I think I read this sort of "Fusiwe" tribesman story before but can't remember where. Anyway, the level of retardness is unbelievable. I dunno if anyone gave these guys an IQ test or if it's at all possible to conceive one for them but they are definitely not in the "average 100" range. More like 70-60, way smarter than any animal but too stupid to foresee consequences.
>> Fusiwe located the Pishaanseteri and promised to kill the first man he encountered. That man turned out to be an old friend of his, a young man who had brought Fusiwe's family a lot of game in the hope of marrying some daughter that any of the wives would give birth to. The young man had parted with Fusiwe in grief when the group split. Nonetheless, Fusiwe chose to kill his former friend, because he happened to be the first Pishaanseteri he saw.
Add being a psychopath in addition to severely mentally challenged and you got the perfect combination.
Ancient mythologies all around the world are full of stories of heroes whose oaths have turned on them. Heck, even Tolkien included the Oath of Fëanor in his mythology, and Fëanor and his sons were no morons.
Boasting or tempting fate seems to be a common disease of males everywhere, and in a premodern society, your word is basically your only property and value. Breaking it is bad, similar to getting thrown into Alcatraz and having all your property confiscated bad.
So .. someone steals from your garden and instead of investigating who is the culprit you decide killing a random person, first random person that you stumble upon? Well, that should send a message but still, first random person that you meet is an old friend and ally, one that has helped you in the past, can investigate in the present who's actually behind those ransackings and will definitely be a valuable asset in the future. Yet you keep true to the "oat" and kill him. Brilliant move, genius!
>> Ancient mythologies all around the world are full of stories of heroes whose oaths have turned on them
First those are dreamed up facts and not the real world, are you aware? Secondly, the "heroes" in that ancient world are a lot closer to "much muscle little brain" typology than such as Euclid and Einstein.
And who the fuck is Fëanor? Some made up fantasy guy? Yeah, that definitely proves your point!
>> Fusiwe located the Pishaanseteri and promised to kill the first man he encountered. That man turned out to be an old friend of his, a young man who had brought Fusiwe's family a lot of game in the hope of marrying some daughter that any of the wives would give birth to. The young man had parted with Fusiwe in grief when the group split. Nonetheless, Fusiwe chose to kill his former friend, because he happened to be the first Pishaanseteri he saw.
Add being a psychopath in addition to severely mentally challenged and you got the perfect combination.