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VANDOO · 15th March 2005, 09:04 PM

INTERESTING QUESTIONS
I WOULD HAVE TO ANSWER THE FIRST TWO QUESTIONS THE SAME. 1 &2 AS A CHILD I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE OLD PRIMATIVE TRIBAL WAYS OF DEPENDING ON YOUR WITS AND SKILLS WERE NEAT. I STILL FEEL THAT IN MANY WAYS THEY ARE MORE LOGICAL THAN TODAYS CIVILIZATION .
I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE THE NATIVE HUNTER / WARRIOR INSTEAD OF THE GREAT WHITE HUNTER OR COWBOY SO IN MY CHILDHOOD FANTASY BEING TARZAN OR A INDIAN BRAVE WAS ALWAYS MY PREFRENCE. THE MASTERY OF STALKING AND PRIMATIVE WEAPONS WAS ALWAYS OF GREAT INTREST AND I LATER DEVELOPED A INTREST IN MORE MODERN EDGED WEAPONS. TO ME THE WEAPONS ARE OF SECONDARY IMPORTANCE TO THE CULTURES WHO PRODUCED THEM AND THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY WERE USED.

QUESTIONS 3- THE TECKNIQUES USED IN MAKING WEAPONS WERE OFTEN ACCOMPANYED WITH RITUAL AND MAGIC, OR AT LEAST THAT WAS WHAT THOSE WHO WERE NOT INVOLVED IN MAKING THE WEAPONS BELIEVED. I THINK THESE OLD TRADITIONS AND BELIEFS WERE OFTEN ENCOURAGED BY THE CRAFTSMAN OR WITCHDOCTOR, A EARLY FORM OF MARKETING

TAILSMAN OR MAGICAL WRITINGS WERE OFTEN ADDED TO WEAPONS SOMETIMES WHEN MADE OR PERHAPS BY THE WARRIOR TO DENOTE SOME SPECIAL VICTORY OR HIS TRIBAL TOTUM OR PROTECTIVE DIETY.
SHAPES OF POWERFUL DIETYS, ELEMENTS OR SPIRITS WERE OFTEN USED IN MAKEING OR DECORATING WEAPONS. PERHAPS THE WAVEY BLADE SHAPE OF A KERIS MIGHT HAVE COME FROM A NAGA (SERPENT) OR A FLAME BOTH POWERFUL SYMBOLS.

15th March 2005, 09:04 PM	#13
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	INTERESTING QUESTIONS I WOULD HAVE TO ANSWER THE FIRST TWO QUESTIONS THE SAME. 1 &2 AS A CHILD I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE OLD PRIMATIVE TRIBAL WAYS OF DEPENDING ON YOUR WITS AND SKILLS WERE NEAT. I STILL FEEL THAT IN MANY WAYS THEY ARE MORE LOGICAL THAN TODAYS CIVILIZATION . I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE THE NATIVE HUNTER / WARRIOR INSTEAD OF THE GREAT WHITE HUNTER OR COWBOY SO IN MY CHILDHOOD FANTASY BEING TARZAN OR A INDIAN BRAVE WAS ALWAYS MY PREFRENCE. THE MASTERY OF STALKING AND PRIMATIVE WEAPONS WAS ALWAYS OF GREAT INTREST AND I LATER DEVELOPED A INTREST IN MORE MODERN EDGED WEAPONS. TO ME THE WEAPONS ARE OF SECONDARY IMPORTANCE TO THE CULTURES WHO PRODUCED THEM AND THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY WERE USED. QUESTIONS 3- THE TECKNIQUES USED IN MAKING WEAPONS WERE OFTEN ACCOMPANYED WITH RITUAL AND MAGIC, OR AT LEAST THAT WAS WHAT THOSE WHO WERE NOT INVOLVED IN MAKING THE WEAPONS BELIEVED. I THINK THESE OLD TRADITIONS AND BELIEFS WERE OFTEN ENCOURAGED BY THE CRAFTSMAN OR WITCHDOCTOR, A EARLY FORM OF MARKETING TAILSMAN OR MAGICAL WRITINGS WERE OFTEN ADDED TO WEAPONS SOMETIMES WHEN MADE OR PERHAPS BY THE WARRIOR TO DENOTE SOME SPECIAL VICTORY OR HIS TRIBAL TOTUM OR PROTECTIVE DIETY. SHAPES OF POWERFUL DIETYS, ELEMENTS OR SPIRITS WERE OFTEN USED IN MAKEING OR DECORATING WEAPONS. PERHAPS THE WAVEY BLADE SHAPE OF A KERIS MIGHT HAVE COME FROM A NAGA (SERPENT) OR A FLAME BOTH POWERFUL SYMBOLS.