For some reason i woke up this morning with a fully-fledged idea for a cultural belief. It seems to fit a hunter-gatherer type of society rather than a more developed one.
Anyway, my dream thought was that the people of this culture believe that unless they take steps to hide their identity, the vengeful spirits of defeated enemies will seek them out and haunt them. So, war-parties that return from a raid returns with some new members. Those that killed anyone return to the tribe with a new name. In order to keep up the ruse and deflect vengeful spirits, in everyday life these folk do not refer to each other by name unless they have been formally introduced - they leave a 'space' in conversation to allow tribe members to introduce themselves, should they need to.
So, the war-party returns and 2 of their number have killed some members of a rival tribe. On entering the tribal home, they bow to the tribe and say "Hello, i am Bartouch." "Hello, i am D'arby." From then on, they are known by those names - unless they need to change it again later down the line.
Are there any repercussions to this cultural phenomenon? Maybe, the truly bad-ass don't change their name because they are not afraid of spirits. Any other thoughts?
Anyway, my dream thought was that the people of this culture believe that unless they take steps to hide their identity, the vengeful spirits of defeated enemies will seek them out and haunt them. So, war-parties that return from a raid returns with some new members. Those that killed anyone return to the tribe with a new name. In order to keep up the ruse and deflect vengeful spirits, in everyday life these folk do not refer to each other by name unless they have been formally introduced - they leave a 'space' in conversation to allow tribe members to introduce themselves, should they need to.
So, the war-party returns and 2 of their number have killed some members of a rival tribe. On entering the tribal home, they bow to the tribe and say "Hello, i am Bartouch." "Hello, i am D'arby." From then on, they are known by those names - unless they need to change it again later down the line.
Are there any repercussions to this cultural phenomenon? Maybe, the truly bad-ass don't change their name because they are not afraid of spirits. Any other thoughts?
A Cultural Belief
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