/lit/ - Literature

>>20711134
Bumping

>>19438226
>In my libertarian utopia, the collective purges degenerates like you for hygienic purposes!

>>19432438
>Here's where it gets fucky: Darius's father was named Vishtaspa
That is a dilly of a pickle. Thanks again for the effortposts.

So would you say the Magi are kind of a stagnant pharisee caste past that point, or headed towards one? From what I understand the Brahmins remained somewhat informal as long as they were attached to local kings, but as this led to divergent recensions and probably as they became indispensable to administration, they became more self-conscious of "themselves" as a corporate entity. I guess this parallel wouldn't necessarily mean anything about either Brahmins or Magi since you are right, a similar process takes place with the Christian clergy and it's probably just a sociological constant across cultures that mandarin castes start to police entry.

Also do you think he was really a flying fire-breathing river whisperer?