[MR] Fw: Egyptian Personas in the SCA

[Stefan li Rous]

Barcsi Janos said:
<<< My feeling is, if the lady wants to be an Egyptian, the GovDocs  
don't
stop her,?and I don't believe anyone?else?has the authority. >>>

I generally agree with you. I've always heard the SCA concentration  
was on the cultures of pre-17th C Europe AND the cultures they had  
contact with.

Personally, I think that excludes places such as Japan which had  
minimal if any effect upon Europe. But if you wish to be a Japanese  
Sammari, then go for it.  But I hope you will take the time to do  
actual research and not just take your information from the movies.

I think Classical Egypt is a bit out of period for us. But see above.  
I think it would be wonderful to see someone work on a medieval  
Egyptian persona though.

There are many personas, that in my opinion, are overdone in the SCA.  
If you used the SCA as your prototype, you'd think that all the Norse  
died out at the end of the Viking Era. I know of almost no post-Viking  
period Norse in the SCA. Duke Gunthar of Ansteorra is one of the few.   
But there are Viking-era Norse almost every direction you turn. Or, in  
my barony at least, that there was one heck of a population explosion  
in 1595. :-)  Yes, I understand that a lot of people pick eras and  
cultures that are easily researched.

For some interesting ideas on non-common personas though, see this  
article in the PERSONA section of the Florilegium:
Som-Per-Ideas-art (16K) 12/31/02 "Some Persona Ideas" by HL Elaine de  
Montgris (known as 'Lainie).
http://www.florilegium.org/files/PERSONAS/Som-Per-Ideas-art.html

Stefan

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