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Originally posted by dear joshua:
the leastborns the youngest members of the families were entered into training like camps to be Warriors the training was rigorous so much in fact they could face anything and not turn back what was behind them was far more worse than anything they had to face at the end of their training they had to come before the priests/holy persons confess their loyalty and to prove it skewer themselves under the skin in the chest area with two slivers of wood the more blood the greater the warrior the less blood the weaker etc. that culminated their training the eldest had a more leisurely role in society married among each other this harsh treatment of the youngest and the lottery was ultimately the undoing of their society they were taught a magic based system of belief by people from now what would be referred to as Picts that put destiny in their own hands so they wandered off never having to take part in the lottery again or depend on the priests/holy persons for entry into heaven I am a leastborn and I married an Eldest these stories were passed down from my ancestors to us they are not my stories I am just a messenger
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Originally posted by dear joshua:
the name for stonehenge was Breddagh named for the blue stones a apprentice priest would live with each tribe back at their settlements he used sticks in a circular pattern to track the cycles of the moon predicting eclipses and tracking when to return to Breddagh for the ceremonies each day he would move a stick. The men often left for hunting expeditions their weapon for hunting was the spear they would break up into three groups the idea was to send the prey towards one of the groups the men would quickly pierce the animal with as many spears as possible trying to bring it down the older or injured men had to stay behind and help gather acorns, roots, etc. it wasn't to protect the women they were fierce fighters too!