made me think of Marloven Hess

[asakiyume]

This photo of a Turkmen equestrian made me think of Marloven Hess, so I thought I'd share. You can click through to get to the poster's Flickr account.

Comments

[kith_koby]

Oh, very nice, thanks for sharing. I too can see the Marlovens doing this in competitions/games/training. Also, for some reason, the braids very much remind me of Fenis and Tdor.

[asakiyume]

Fenis was who I was thinking of!

[danceswithwaves]

I was thinking of Fenis too!

[kith_koby]

I think we all do. In a sense, she's the epitome of a modern Marloven woman, continuing the tradition of Hadand and Tdor.

[sartorias]

She looks to me more like Tdor and Hadand, with the braids. (Fenis has short, curly black hair.)

[kith_koby]

Indeed, the braids made me think immediately of Tdor and Hadand. But at the same time, we rarely read of them riding asGenis did, bbecause their maon task was defense - in thatsense, Fenis continues their traditions of military leadership, but modernized, by also taking on the role of offense and being equal to the men.

[sartorias]

That's true. The girls actually always did that sort of trick, but among themselves. (And Tdor was never very good though Hadand as a girl was excellent.)

[kith_koby]

I thought they might, but as it was off scene, only now is it finally confirmed for me, so thanks for that!
I assumed Hadand was better with horses because of how she died.

[sartorias]

Yeah--she assumed she had her girlhood ease and flexibility, which was not true, and wouldn't have mattered but she was riding on ice.