Apr 2, 2022 2:22 pm
The four houses are pretty similar, mostly different in which animals they identify themselves with. Each house has three animals that embody courage, cleverness and resilience.
Falcon House includes hares and glyptodons. Falcon House boasts many of the best tattooists in the following, who use porcupine needles and herbal salves to apply stick‑and‑poke healing marks over achy joints and internal injuries.
Moose House includes bears and ravens. Members of the Moose House tend to brand their faces and bodies with thick, solid lines tattoos.
Musk Ox House includes saber-toothet tigers and bighorn sheep. In Musk Ox House, it’s customary for members to gift their housefellows pieces of ivory carved into the shapes of animals—what many southerners call a "zoic fetish"—to parents of newborn children.
Otter House includes wolves and aurochs. Scarification is most common in Otter House, whose master scar‑etchers use specially treated beaver claws to carve lines along and around facial features to enhance the senses, commonly the eyes, nose, and ears.
Piercings and other pieces of worn jewelry present a popular alternative for Tusks who are hesitant to permanently mark their flesh, and body paint mixed from pigments and river clay are a temporary alternative to skin marking.
Falcon House includes hares and glyptodons. Falcon House boasts many of the best tattooists in the following, who use porcupine needles and herbal salves to apply stick‑and‑poke healing marks over achy joints and internal injuries.
Moose House includes bears and ravens. Members of the Moose House tend to brand their faces and bodies with thick, solid lines tattoos.
Musk Ox House includes saber-toothet tigers and bighorn sheep. In Musk Ox House, it’s customary for members to gift their housefellows pieces of ivory carved into the shapes of animals—what many southerners call a "zoic fetish"—to parents of newborn children.
Otter House includes wolves and aurochs. Scarification is most common in Otter House, whose master scar‑etchers use specially treated beaver claws to carve lines along and around facial features to enhance the senses, commonly the eyes, nose, and ears.
Piercings and other pieces of worn jewelry present a popular alternative for Tusks who are hesitant to permanently mark their flesh, and body paint mixed from pigments and river clay are a temporary alternative to skin marking.