[Bards] Traditions - A Poem

Fitzmorgan at aol.com Fitzmorgan at aol.com
Wed Jul 10 21:04:04 PDT 2002


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In a message dated 7/10/02 1:42:36 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
jonwillowpel at juno.com writes:


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> Robert, I love this poem but it does point out a problem we are going to
> have.
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> While it has been tradition in the Middle Kingdom to bow to the thrones
> since the time of king Thay, it has not been a required custom in our
> kingdom. According to Robert Aspirin in his Songs of the Dark Horde and
> my memory. King Thay won crown but didn't want to be King. He told
> everyone to bow to the chair because kings sat there and not to bow to
> him. This was the "now I am king now I'm not thing" that was very common
> in other kingdoms. Ansteorra wanted to make it very clear that the crown
> was in the person not things so we rejected these customs. Kingship does
> not reside in crowns or throne. The duty of the crown can not be put
> aside. Contact with other Kingdoms and some SCA literature introduces
> these concepts but they are not a native tradition. Because many people
> do not follow this custom in Ansteorra and forcibly reject the concept
> behind it I would hesitate to include it in the Courtesy book.
>
> What do all of you think?
>
> Willow
>

       I've been playing for 17 years and this is the first that I've heard
that it isn't a tradition in Ansteorra to bow when passing before the empty
thrones.  So I suppose if we are going to make a book putting forth our
traditions and customs we'll need to decide what those customs and traditions
are.

Robert




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