselytizing in Valdyas
>
> But surely their are monks of some kind, even if they don't proselytize?
Nuns (that is, priestesses of Naigha, who are celibate except on the
midwinter feast - don't ask) and religious knights (male and female).
I thought of using either group for the translation, but it world
have warped my world-view; neither the Temple of Naigha nor the Order
of the Sworn of Anshen would go to the people living in the Western
Plain (the Valdyan equivalent of Indian tribes) with sacred books
under their arm.

   Irina


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