I am torn between my desire to be crushed and my desire to keep my horses
She could be my muscle mommy if she wanted to
Post about a woman with endless suitors that tried and failed to win her hand at marriage
“I’d allow her to marry me”
I accept my fate.
Taking one for the team, respectable
Yeah, I’d allow it. I’m certainly not going to try to win it though - you see what happened to the other guys? If she wants to chill, we can chill, but she’s making the first move there. If not, no biggie.
You pretty much just summed up the mentality that has kept me largely single for the last 5+ years, haha
She could be your muscle mommy too… If she wanted to.
Explanation: Khutulun, a descendant of Genghis Khan (the great-granddaughter of his heir, Ogedei Khan), was famed for her beauty and her athletic prowess. She swore not to marry any man unless he could defeat her in a wrestling match. No man ever did (though I believe she eventually married).
Any man who challenged her and lost would forfeit 100 horses to her. She earned a herd of some 10,000 horses this way - a considerable amount of wealth even for a Mongol princess!
… my inner sub is giving me very bad financial advice for my herds right now…
She was also a skilled warrior, and favored by her father to become the next Khan, but he was eventually dissuaded from this by political maneuvering. Khutulun herself would become a prominent military commander under one of her brothers, who became Khan instead.
Nowadays, a horse isn’t seen as wealth as much as an expense.
Depends on how you look at it.
“I’m so rich, I can afford to take care of 10,000 horses.”
Also depends on the horse.
A horse is a horse. (Of course, of course)
Horses can be exchanged for goods and services.
depends on the part of the world
Wasn’t that part of the plot of Red Sonja and the tale of Brunhild the valkyrie?
100 horses is a fucking lot of horses. I suppose it isn’t just the regular Joe doing it though.
“This is the fifth time today that you got your butt kicked!”
Yup. I’m not doing this for weird reasons…just like…regular reasons.Lean Beef Patty o_O
1131454135/10 would lose wrestling match, but slowly
Would lose as many times as necessary
This story always seemed so outlandish to me, that I’m still convinced it isn’t actually the entire story. Like; the men were losing on purpose for some sort of political favor of sorts.
A hundred horses is a steep price even for a Mongol noble to lose for a nondescript favor - and the marriage of a Mongol princess is a high prize to be won.
That she was a highly accomplished warrior as well suggests that her prowess was legitimate, considering that the enemy on the battlefield was unlikely to ‘play nice’.
No woman known for being beautiful is nearly as strong as a strong man. Wrestling is very much a skill, but there’s a reason there’s so many weight classes. I wrestled for several years. Strength can overcome skill.
No woman known for being beautiful is nearly as strong as a strong man.
Lord.
What a sentence. Back to your figures, please.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Maybe she had a bodybuilder build, and those Mongols thought that was hot af.
Or maybe she was butt ass ugly but everyone liked keeping their heads rather than insult a princess.
It’s a trap to think 1) there’s just one standard of beauty and 2) one objective standard spans all centuries.
That she was a highly accomplished warrior as well suggests that her prowess was legitimate, considering that the enemy on the battlefield was unlikely to ‘play nice’.
Im sorry but the difference of raw strength makes this story bullshit. No way they didnt lose on purpose of they just lied about the outcome.
Right, and I’m sure that the men she captured on the battlefield were just really invested in proving the enemy royalty’s war prowess at the expense of their own reputation and, potentially, lives.
“she” didn’t capture men on the battlefield. She led an army. Big difference.
Sometimes she would quit her father’s side, and make a dash at the host of the enemy, and seize some man thereout, as deftly as a hawk pounces on a bird, and carry him to her father; and this she did many a time.
Yeah it’s gotta be fantastical. I know some women who are incredible athletes and could defeat 99% of men… but not 100%. There’s just a reality, and especially in strength sports like wrestling, and the Mongolian style at that, where size is the winning factor and men can just get much bigger than any woman and overwhelm them.
