Having said that, you now have to go deeper - is the timing of the seasons and lunar influences and etc. what’s important, or is it the fact that they exist, and come in a more-or-less steady pattern? If the latter, then transporting them to a different, habitable world would require some adaptation to the changed lengths of the cycles, but not to the conceptual framework.
Another issue that would need to be considered is offerings, if the tradition requires them. Is the specific contents of the offerings what is important, or is it merely “first fruits”? If the latter, adaptation is, again, relatively easy; if the former, you have a problem if the new world’s cycles don’t allow for those particular products.
This sort of analysis, even if 90% of the results never make it into a story, is what makes the difference between a well-built world and a “‘flat’ for the actors to stand in front of”.
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Having said that, you now have to go deeper - is the timing of the seasons and lunar influences and etc. what’s important, or is it the fact that they exist, and come in a more-or-less steady pattern? If the latter, then transporting them to a different, habitable world would require some adaptation to the changed lengths of the cycles, but not to the conceptual framework.
Another issue that would need to be considered is offerings, if the tradition requires them. Is the specific contents of the offerings what is important, or is it merely “first fruits”? If the latter, adaptation is, again, relatively easy; if the former, you have a problem if the new world’s cycles don’t allow for those particular products.
This sort of analysis, even if 90% of the results never make it into a story, is what makes the difference between a well-built world and a “‘flat’ for the actors to stand in front of”.