- [<] Status Log - created:: 2022-05-28 - status-updated:: 2023-10-25 - status:: seedling - type:: article - [S] Marketing - purpose:: [[Backwards Mapping Fiction]] for the phenomenon where some cultures send their kids out to experience new parts of the world; related to [[(SS) Burnt Offerings]] & [[2022-01-19 Stint (MF)]] (see also [[2022.01.19a Stint Analysis]]) - desc:: - connections: ## Real World Examples * Amish rumspringa * Mormon missions * It’s pretty similar to what some American families do with “the college experience” * I don’t think it’s really how colonization worked, but didn’t [[The Amazons by Adrienne Mayor]] mention something at least a little similar in terms of [[Scythian]] band formation? ## Fictional Examples * Something similar is traditional at [[the Collegium of Tal]], see also [[2022-01-19 Stint (MF)]] * The Isle of Recluse in stories by [[L. E. Modesitt]] sends young mages out into the world to learn if they don’t fit in well at home. Some go back. Most don’t. * In the Kate Daniels series by [[ilona andrews]], Antonio’s father (and other newly adult boys) were sent out into the world by his cult leader when he came of age as a way to cut down on competition.