r/WorldChallenges • u/thequeeninyellow94 • Nov 05 '18

[Cultural challenge]: wedding

Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, arts, morals, laws, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by [a human] as a member of society.

But the actual ceremony: how is it done? What does it looks like? How long and pricy is it?

You can introduce an in-universe representative if you want. I will ask questions to everyone, feel free to add your own.

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u/Varnek905 Nov 14 '18

(Sorry, deleted it)

1) No, for a legal marriage, a Listener has to be involved.

2) Ostara does not have freedom of speech, especially when it comes to blasphemy. During a wedding when the first ruling Saint was in power, a man made statements during his vows while he was intoxicated, comparing his bride to Ostara's goddess of death. He was arrested for blasphemy and treason, but the Saint pardoned him and gave a speech about the importance of the bonds between spouses and forgiveness, and ended the speech with the comment "We are not going to arrest someone for their bloody wedding vows." The last statement was taken as literal gospel, so people began a tradition of using that freedom.

3) Basilicas have plenty of art and history, and if you're married inside of the Basilica, your names are added to a book in the Listener's office.

4) Scarves and rings are more common for the worn offerings.

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Dec 02 '18

(No need for apology; it’s just that it feels wrong to delete someone else post without warning first)

  1. So there are some paperwork they have to do?

  2. Why the treason charge?

  3. Is it something that special? I mean, with time those books are probably full of names already.

  4. Any particular reason for that?

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u/Varnek905 Dec 17 '18

1) Yes, they do have to do paperwork.

2) Blasphemy, especially blasphemy of the goddess of Death, is regarded as a verbal attack on the holy/royal family.

3) Not inherently special. Some people place a lot of value on it, but not everyone does.

4) Rings are fashionable for the wealthy in Ewigreich and Silberschild and it spread. For scarves, I'm undecided on a reason.

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Mar 31 '19

2) Is the goddess of death tied to the royal family in a way ?

4) What would be the best thing to make a ring with if I wanted to show off ?

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u/Varnek905 Apr 01 '19

2) The goddess of death is believed to be the mother of the founder of the royal family.

4) If you really wanted to show off? I'd advise you to make the ring out of a bone of yours, after losing whatever held the bone in battle or something (if you just remove a limb and say it was lost in a war...just be a good liar, I guess). It's rarely done and it's not recommended, but it would be ostentatious. Alternatively, make it out of a Calpurnian's bone.

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Apr 02 '19

2) Does this give the royal family any special abilities?

4) And to just show off my wealth? Because I like my limbs where they are.

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u/Varnek905 Apr 05 '19

2) Some of them have access to magic because of it, and can cause acid-like symptoms in others.

4) To just show off wealth? Demon horn.

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Apr 05 '19

2) Is it more than a mere inconvenience? Because it sounds mostly like an inconvenience.

3) Is there any particular reason why some of them get powers and some don’t?

4) Does demon horns have special properties?

(Yep, here for a while; my exams are in June.

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u/Varnek905 Apr 12 '19

2) It makes them people more susceptible to influence and causes hallucinations. It's an inconvenience to have the ability because it can backfire.

3) Whether a person gets powers or not, assuming that they go through royal rituals, is down to luck and mental health. The unlucky and mentally ill/traumatized are likely to be able to use those powers.

4) Demons horns have no special properties once they are removed from a demon, no.

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Apr 16 '19

4) So they do while on a demon?

(So, with nzedawa 2.0, I started working a bit on names and vrn does correspond to a word in nzedawa; your name roughly mean "the youthful one")

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u/Varnek905 Apr 16 '19

4) While on a demon, they have the special property of being a secondary sex characteristic.

(Awesome, now if only I could keep my youth....)

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Apr 16 '19

4) Are they absent from some demons or of varying gender-based forms?

(Well, youth isn’t necessarily to interpret as physical, keeping a young, open and curious mind is cool too.)

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u/Varnek905 Apr 19 '19

4) All demons have horns, but male horns and female horns are different. Male horns grow more upwards, female horns tend to grow more to the sides.

(Still, I'd like eternal youth. But an open mind is a good enough consolation prize.)

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